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That's pretty damn petty, isn't it? Plenty of top-shelf climbing talent shows up at the X-Games, or at least they used to. All those little French girls that climb so freaky hard, Lisa Rands and the usual women's comp circuit climbers, Big Frank, Mr. Sharma, etc. Are these not "real champions"? And the same goes for ABS comps, at which she's done plenty well. The World Cup circuit is just as arbitrary as anything else. Yeah, you gotta compete to win, but you also have to compete in certain comps, while others don't count toward your ranking. It's all just as arbitrary as this entire ridiculous sport. dfa- is your head up your ass again? are the fumes gettin' you high? simple- if you want to call yourself a champion you have to compete in the largest format of the comps- simple and the end of story. she didn't win world cup, no world championship either, bouldering, difficulty or speed! if she does- then she earns the title. maybe she is US champion, but calling herself world is way too much from 8a.nu end of the story. as far as viestus goes- there is al least 12 people right now, who did it (14x8000)

not true- it's climbing like everything else. climbing is a game. on the same token aid/wall climbing is in my book much less then pulling on plastic. the point is she never won World Cup comp (even one series) or World Championships. X-games are invitational bullshit. Invitations are purelly based on who knows whoom, not on actuall ranking. if you call yourself a champion you have to compete and win with real champions.

yeah rudy, that's why bush is a president with 50% aproval rating. and as far as pro athletes you must produce or you'll be cut. hype and bullshit will get you only so far. look at people like rodman- where is he now? i have no problem with making living of climbing- in one or another form, but for crying out loud don't pretend something you are not

i am not impressed when they make of it more then it is. and in both cases like ed and torri it is . flashing one 13 is not that big of a deal. a 13 yo kid from czec republic is doing 8b's (don't remember his name, but you can check it out on 8a.nu). same with ed- how many people summited 14x 8000 peaks? so what's the big deal about him? this is so sad that people actually buy into this marketing crap. if they weren't climbers would not be able to make living from whoring themselves out. because in reality thats all what it is- selling yourself for money.

this is marketing bullshit to the extreme!!!! first of all- how strong is she? first of all last summer i watched this kid- Kinga Ociepka pulling down on some 8a's (13b for all you untravelled punters). she is also 15, btw way better looking then torri. second, there are a lot of women pulling down hard in europe. third- show me a hard alpine route she managed to pull off. wtf? before she calls herself the best all around Katherine Desteville must die somewhere, Lynn has to kick the bucket and the list goes on. there are women pulling down on 8c+, somehow i don't see her winning world cup comps or doing 14c's. fucking x-games are pure bullshit, since they are invitational and the injvitations are based not on actual ranking, but on who blew whoom. this is pathetic.

what's up donkey? didn't catch that one? why don't you keep shpunking some shelaq syrup load onto your keyboard? btw, maybe he used french canadian rating system in the guidebook?

fucking a 7b+ is hard! and the reason i didn't put this topic into rock climbing "forskin" (i mean forum) is because it is spray. so anyway, the points i am making are: too many places with soft grades don't use rating system that you don't know churning in the wake= about 7c, darkness hard 7b+/7c, rude boys= 8a, chain reaction, go dog go about 7b (hard) time's up 7c+.

hey, i did buy a guide for skaha. climbed there before a couple of times. i just noticed the author is using YDS, you know 5.somethin (fine) and for sport routes french scale. now, maybe i just had bad luck, but the routes were WAAAAY off as far as french scale. i mean "blade runner" 7a+ , wings od desire 6c+????? , wings of steel 7b+??. i mean 7b+ at any decent crag in europe is no-giveaway. if that route is 7b+, churning at smith would be 8a or 8a+!

we need some good verbal insults from smack master himself- j- speak up

are these short term side effects while the medictations are taken? or is this something that will persist over a long period of time?

hey, maybe i will show up. i have some cool slides, any cd players there?(for loud and fast music )

but you can start climbing in canada in november- best time to go there anyway. open roads, low avi conditions, no turons....

drinking some russian vodka leftovers from my summer trip.i was gonna show up to levenworth, but going to skaha instead. i might show up for the slide show in nov

faq- clownpuncher, that's my term. lamos can't even come up with their own insults. faqn' throat callus sloafing salty breath maggots. they think if they shpunk a big shelaq syrup load they are the big men on the block. what they are is a big pile of shit, fuckin' semantic blockage. "blame canada, blame canada- it's not a real country anyway"

he's back. fcking bastards are waaaaay out of line here. you should straighten them right the fuck out with a good shoe up the ass or a kick to the balls. for shits and grins you should check some of these http://www.gripped.com/forum/toast.asp?sub=show&action=posts&fid=8&tid=1759 http://www.gripped.com/forum/toast.asp?sub=show&action=posts&fid=8&tid=2284 http://www.gripped.com/forum/toast.asp?sub=show&action=posts&fid=8&tid=3075 have fun! "Actually, downgrading anything is usually just a sign of insecurity."- btw- this is one of the most stupid things i have heard on a climbing related topic this year. are these "canadians" for real?

pends on whatcha mean by 'sick'. What about spontaneous generation? Isn't that where maggots come from? One time, when I went to NY Shitty, I saw this guy standing there, admist the chaos of sprawling humanity out for a Sunday walk, with his lace-less boots hanging open, totally disheveled, reeking, stained. He'd fished the fat rind trimmed from a raw steak out of the trash, and he's whacking himself in the face with it, and sucking out it, and whacking himself in the face with it, and shouting "I'm crazy! I'm crazy!" "Fuck yeah, you are." I said. almost pissed my pants

wtf is he? fucking tools are getting out of line on this site.

mid october- march to avoid heat frustration.

posters here are abunch of clownpunchers

because noone else would visit everwet in october in their right frame of mind. Hey don't get me wrong- sean is a super guy, but he is nowhere as good as othe climbers there. he is solid and he can market himself very well. he is like todd skinner of mixed

I think approach via Pyramid lake eliminates about 90% of this danger. hence my comment about early season ascents too. the climb itself is quite safe though

one more note about that area. I think these routes are rather early season climbs- before much snow accumulates there. I think climbing stuff like on Pyramid was fun and PROTECTABLE only with thin snow cover.

Jason, it is not a rumor. i saw this line and in my honest opinion it was the best looking ice lines i saw in the cascades. it was late in the afternoon and we were on a go for about 12 hours by then, but climbing that line crossed my mind- it looked that good. You would need a full rack of screws and we had only 3. i am going back there....

so ther is something to consider. as we were walking down from Pyramid peak we saw this awsome ice! i't not climbed for sure. it's right from the glacier between Pyramid and colonial. i am not talking some shit smear- it look like Pilsner, was about 50- 60 m tall and veritcal from bottom to the top. In good snow conditions it would take about 5 hours to slog in, but if you brought skis you could ski out in an hour down to Colonial Creek- about 1000m of virgin snow. That whole wall could host about 50 independent mixed lines from 50- 250 m long.