deet on gore-tex though....uhm...different story... i still wouldn't use it...and i am a cheapo...i use booty gear... but if i soaked a rope i would use it for a dog leash or some shit
that reminds me...me and my buddy were gonna go craggin in squish...it started snowing but we went anyways.... we didn't do any trad cause we were to scared, but did some sport routes dusting snow off the holds...no-one else anywhere to be seen...great day...
def. trashed...any nylon is screwed after white gass...that is why they say to be so careful after cleaning your cams with white gas ( i dont do this but some do) you cant get the white gas on the nylon slings...and also the nylon sheathing on the rope and invariably the core...
i'll jsut tell you...there is no really direct translation, but it is a bad word that kinda means, simply, shit... but not really...kinda like wow...dunno...hard to exlpain...i dont wanna say what it is like verbatim...
because you said easier to place...but not easier to learn how to place...you used these statements interchangably...and yes...because no-one knows you...and no-one knows how much or what you climb....people will give certain vets that have paid their dues a bit more attention on the finer points of mountaineering than some stiffy reading outta the freedom of the hills....