RuMR

Nobody needs a freakin' assault rifle...sheesh, i looked out my window this morning and swore it wasn't afghanistan...

definite warning signal: "Bush can be trusted"

anything uttered by Catbirdseat...

I have actually thought about this in the sense that how hard a route is often depends on one's height. If the setter is 6 feet tall and he/she judges it to be a 5.9, this might turn out to be a 5.10 (or worse) for someone who is only 5'6". Maybe each route is rated by the setter for an average height, which I suppose is implied. But if a setter is of above average height, then he/she may rate it too easy for the person who is of average (lower) height, i.e., it will appear harder for the shorter person. disagree...generally i find when a problem is tough, its not cuz its reachy, more like i'm lacking something else...reach is not a good excuse...

Croft?

I'm climbing the best that i have in a long while, and that's w/ two kids...you get a whole lot more "productive" w/ training and climbing when you have a chance to do it...no f-ing around... Plus, it helps that my wife kicks ass and supports my other passion!!! Kids are not the end, they are the beginning and it seems to get better and better!!!!!

Jens...i completely disagree w/ you...index is no stiffer than seneca, jtree, the gunks, t-wall, stone mountain or any well established area or yosemite...of course if you want to compare it to a joke rating system like one at Owens, or Jacks or Exit 38 its gonna seem stiff...BUT, the key is those areas are off, for whatever reason... it has its "quirks" about itsclimbing...but being local, you gain an appreciation and an ability to handle them... The main thing is that index should keep consistent w/in its own rating scale...ie one 5.10a index climb should feel like another 5.10a index climb...and screw the rest of the climbing areas... People learn to climb in a gym and then think they are all bad ass and don't realize that stuff can be technical, yet still not rated 5.12...Funny thing, when you work the routes at index and send them, they don't feel all that bad...they are technique, not strength based... Long live the "index .11b"!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr. Radon's a punter!!!! AHUHAHAHAHUHHH PUNTER!!!

green camalot???? Damn, you should be hiking 12 hand cracks!!!! HAHAHAHAH Lisa Gnade version 2.0 Release MINXY!!!

I have like really tiny hands...seriously...I think i get by w/ pretty decent "cup" jams...they feel wicked solid????

a visiting French climber would shred lowertownwall...

Mike Vick-->HOKIE!!! BooOntheWahoos!!! PS: clicked away!

could be a size thing...i'm short...might pack in to the holds better... Swim is awesome!!! But that first pitch was rough for me...the rest of it is

no...i think .11d for index is right on...its in the range of stuff like full iron horse and shirley...a bit harder than jap gardens... remember conversion factor... .11d-->12a/b or b at squamish...that's about right, don't you think??

i thought sisu was hella easier than swim!! Especially for the same rating

i like minxY!!! 'Specially when you get all in the face!!! Later MINXY!!

Yeah...Disregarding the significance of the double xx chromomsome, minXX sounds too much like IaXX, doesn't it?? So it has to be minxY, right? Plus, its kinda endearing!!!

by the time i'm done w/ that rope on that route, he won't want it!!!

You can even have my rack!!!! shoes won't fit you, but you'd probably get good $$$ for them...

No...right now there is ONE route on my mind only...just one and then i'll be happy and i will sell all of my gear and take up golf if i send...

still pebble-rastlin! Go to smiff!! When is lisa gonna pick those shoes up???

knowing ian, he'll send it this weekend... No...driving 12 hours to pebble-wrestle is stoopud!!!!

gobble gobble gobble gobble!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

say it aint so!! Tech RULEZ!