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still feels sandbagged!!

i think zoom is in darryl's guide as 10c/d?

Which can be difficult while you're trying to balance in a precarious stance. This kind of adventure isn't so popular with many of today's climbers, so they start at the top of the cliff and slide down a rope, stopping ever so often to drill the holes and set the bolts. They then go to the bottom of the cliff and begin climbing up. The shiny bolt hangers serve two purposes. Firstly, they mark the trail so that nonbody gets lost. Secondly, today's climber finds them to be kind of attractive, and so he is enticed into leaving the relative safety of having a bolt by his shoulders and into the bold frontier of climbing until that same bolt is by his knees. At that point, he gets to clip the next bolt at helmet level and he may decide to lean back on the rope for a little rest while he admires that shiny little beauty. I hope this has helped. phaquin precious! fuggin' stoopud...

I'm gonna counter you guys...AT SMITH, it is standard practice that redpoint attempts come first...Most people bow out of a tr if the person asks to have a shot at a redpoint attempt on their project...

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WTF is this skiing/boarding crap/crack? I keep looking at the url displayed at the top of my screen and it says cascadeCLIMBERS.com!!!!! PS: you hittin smiff over turkey day???? PS: Nice tr, though!! Gettin' old sux arse, don't it???? Gawd i just ache every morning...

This is a teenager laughing at Catbirdseat -->

ahhh...i've fallen off b4 cuz i just couldn't pull anymore...hahahahaha

PUSH ME

Muffy...the word "was" is past tense!!!!

I used to think my pop was a shit sometimes, but i don't feel that way now...

Just butch cut his hair...that'll give you a good year and half before you have to worry about it again...my pop used to whip out the shearing razor and go to town on us... I kept my hair short for wrestling anyway, but my bro used to get torqued....

as the huber bros so succinctly put it...you want to have power to waste...

Hi will...don't go to the red river, or rifle, or american forks, or well...just about anywhere that's buttass steep...i've fallen off stuff cuz i can't pull even though i'm certainly capable of hangin' the grips...Oh, and being able to substantially do more than your own weight is GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD....

Second the pitch. You'll learn more that way. (i.e. removing screws, watching someone lead, etc.) Also, no one is saying that you can't top rope, they're just saying that if you do be considerate of others: be gentle on the ice, don't create hazards for others (i.e. top-ropping a second pitch), and share the route (i.e. move your top rope to the side when someone wants to lead the climb) Edit: Damn, you guys are quick with the responses today. This post is about 4 posts behind the times. All my points have already been said. Slow poke...throw your dial up modem in the the trashcan!!

Be nice and offer to belay experienced partners so you can follow??????? Just a suggestion....

Szyjakowski... Gyms are perfect for figuring out all sorts of things...working body tension...just how far you can reach off a shitty hold and how to stick something dynamically...plus, they make you stronger, and endurance goes through the roof...Plus, i love getting mauled by certain routesetters, cuz when i do manage to send one of their routes, i know i just accomplished something... Gyms are the ultimate for this shitty weather to keep you fit for the precious rock!!!

Its plastic ...who cares? the particular technique might be a little different than what you are good at...take what you can from the gym and then apply it to the ROCK... Gyms suck, but they are good for working your weaknesses...(except cracks)...

Yeah, what's the saying again? Climb harder, not smarter? I remember back when sharma came on the scene and everyone and their brother was dissin' his shoddy footwork...then he goes and puts down some serious slab routes...shoddy footwork my ass!!! He's got "sufficient" footwork...

That just means you have to drop 10lbs!!

Whatever...key to superior footwork is TO PULL HARDER...

Put two days of rest in between your work days...Key is to go until that burn just cooks you between your blades...you have to get to failure...do this for 2 months and i GUARANTEE you that you'll be able to pop significantly more than 1 body weight pullup...keep increasing the weight if you can do more than 10 reps in a set... I think a climber oughta be able to crack 10 pullups off w/ no sweat as a minimum....

MUFFY!!! Walk straight over to a lat-pull machine put 70% of your weight on that and goddamm start pulling until failure...time how long it took to do that, then rest 3 times that length and repeat!!!!