Alpinfox

I dunno why it isn't working now. It was working 15 minutes ago. It seems the whole site is down. Here is the URL: www.geocities.com/misofranko/mega_traverse.html

I disagree. Due to the housing of the cam, the ascender does not tend to partially engage and slide (ripping the hell out of the sheath in the process) whereas the tibloc can do that if it's not fully engaged or a less than ideal carabiner (nor round cross-section) is used. I've seen tiblocs rip up ropes, but have never seen a petzl ascender do that. I would think that a bunch of inexperienced folks trying to jug ropes with tiblocs in a hurry would be a recipe for fuzzed ropes. Fuzzed ropes are still plenty strong though. You would go a lot faster and more confidently with real ascenders, but tiblocs weigh nothing. Muffy, I have heard of people putting tiblocs on intermediate pieces while simulclimbing to prevent a second's fall from pulling the leader off. Perhaps the guy you saw was using that principle.

Here is a photo-essay of a hottie (well, at least she has nice back muscles) doing a bouldering traverse in Horsethief Reservoir in Colorado: Link

Yeah it was pretty impressive. 8" crown, 500ft slide. Avys in September Fortunately, no one was seriously injured. Made for nice skiing after it slid. Early bird may get the worm, but second mouse gets the cheese!

ABC News is going to do a story on "Disappearing Glaciers" as part of their newscast tonight. 6pm to 6:30 in Seattle on Channel 4. Edit: Pfffttt! nevermind. That was a waste of time.

The snow just hovers above the ground for the rest of the year eh? BTW: Nice pictures. Mossy.

I don't think that its legal in Washington.

Right. But is this route "below" the pass on the east (Enchantment Lakes side) or west (Colchuck Lake side) of the crest of the pass?

Cool! Is this east or west of the pass?

OK, I was wrong. I think "Most Active" means the most recently viewed or commented on, but then how is that different from "Latest". I give up.

I'm gonna put a sign on yer back this year.

Yes, I thank my lucky stars on a daily basis. It's bliss really...

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Not at my house. I did it once. No tool necessary. Just lift up that metal plate by the sidewalk in front of the house and turn the handle to close the valve.

Sounds risky. Please mail them to me. I'll make sure they are properly disposed of.

Special tool? All you have to do is turn a little valve thingy. No tool needed. At my house anyway. Funny (in a sure-glad-it-didn't-happen-to-me way) story.

I thought this thread was going to be about tying your grandmother to your harness while lead climbing... I got a nice rope burn on the back of my knee once from falling with the rope behind me. I wasn't wearing a helmet and almost got flipped upside down. Bad leg/rope position: *also note the side-loaded carabiner on highest piece

I'm curious. What are you going to do with 5lbs of citric acid?

Instead of being a prick and posting a deragatory comment, perhaps you could have just said, "a missing bolt on that route is a common occurence... I deal with it by X, Y, and Z". However, I understand you're frustrated by your injured ankle and the arrival of spray season, so FLAME ON!!!

Like who? I mean... what?

Oh yeah? Does this do it for ya?: How about this?:

Lucky bastard.

AlpineDave's home gym has the panels attached to the wall in such a way that he can easily change the angle. I think they have a hinge at the bottom and are attached via chain at the top. Pretty cool idea to consider.

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