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It might work, but it might not. Certainly acetone is one of the safest from a environmental and health standpoint.

Dude, beware the slippery bolt slope. Stay on the wagon. If asked I would not have approved of the carving on Air Guitar. The plaque perhaps, but not the carving. It's kind of like those monuments along the roadside. How can you tell someone they can't do that after they've lost a loved one? Still, a temporary monument would have been better.

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No that is on the west side of the peak.

Don't forget one of the nicest aspects of slab climbing is that your beer gut doesn't get in the way, as it does on steeper stuff.

People make strange decisions sometimes. No one will ever know why he decided to go where he did. These sorts of tragic accidents are all too common and senseless.

The standard treatment appears to have been to cover the graffiti with paint of a color that matches the rock. It is difficult to do this perfectly. Sandblasting would probably be best but would be very costly and time-consuming, not to mention it alters the rock. There is a solvent-based removal scheme but I know very little about it.

Where are the scabby legs and the black toenails?

I heard about this on KPLU this afternoon and looked it up on the PI website. Sounds as though the unfortunate man may have wandered up one of the climbers trails, perhaps to Nevermind Wall or Deception Ledge. Hiker Dies: PI Article

I noticed that there is a great deal of new graffiti at the Feathers. Now that the concert season is over it's time to remove or cover the unsightly crap. I don't have any experience with this but would be willing to help someone who does.

Hey, I just asked for clarification. I did not pass judgment on you.

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It took you about 11 hours to do Outer Space? Is that right?

I climbed at Vantage all weekend. It was sunny, warm and nice. Worked on my suntan. Sunshine Wall was crowded on all the usual routes, so we went to Corn and Millennium Walls and Riverview Crags where we saw no one.

Nice TR. Those pictures are tantalizing. Major Sierra envy going on here.

Someone with more than 30,000 posts?

Yes, although I'd say Air Guitar is the easiest 5.10a at Vantage. Go try George and Martha some time.

There are a few biners that are captive at both ends. It's an old rant of Chuck's, so old it's now an inside joke. DEADLY DOGBONES!!!!! You will die!

So you mean to say you will give yourself constipation so that you can become a "human poop tube"?

There are lots of things we do that don't have good data to back them up.

The discussion started out about which way the biners should face on the draw. This is a "set it and forget it" issue.

If you are starting out learning something new, it is as easy to learn it one way as it is the other. So if one method has even an infinitesimal safety advantage, you might was well learn it this way. A large number of small safety advances can add up. You old timers, don't worry about it.

I can't follow exactly what you are trying to say.

You should practice clipping the rope in both from right and left using either hand until you can do it quickly and efficiently no matter which way the gate faces.

If this were done, who's job would it be to haul a phone booth to the summit. Do you have any idea what those things weigh?