Attitude

This does suck. I hate when I leave my belay device on the belay loop and it gets caught on the plastic while bouldering.

You could spend less time spraying... Stretching also available at REI.

Luna bars are more expensive for less food than the regular Clif bars. Must be the added estrogen.

Where's Dr. Phil when you need him....

For newbies planning to slog glaciers this season in plastics, a practice hike up Si in them is a pretty good idea.

Must be Big Lou. If it was Beckey, his hand would be on her butt.

He's the one in the red dress.

In Russia, climbers begin leading trad at 5.11b A3 on their first day. If they can't make it to the top of the 10p route, they are not a climber. We would call such a person an Amerikanski. Ooops, wrong avatar....

Have you met Polish Bob?

yeah, well I heard all about you Chris, from you know who, and your lust for younger men. Pot, kettle, black....

Climbing reviews your nuts. I own a set of Huevos (4-12) and they work fine. I've also used BDs and can't tell the difference. You can get a full set (1-13) from gearexpress.com for $60.

Wind increases the convective heat transfer rate from the body.

The girl from King5?

Liquor? I don't even know her!!! Bwahahahahahahaha!!! Just make sure the test results are in before you go there.... Those are gifts that keep on giving.

To turn this thread back toward the topic.... REI was started by climbers like you. Now it is the big Evil Empire. What happened. Who is at fault? Did conservative businessmen take over the coop and impose their will, or were the liberal granola folks lured to the dark side by the money and power? Discuss.

Sit-ups and crunches will do the same thing. And I have the license to market sit-ups and crunches used for carrying heavy loads with a backpack. No. It's not the same thing (are you gonna walk while simultaneously tightening your gut?). The gut pad is supposed to yield very noticeable results. Here's a quote: "I wouldn't go backpacking without one." --Rick Ridgeway But I haven't tried one. Ummm, you do walk around with some tension in the abdominal muscles. As you increase the load in your pack, you increase the tension in these muscles. Strength training of these muscles will allow you to carry larger loads more comfortably. Try it for yourself. Strap on a big pack and hike while poking yourself in the stomach. Unless you are perfectly balanced, the muscles will have some tension.

Sit-ups and crunches will do the same thing. And I have the license to market sit-ups and crunches used for carrying heavy loads with a backpack.

Can't argue with that. I spoke with one of skiers involved in the avalanche at Crystal, and he was grateful that the folks were able to respect their privacy and keep away the pack of baying news hounds. I don't watch King 5 News. It sucks.

If it works for you, go for it.

Not only that: On January 31, after 20 days of projecting and a mere week before leaving for a six-week trip to Europe, Adam Stack made the third ascent of Tommy Caldwell's Kryptonite at the Fortress of Solitude near Rifle, Colorado. Originally graded 5.14d by Caldwell, Kryptonite's grade came under scrutiny after François Legrand's aggressive cleaning produced a hold that second ascentionist Yuji Hirayama said makes the route 5.14c. Stack, however, chose to avoid the manufactured hold, calling his redpoint method "Kryptonite au naturel" and confirmed the 5.14d grade. Oh my Gawd!

Climb more. Eric Horst suggests that the bulk of training climbs should be a couple grades below your max to teach your body to move more fluidly over the rock. Also you can substitute endurance by climbing more efficiently, using the minimal amount of effort on each move.

That explains alot.

Hey! My post yesterday on Dru being a little "quick on the draw" also was deleted! I guess this means that Dru also probably wear lots of polyester and plucks his eyebrows. Beware!!!!!!!!

Hopkins lives in Santa Barbara. Wolfe.....Wolfe, on the other hand, is a regular contributor to this bulletin board and goes by the pseudonym Cacao de Amor, or something like that. Fudge Packer?

Much like cc.com. Except the bit about potential.