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yah...that was AWESOME...saw it a while ago... The bouldering one was ok too...looks like a lotta fun stuff...makes one wonder just why we live in wa...

how's about smith????

pink flamingo at bdel.com is awesome...

dood...you should focus on one thing and put it down...then go onsighting!!!! Seriously, a boulderer like you oughta knock Chain off right fast... Vision's excellent...and godoggo is great!

Dru...go find a boulder to scrub off, you big meanie super-climber...

Hi Lucky ...didn't see you in the gym!

Here we go again... GregW is right on... CBS et. all. you generate enough force to break a knotted sling you have some serious problems... knots are bulkier, so i'd personally only use them for "over the shoulder" slings as i wouldn't want the knots on my harness...but that's a personal choice...no problems w/ strength...

ya gotta love shots of brittany too...

Wow...some killer photos in there...truly inspiring, makes me want to tell my job to "f-off" and go cragging... Oh, BTW, Dru, i don't want to argue about this but i'm sure you'll find something to pick apart...

maybe me, but judging by my track record lately, i wouldn't hold my breath...

fumble a cam? Honestly, you ever really screw up stuffing a cam in?????? Where one brand, you woulda got it in, and another you couldn't??? HAHAHA that's funny...

how many HAS he told us about sounds like a freakin Dufferin orgy so...greg does laundry, one can only assume the other guy cooks??

i think he enjoys talking w/ himself... but you may be right, note the earrings!

you gotta quit talkin' to yerself or they will put you on stronger stuff than prozac!! you -ing er

deal...we are only a month and a half away from long daylight time...totally feasible to climb after work...

i wasn't arguing...just pointing out some facts... last word is here

Hey, I'm Welsh and German, what do you expect? Good luck pissing me off; I'm on the good ship "Mellow" now, baby!!! poppin' prozac now??!?! Yeah... Despite my prozac buzz, it's still obvious to me that sportclimbing is neither. anytime you wanna go either neitherclimbing or climbing, you just let me know...YOU can ropegun for me! but you'll have to replace your P-pillz w/ some speed or sumpin... Cool!!! I'll short-rope your ass up some wicked scary 4th class sandy ledges!!!!!! Awesome!! I promise to give you a belay worthy of holding the full whopping weight of a falling rhino! Hey...you ever get mid week time off????? Or are you straight 40 a week?? Next highpressure i'm up at index regardless of when...

Hey, I'm Welsh and German, what do you expect? Good luck pissing me off; I'm on the good ship "Mellow" now, baby!!! poppin' prozac now??!?! Yeah... Despite my prozac buzz, it's still obvious to me that sportclimbing is neither. anytime you wanna go either neitherclimbing or climbing, you just let me know...YOU can ropegun for me! but you'll have to replace your P-pillz w/ some speed or sumpin...

Hey, I'm Welsh and German, what do you expect? Good luck pissing me off; I'm on the good ship "Mellow" now, baby!!! poppin' prozac now??!?!

I didn't read it that way at all...but whatever, you wanna argue, you can come down and argue w/ the lamppost or tree outside my office... If you look in the article, he clearly pointed out that areas had been left as mainly traditional areas...and i don't think he implied superiority of one style or another, just that gym trained climbers were quite a bit stronger in general NOW than back then... But whatever, think what you want...i don't give a $hit...

already bought 'em

Hey...good advice...but seriously, every cam on the market is solid...so these are preferences... If you are on a shoestring budget or looking to double up in some sizes, don't be afraid of the knockoffs...and also look at the forged friends...a good cheap alternative that alot of people actually prefer...also, borrow buddies' racks and check out other mfr's cams and see if the extra cost is worth it to you...at the end of the day, you need a full rack and if you can only afford half of one that is made up of expensive gear it won't do you much good... Shoot my first rack was built by walking the cliff top w/ a rap rope and my brother walking the bottom to spot every monday morning and digging out stuck booty and bail gear...complete hodge podge of crap that served a 15 year old and a 17 year old really well...

ng... Went through the developments of sportclimbing in different areas...places like smith where Alan was pretty much left to his own devices, Boulder where it was full on war, and the New where area activists kinda started by doing mixed routes to connect gear placements, then gradually saying "fuck it" and going to all bolt routes... But in the final analysis, it was Rich and the vertical world and the gyms to follow that truly ushered in sportclimbing by introducing masses of urbanite climbers to the sport... Folks like dwayner did their best to stem the tide, but it was pretty much unstoppable and we have arrived at an "English" solution to protecting traditional climbing...some areas left to traditional climbing...seems like an ok compromise to me when you look at the actual #'s per year being introduced to climbing in the article...

LIsten Phucko! I wear the pants!

PS: Smith this weekend...