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Yup, give the mediocre morons something to explode and beer to drink and they are happy...(kinda like the US Government)

NIMBY WORD YO Great place to camp and get free booty

Its about more than climbing, the all encompassing aspect of adventure, rebellion, respect, and angst. The guy was freaking brilliant "Never apologise, never explain"

Werd. Riding a bike in the gym is so boring and pointless. Yeah! PFFT what they should do is go to some sport crag and clip bolts! OH YEAH thats cool! ;P

Yeah, its just fun and a great way to pass the time, meet interesting folks and such. We stopped playing when we moved up here from Vegas and really didnt have much of a withdrawal issue, the break was nice. What server does yer friend play on? Ill drop in and send him a HOWDY!

Well, they have a command you can type in to see how much cumulative time you have played on a specific character...I tried it on my main char ( imok is an alt ) and it said 88 days. Thats 88 solid days of sitting on my ass with one character I calculate I spend 42 hours a week playing EQ, with my longest single session being 27 hours. Do I have a problem? I have some l33t l3wtz on my chars tho. Gear makes all the difference just like climbing muahaha

OW, OW, OW! Im gonna cry! LOL EQ fekking rocks! Plus on rest days the detailed mouse clicking help my fingers recover

Ok, so I tried to portray an aura of essential goodness. Some scrubbing will be needed, but most of the routes are already pretty darn clean. The rock is super sticky, almost like the gnarly desert limestone outside of Vegas. Heavy wool sweaters are considered aid.

Im hoping to leave the moss in place as I feel bad removing it in non critical areas. I respect the moss for its tenacious qualities, plus its bad karma to harm another sentient being without reason. Yes! Plants do have feelings! But I will keep you posted Rope burns up Behunin Canyon

Yup it is sandstone.

Cool, I have heard about the golf course but never been, not sure about access now. This place is elsewhere, ummm near a coal mine

Currently trimming concrete landscape blocks with it for some flower beds But for climbing purposes I am messing around near Black Diamond and am tired of hand drilling.

Hey all thanks for the input, I think I might attempt Drus advice and put together a gel setup. Freeman, no kidding, my first battery went kaput within the first month of using it it was the spring of 1990 and we were up Icicle, I took some gear out of my pack and walked over to the base of the cliff...I glanced back at my pack to see smoke coming out of it! DOH....ran back over and some draws were on fire, one biner blackened and one $100 battery toasted. One lesson learned.

Thanks Dru, headed there now! I had an old issue of Climbing or R&I with a similar bit of info but its buried so i'll scope FISH

I have an older bosch bulldog ( circa 1990) and I need to get a spare battery. Is there a local resourse that sells them or a decent mail order source? Any help would be great. Thanks in advance.

Pfft, what dya expect...anything Smith is lame and boring...

Careful of the dreaded Cup'O'Noodles, typically it takes more nutrients and liquids to actually process the stuff than it provides you...negative nutrient ratio. Danger! Danger!

Apologies to Off_White for a minor detour here. Sure its a great area, I was fortunate enough to be a ranger here in the mid 80's [ before any routes besides a couple]. Had the place to myself and hence got to pick some plums [ not the hueco routes, those came after I left and I only looked at them with a futuristic whim ] Some great History and fun stories came out of here, mebbe I'll post an anecdote or 2.

DFA, what sport routes did ya do in Kolob? Im just curious which ones ya did? I assume ya did the Hueco routes but did ya do any others?

speaking of index flavor...since I have been absent from the NW "scene" for the last 10 years...umm is fred or larry still floating around?

Checked out some SS crags near Black Diamond. Wow the green on the hills and the vistas were very refreshing! Tons of Humingbirds. OH yeah some cool featured rock too.

Eiger Sanction Cliffhanger El Capitan (by Glen Denny) On the Rocks

Doh, my bad. I saw and focussed on the WEST of the summit. Not the south. Just did the silver peak loop via Twin Lakes last week and dont remember seeing any rock BUT I'll be back up there this weekend on the way over to Thorp so ill scan more intently. Again, sorry for the mis info

Sportclimbing is neither...period.

Pfft!