I bummed my homeboy's #5 for Mushmaker at Tieton. It ain't no pipeline, though. It's only 5.7... and only about 15-20' of real wide stuff at the top. I bet, like at Vantage, there are a lot of opportunities for wide cracks at Tieton.
I have seen only one person do this. He also clipped the rope the wrong way through a biner. When he was going to clip the next bolt the rope popped out of the biner below him, so he was looking at a grounder at that point.
Miloshk,
In training for long alpine routes one can learn from animals that are more suited for extreme cold environments. In addition to your cold weather training, during the summer months it is important to build up many layers of fat so that the body can live for many days without food or water. Practice eating a weeks worth of food in one day and then not eating the rest of the week. In case of being stranded due to severe winter storms one can live many days in a tent if you can force yourself to hibernate until the weather has cleared. In training for this event spend at least three to four days asleep. If you are tempted to wake up do not open your eyes just keep sleeping for three to four days. This way you can conserve vital energy needed to achieve the climbing objective and descend safely.
This applies to anyone, pro or anti war.
Anyone who has watched tv recently has seen it. It starts off by someone insincerely stating some of the main points of the anti war movement. Then, a picture of a screaming child is shown and then a cheesy plea for the Iraqi people.
In my opinion liberating the Iraqi people has about zero to do with the war. There are many reasons to do it. Whether they are just or not isn't the issue.
In my opinion it is a shameless commercial meant to bolster approval ratings for the war when it has absolutely nothing to do with our government's motivation. It is insulting to mine and everyone else's intelligence.
Are we some backwards nation that can't face the truth of our own motivations and need propaganda that makes us feel good about what we are doing?
Yeah, the people I hang with always try to do that shit with me. It never works since their cams are all fucked up from them hangdoggin all the time. I can tell its theirs right away.
One thing I like to do when I drop a cam from three pitches up is to switch it into someone else's rack when they are not looking. That way they don't miss their cam and you have a good chance that their's is in better shape.