iain

I think part of it has to do with engrams and muscle memory. The muscle movements of clawing your way up Phoenix are a world apart from the chops in Karate Crack. Doing one is not going to help much in the other, apart from some body tension stuff. Even sport climbs (as I found out on Heresy today) vary widely in what muscle groups and movements are used. There are a lot of gym boulderers who can waltz up overhanging jug routes but flail desperately on the thin stuff at Smith. Crack is even more foreign to them, so I would expect it to be the same for a crack specialist climbing face stuff at Smith. I'll lead some 10a/b sport stuff, the odd 5.9 trad crack. These ratings can fluctuate though. As far as top rope vs. leading, I find I'm sometimes climbing worse on TR because I psych myself out by thinking "don't fall here you pussy toproper, your partner just led this ." As you can see I am not self-concious at all

Cool. I'm meeting ryland at the parking lot around 9:30am. There should be a few of us there.

speaking of smitty, I'm off to tuffland now fools! This new board is interesting.

Vegan is pretty hardcore. Boy are they picky.

quote: Originally posted by thelawgoddess: quote:Originally posted by iain: this may expose my ignorance when it comes to bouldering but it seems odd to travel to Switzerland in search of boulders. Are there not enough in the states to go 'round? my, you are an ignorant fool, aren't you? everybody knows that the swiss make the best watches, chocolates ... and boulders. duh! I agree with you about the chocolate part. I love Swiss Miss hot chocolate!

quote: Originally posted by Muffy The Wanker Sprayer: quote:Originally posted by iain: We had millers on the house and the boss is singing over the P.A. system right now. Don't you work from home???? I go into my office when I want to use my ferrari computer for heavy graphics stuff. He was singing the worst happy birthday I've ever heard.

We had millers on the house and the boss is singing over the P.A. system right now.

You seem to have a single-track mind. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

It does? Man I have to get up there.

I'm pretty sure they would work as an emergency firestarter too.

I'm not a big fan of the fake "ham" "turkey" etc stuff. I'm powered by costco MACAROONS! 300-something calories per macaroon is tough to beat for density.

No tofurky for iain, but will have some grilled salmon. I may be vegetarian but I can't give up the salmon. Does tofurky actually come in the shape of a turkey?

I might be in, but not sure yet.

this may expose my ignorance when it comes to bouldering but it seems odd to travel to Switzerland in search of boulders. Are there not enough in the states to go 'round?

quote: Originally posted by Terminal Gravity: They will all go; any time of year; in any conditions. It's just up to you. It's just a question of whether you want to post your trip report here, or in Accidents in NA Mountaineering.

quote: Originally posted by Ropegun2002: Q: How d’ya know if you’re well-hung? A: You can carry two pots of coffee and a dozen doughnuts. I really hesitate to post it but google provided the goods...

would you like me to go get some coffee for you too? perhaps a macchiato?

I am also a corporate cash waster, welcome to the club Kenneth Lay!

I was wondering the same thing. I might skin up there to get a feel for what's happening over there.

quote: Originally posted by RobBob: Hey, What's this new, smart-ass version of Iain about? I'm just speaking the truth. I'm sure someone else caught that bronze turkey expose. It actually was about a farm here in Oregon's Strawberry Mtns. Can't handle the heat? STAY OUT OF THE KITCHEN!

quote: Originally posted by RobBob: BTW, there's a story on NPR today about Chechens (supported by Al Queda) purported to be targeting old Russian nukes for terrorism. That could be ugly. There was an even harder-hitting story on NPR today about the bronze turkey and how delicious it is.

Too bad we didn't get much snow beforehand. With these sunny cold days there could be some great climbing up there. Hope for some snow here soon, then hit the north face at least.