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I'm outta here in 3 hours for yosemite...FUCK WORK...those bastards asked if i could move my trip!!! Guess what i said???? Kiss my "Do you have a cell phone?"---->NO, too bad, i'll see you next week...

Kids climbing shoes are cheap...and they dig gettin' to wear stuff like mom and dad's...i look at it as keeping them enthusiastic..

Hey Chuck... The quarter ticket is the dealio! He can spend it on the spot or save it as he sees fit cuz he earned it! He usually blows a few of them right off and then wants some to put in his bank. So off he goes for some more laps!!! Man, i can't wait till he and his brother are like 11 and 9...its gonna kick some butt until they get tired of the old man slowing them down!!!!!

I breath a little easier when my guys have a helmet on. Becuase kids have such a high center of gravity, it is easy for them to flip upsidedown when they fall ( or so I have been told) we often use the all purpose bicycle roller blade helmet. Helmet's the ticket...the full body harness keeps drew pretty much upright. He also has the "walk your feet down the wall" thing down, so he doesn't scrape the wall as he lowers...

We should hook up w/ the kids!!!!!!! There is a group of kid climbers all under 4 1/2 that usually meets at the seattle gym. Once summer rolls around, we all will probably be venturing outside as a group. It works well, cuz there's enough adults around to keep eyeballz on the kids and so everybody gets climbing. One other thing...BUY A HELMET FOR HER. its easy for them to tumble at the cliff bases cuz of boulders and what not. and dropped gear or falling rox mean nothing to them. I bought Drew a hockey helmet, cuz it protects the back of his head better than i thought bike helmets did.

He's starting outside climbing this summer...GNS and stuff at Squamish. To rap, i clip him into my harness and then rap down w/ him...Mom doesn't like this, but its safe and controlled.

She is only 3 1/2 years old and weighs about 33 pounds. She is an 'itty- bitty' like her mom. I figure we can strap a few slings or something Jamn' recommends to keep her safe. We will only start on anything small and safe. Don't strap her up w/ slings, it'll be uncomfortable. Plus, kids have a weird center of gravity and these harnesses are designed for that...and they grow pretty well w/ the child, so they should last till they are big enough to get into a sit-harness. $30 to $40 is a small price to pay for her comfort (and yours). my boy is about 30lbs flat and was born in august, so he's a little over 3 1/2. He really really digs it and climbs quite a bit in the gym...gets a quarter each time he tops out on a route, then hauls ass over to the Mike&Ike candy machine and collects his booty. Guess he's a sponsored climber now!!

Hey Kitten... How old is she?? BD sells sit harness for kids that you can combine w/ a chest harness if she's old enough. Trango sells full body harnesses as does Petzl... The vertical world carries them. And you can order them off the web from Barrabes.com

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Cheers Jerome! Yo-so-mighty is gonna kick some ass!! Hopefully not mine...we leave wednesday night at 8pm I'M SOO STOKED!! Take care, We have to hit squish some more this summer...

Its a sporto/bouldering-sitstart thing...you wouldn't understand... Now go back to winding your cuckoo and grandfather clocks! Cheers

Jerome...you crack me up you style your hair w/ that "guano"???

you need to get out more often. i think the sword is a cooler lead. the exposure is more. but the split pillar is way cool, too. like comparing olde english 800 to king cobra: it all fuckin works. I do need to get out more! Got any money for me? And the Split is a cooler lead. Jerome Jerome, you tool, there's no bat shit or bird guano on split...how can it be a cool lead for you????

so, it prolly isn't pneumonia, but syphillis!!!!

yeah...but he's certifiably insane...better watchit!!!! Plus, you won't be able to hurt him cuz of all the painkillers...a regular Jason is my guess... Plus he picked up some bug in a gross ow and you wouldn't want to catch that now, would you???

SQUISH is gonna rock this summer... My little boy is stoked to go...he's got pics all over his room and keeps asking mom "is it summer yet??" HAHAHAHA

Good call! Maybe on the freeway ... be nice!! He's armed w/ a huge hex and a #6 cam!!

oh that's ripe....there's more goats/sheep in 11worth though...might be hard to talk Erik south...

you'll be sick of it by the fall after all summer there...

Oct. 11? Hmmmm....i'll mark that one on my calender...for smiff?

ahhh dude...that sux...get out and take a nap outside so you breathe some fresh air...

they are callin' institutions "home" now??

stick w/ the split personality tact...its more believable...

its easier to claim a split personality isn't it???

nice dodge! hahahahaha