first pitch of gendarme on stuart could be .8 but the second is definitely .9 in my book
little wing (beacon rock) .8
classic crack (broughton's) .9
developing forearms (tieton) .9
orange sunshine (tieton) .10a
license to bolt (smith) .11b
yeah but it doesn't have the abrasion resistance that honkin belay loop has. Some people extend their belay devices that way when rappeling to get increased manuverability and a bit of extra friction, esp. when doing a pickoff or something similar.
I prefer a wall clock with some chain link attached to it. I make the face backwards like flavor flav so I can just look down and see what time it is. around 1:00pm I like to chill, 2ish? I go right into keeping it real.
I kindof like putting the biner through leg loop and waist loop when big lead whippers are a possibility since there is often slack in the rope when belaying a lead so the biner kindof flops around on the belay loop and could be loaded across the gate. your mileage may vary. maybe my concern is unfounded.
keep digging dude. I don't know anything about kerry. One thing I do know is he would be a better president. As would my former candidate endorsement, a braying donkey with a nasty meth habit.
I would build a little toy derrick out of legos and have it float in there as a party conversation starter. It would be cute (like those sheepskin toilet seat covers).
see the stealth fighter cruises through like this and..and check this out - this other even faster stealthier fighter (if that's even possible) comes through zap zap! bam KAAABOOOM BAM! f'ing bells of freedom ring and flags drop down with country music and big macs appear out of nowhere...it's worth at LEAST a trillion bones