Dr_Flash_Amazing

"outside my gate my crew was drinking a 40, asked me if there's still rats in the hallway, I said 'some things ain't like the weather, they never seem to change for the better'" - Rancid, 'Rats in the Hallway'

This will be the worst $89 dollars you could spend on a crash pad if you want something that will actually last and keep you from busting your heels. Like Mad Rock shoes and other off-brand knock-off products, they are cheap for a reason; usually crappy materials (in the case of this pad, the foam is super-squishy and bottoms out easily), crappy construction, etc. Spend the extra 40 or 50 bills on something quality from Metolius, Misty, Cordless (now Revolution), or the like. You'll more than get your money's worth with a well-built pad that will last, and save your junior boulderer's heels when he's 72" tall and pitching onto it from twice that height. Dr. Flash Amazing's advice is, as per usual, good as gold and cheap as dirt. Enjoy!

Eat a bag of dicks, you gob.

True, but, now that it's in spray ... you're a fag!

"Punk Rock? Isn't that the kind of music where kids cut each other with razor blades and knives?!" - Anti-Flag, "Right On"

'nuff said!

Thissiz gonna be a strictly bouldering affair, i'n'it, judging by the name?

Word. Not to mention, they were legitimate criticisms! Die, moderatory scum!

Come on, doesn't it go free at .12c or something?

Sweet! Corporate whore and Bush minion extraordinaire for highest office in the land! Hell, if His Idiotship could get elected twice, why not put CondOILeeza in? If Dick Cheney's cold, black, mechanical heart is still ticking by then, he could make a great Veep for her, too. Who wouldn't want another oil war/Halliburton handout presidency? Keep the standards high, is what DFA says! Seriously, though, that's pretty funny, PP.

Um, totally. Like, CLIMB OR DIE, SUKKA!!! Maybe a hangboard and a weight belt, but try not to blow your tendons out like an idiot.

Speaking of tape that someone mentioned, DFA has had good experience with buddy taping the injured digit to an adjoining one, once it gets around time to climb on it again; this seems to help in keeping you from yarding on the hurt one too much. We'll see how effective this advice is, 'cause guess which famous internet climbing pundit/freelance medical professional just wrecked his finger at the gym? In the words of a chalkbag DFA saw at the crag once, "Fuck Climbing"!

Duh. But right now it's February and I'm in no mood to kick down the duckets for a gym membership... Getting outside consistantly is tough... But there's plenty of time to squeeze chew toys while I review poorly thought out code... Don't worry, chief, Dr. Flash Amazing sees just how you are. Your initial post mentions the usefulness of climbing in sort of a tentative way, and then goes on to ask whether a hangboard might be better. So it sounds like "duh" more succinctly sums up your own question. If you don't want to shell out the dough for some plastic punishment, then you can expect to be really good at sqeezing a rubber donut by the end of the winter. When you get shut down on your warmup on your first day back outside, don't forget to collapse in tears and remark aloud that "climbing is so complex!" ala Wolfgang Gullich!

... so you didn't clip it properly. Because those sport clip-ups are soooo complicated, right? Now you see why we leave the draws hanging for redpoint burns.

Ugh.

It was originally to be the preamble to the Gettysburg Address, but Lincoln's press secretary made him cut it.

If you're interested in keeping the pump at bay, a hand/grip strengthening thingus isn't going to do a damn thing for you. What you need to do is climb a bunch at a time and get your body used to doing a lot of moves. Start easy and ramp up the difficulty, or do routes near your limit with little or no rest in between. Getting on a hangboard might help you get used to doing pullups off of a sloper or two-finger pockets or whatever, and could help build your grip up, and weights will help develop your muscles, but there is no substitute for actually climbing. Train accordingly.

Andy?

No doubt ... it would be all 45-degree ramp slogs covered in pea gravel with a litter-hauling/z-drag setup area instead of a bouldering zone, with mandatory helmets and ascenders for all members. Instead of a lead test, they'd make you put on a full pack and then kick you into the artificial crevasse, and determine whether you could effectively self-rescue while the staff poured Slurpees down the rope and into your collar. Yeesh.

But where does the Elton John of fascist dictators stand on "get a real job?"

What was that song? "Douche or Glory?" And hey, the sofa is owned outright, the lady never asked for a dime, and who you calling cheap? You must be working for some kind of douche-industry clampdown or sump'm.

Or maybe you should rip off every single one of the "DirtBag" designs, retool them to read "DoucheBag", and sell those on yer shirts. ... dunno who's gonna buy a shirt that sez "DoucheBag" on the front of it, but still.

Escuela. Que triste.

CHA-CHING! Holy F-ing classic thread resurrection!

M-O-N-G-O-L-I-A. Sheesh.