RuMR

The straight up pitch off the ground...never actually sent that pitch...

one hanging it and sending it are two different things...same thing with me...one hung it ten times in a row including the first time...

this rules!

Philbin's a shorty, and i'm pretty sure Ben's done it...I kinda want to unleash Drew on it and see what he does...

That thing's first pitch is hard...really hard...

OK mom...er dave...

yeah...no doubt Will...you been doing much climbing?

Mirk...i'm confused...Alex mailed you the rope at his cost (now he doesn't have the rope)...and you wouldn't mail it back? And then you cut it up? And he was only asking $30 (which you didn't pay) for it? WTF...that's messed up...rope looked fine for a backup line or a tr line...and by definition you "stole" it...ie. he doesn't have the rope, and he paid to mail it to you, and he wasn't given anything in return...how does that not equal it being stolen from him? How new are you to climbing, if you don't mind me asking? I have no idea what you were expecting for 30bucks but new ropes are around $200...so you get what you paid for... Ropes get shorter over time...particularly if they are well used...In fact many brands actually sell a longer rope than quoted to account for this (Beal ropes, for example are about 4-5 meters longer than 70m, despite being sold as a 70)...

Put this in your pipe and smoke it, euros!

Practice what you preach..... i see your sarcasm-sensor is obviously busted...

oh look...its the human jam box piping in...

Is that an insult? Are you insulting me??? WTF...where is KirkW??????????? I AM SO HURT... You are just angry its been pissin' all over you in Squamish...admit it...

HA!!! Sausage packin' tights were never my style, poofta...

Keep it coming, oh bloviating, pontificating fucktard. careful with the insults...kirkw may get fired up and go all superman on you for hurting trashcan's feelings...

never said who it was from...but then again i didn't listen to that crap then and i don't listen to it now... dru, on the other hand, well let's just say he's still into day glo...

yeah...Dru was rad sporting the day-glo lycra, seshing on bunny face with "Cop Killa" playing at mach decibel level! Ya shoulda seen it!!!!

Did I just hear the human jambox complain about someone's auditory excess ruining his experience? damn, the old dude just laid you out!

Not alot I do admit. But they have ruined my experience a time or two over the years of climbing. Everytime i see a dumb post it ruins my cc.com reading experience...

WTF????

I'm with Kimmo on this...Ian, you are in a unique position of understanding both the climbing point-or-view as well as the land manager's... I hope those injured folks can somehow heal well enough to be at 100%...its a desperate wish, I admit...

One person didn't decide to chop the bolts. The community has spoken, the bolts are gone. Perhaps instead of beating a dead horse on an issue that was really up to the Smith locals to decide, we should be discussing what we as a climbing community can do to help our sister climber who was injured. I was climbing at Smith yesterday and the "community" was not happy about the bolt chopping. And as for the "locals to decide," I am a local, and every other local I have talked to has not been in favor of the bolts being chopped. These facts lead me, as I have stated before, to the belief that this was not a consensual decision representative of the general population here at Smith, but a select few. While your getting all psyched out about Ian chopping those bolts, remeber someone is still in the hospital. I'd love to hear their opinion first. Everyone needs to fucking relax, if you care so much go put em back in, no one is stopping you. I talked to Ian on the phone before he did it, and said I didn't give a shit one way or the other. I guess he didn't have a chance to call, all the "locals". The bolts where poorly placed anyways, with one of the hangers upside down, just prying the bolt out. Joel did not know what he was doing when he put those bolts un unfortunatly. Spraying about how much you care about some silly swing bolts online is not really being proactive, you want to make a statement, go right back up and put em in. But these online shit storms do nothing. Every one bitching is being pretty fucking selfish in my opinion, since none of us are laying in the hospital missing half our teeth. If that was you, or your wife or something, I feel like a lot of people might had different opinions. As Joseph has said climbing gear is not for jumping if you want to jump go do it somewhere safely. Theres a few routes I've wanted to try at Smith, but havent because I feel they are too dangerous to attempt with hikers on the trail all day long, so be it I won't do em, just like I won't do the swing. I'm not really trying to advocate one way or the other. I'm meerly pointing out that many of you have not noted how someone life is not going to be the same, while we all go about our busieness bitching about bolts online. Have a nice day! PS: Hope that Liz can get better and get back to a normal life as soon as possible! well said...best wishes to the injured climber for the speediest/fullest recovery possible....

What if the state parks stated "Rope swinging is now banned" or required a user permit?

thanks for trying...

Too AWESOME!!!!

I'm assuming since RuMR hasn't posted lately in this thread that he was banned for his personal attack on another poster? Or is he STILL on the protected list of CC posters who get to say whatever the fuck they want without the mods coming down on them? Just checking why he hasn't been banned yet since OFF posted in the same forum and obviously saw his comments. ...and RuMR...I don't appreciate seeing that kind of thing posted outside of spray so how's about you mind your manners a little? DUNDUDNDUN (Drumrolll)...its SUPERMAN to the rescue of the poor, downtrodden folk!!!! STEP BACK FOLKS ITS THE MIGHTY KIRKW!!!!