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Your fuckin joking right or you are a joke? Newbies if you can hike you can scramble. No tests none of that shite. You guys crack me up. Of course I didn't mean test in the literal sense. Jees-louise.

Look, up in the sky. It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's a bus! Eeeeuuuwwww!

The newbies haven't yet been tested on their scrambling skills. Someone ought to take them on something with a fair amount of third class on it to see how they'll do. Beckey Route would be a challenge if they haven't done any scrambling before. I'm sure they will all do fine though.

I enjoyed this unusually detailed trip report.

No, I expect they will repair it as long as it is before Dingford Creek.

Is the washout before or after Hell Hill?

Alpine---->Cragging Trad------>Sport Sport----->Bouldering

So Dru, how did they do it? I assume no portaledge. Do they find ledges to bivy on, or do they just hang for a while to rest?

That sounds very appealing, but I gotta work.

Didn't you listen to your momma when she told you to take your time and chew your food?

I think what Dru is saying is that natural pro is to be preferred, of you can get it, for example, tunnels and horns, etc.

You want each anchor point to be omnidirectional. If you are using nuts, you'd want to set them in opposition, so that they will not shake out from rope movement. Pitons are good for the reason that they are naturally omnidirectional.

Actually, a buddy of mine had testicular cancer. He now has bionic balls.

I twice climbed a big cedar tree to rescue my wife's Abyssinian cat. I was sooo sad when one day the cat just disappeared.

Yes, please, we're interested.

Plagerism

Diluted, pussified, wussified, weakened... Coltrane-----> Smooth Jazz Wine--------> Wine Coolers Jeep CJ7----> Grand Cherokee Espresso----> Frappuccino

Let the truth be told.

Didn't Lance lose a testicle to cancer? You know they have excellent prostheses these days.

I know that certain species of ants will "cultivate" aphids so they can harvest the sweet liquid called honey dew that the aphids produce. There is a genus of orchids called Schomburgkia which has hollow stems and is almost always colonized by ants which fiercely protect their host plant. Schomburgkia collectors have got to be masochists.

Been there, done that. Wet ropes are heavy ropes. Good job.

Are you talking that one on Witch Doctor Wall (Exfoliation Dome)? That was Yos and dbb's project. I thought he finished it and posted a trip report.