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has anyone seen my ass? smithy handed it to me after all that nummy beer friday night and i think i dropped it while i was clipping a bolt super fun time! like ehmmic said, thanks to all you ropeguns who put up ropes on stuff that i climbed

someday i'll get some technique but prolly not for a while. until then...the first 2 moves for me are way harder than they look...but so what? it's still a fun crack!

and if those hands are locker for you

yep.. those first couple moves suck!

the sole shouldn't come off that quickly. good luck w/the nikes iceguy, do you run in your merrells or just use them as an approach shoe? i've always found them so stiff that i couldn't run in them comfortably. nice approach shoes for me but lousy for running.

it's time for the NEW OVER 18 FORUM

erik running shoes are designed to last about 400-500 miles. if you've exceeded that, it is time for new shoes. all the brands you've mentioned are reputable. i've put many miles on adidas. you might try mizunos. that is the shoe i get the most mileage out of. minx

hey beck- you might be a tad clueless or not have a certain perspective on this. i leave my phone ringer off but i do take it with me. at least once this summer it prevented my mother from calling SAR over nothing! i was 6 hours late...this is nothing...and i've told her 24 hours but my nervous mother wouldn't have waited that long. i called it prevented a needless effort by other people i get signal in a surprising number of places. i have a child and yes if that phone rang an there was an emergency with him i would bail out of any climb/trip as fast as possible. you better believe i take it with me. i don't count on it to save me in an emergency but it could be a useful tool. so to all of you "keep the cell phones out of the mountains nazis" all i can say is

whatever i may think of bolting stuff for mixed routes, the alpental valley is definitely not pristine. there are herds of people trapsing through that area everyday of the week year round. frankly, if this is going to be done locally, alpental is probably not a bad choice.

jon, i've been good all day and haven't deleted a single post of mine. can we have the new forum(s) pretty please? maybe i can moderate it have a nice day

i'm pretty sure that the only answer to lifes enemas is NO

this past w/e a couple of gentlemen were climbing several of the same routes as we were. they had just finished one that was the same grade that i was climbing. they told my belayer they thought the other one was much easier. late we climbed that route and we both found it to be harder. often your perspective of a grade is the result of your individual style. that said, some places just seem harder for the same grade than others. lots of routes at squamish seem a tad soft to me

10 keys - but i only carry 2 and none if someone else is driving. unless they live with you they never get a key!

you are oblivious to the camping-neighbor deterent effect of two children and one dog. anybody got some of those to mark ther turf? i could provide 2 dogs and one kid as a deterent. but doesn't smith have some rules about leaving your kid tied up at the base of a climb?

the crack to the right of spiderman is an excellent choice. it's short and takes gear well. i've spent the summer trying to get my head back in order to lead after a fall. that crack was a perfect one for me.

why not two forums at most? yos and the rest of cali? i think you could probably get away with one. which ever would be simplest for you.* *i promise not to delete my post

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i agree w/ehmmic! that chimney is fun even though i made a disaster of it the second to last time i climbed it totally embarrassing but ehmmic gave it a super lead!

here's to many more good leads!

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