RuMR

one hint that i don't see much from anybody but is key, imho, is to keep hands "away from your face"...ie, avoid pulling straight out on a jam...very hard to get expansion/locking when you are doing that. the jam should either be significantly above your head or below your head...shuffling works well...move the upper hand first, then pull the lower hand up, then repeat...strong climbers will pull jams through, ie. the upper jam is pulled all the way down to below chest and then the next hand is placed as the upper and repeated (gold jams for me)...

I freed a 5.6 the other day....am I not "living my passion"? fuck you kevin... the guy is literally eating, living, breathing climbing...only climbing, nothing else...

also take a look at Jens' free ascent of dragons of eden...that guy is living his passion...

fairweather...agreed! Superbwanker...whatever...

Really... i think he's just pissy cuz he got bouted...

actually, i was thinking more along the lines of Ceuse, Verdon, or any of the other major limestone areas. I might suggest you go and try it...i suspect that you are ace on footwork and would enjoy some of the bolt-protected, technical climbing. it might change or soften some of your stances...plus, the food, women and ambiance rock... cheers, Rudy

Joseph, have you climbed in europe? Just asking, not trying to pick a fight or anything like that...

are you thinking of GM to heart of the country as opposed to GM proper?

its more i'm worried about finger/joint damage than anything else... Keep in mind how hard these kids are training...i just don't know what the long term effects on growing tissues are...i'd hate for this to actually curtail their climbing later...

you say so much stupid shit that i think your vocal cords/brain stem are permanently set on "JOKE MODE"

B I N G O ! its a difficult concept for da 'bone!

...yes kevin, you are right... one's ego has nothing to do with subjective interpretation of objective ratings...

"I'm such a bad ass climber that i can tell you for a fact that this particular route is NOT 10+ because that felt easy for me and therefore, since i'm so badass, it must be 10-" --Kevbone, downrating based on his badassness...

"I'm such a bad ass climber that i can tell you for a fact that this particular route is NOT 10+ because that felt hard for me and therefore, since i'm so badass, it must be 11-" --Kevbone, uprating based on his badassness...

i heard santa lives at the north pole....just sayin'...

i heard santa lives at the north pole....just sayin'...

dude...quit confusing poor boner with the facts...sheesh, what a dick...

whoops...you are right... it is fun to idiot-bait though.... here fishy fishy...

yo pete, you should see the pm's that kev sends me...and pink too... i somehow don't think they fulfill themselves and are looking to expand their relationship... :blech: yuck...i had to block their pm's...

actually, i only talk about your ego cuz that's all you ever talk about with regards to others' climbing... i find it hilarious, that when someone comments on a redpoint on another, unmentioned, website, you have to jump all over them and spray about how egotistical it is. Then, in the next breath you comment about a rating being off. To me, its the same thing... care to 'splain the difference to me?

yeah...but it'd be nice smooth jams instead of raggedy tuff shite...

yeah dwayner...nobody will ever top kevboner's stupidity...well, maybe that josh-kid would give him a run for it...

there's that ego thing again...

i only sportclimb cuz there's never any pinks or kevboners around...

i hear kevbone is available, as pinkie just got hitched...