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Hell yeah ladies, looks like it was great day out in the hills. holy shite tansnaffle is posting pictures. Have you entered into the digital error now?

Umm, I doubt that!!!! A few years back when I was Seattle at Bumbershoot, I ended up at a party with mainly younger people there. They were doing beer bongs, being out of practice (10 years since I done one) I stepped and did a head to head beer bong races. They were damn slow. I could have done two or three in the time it took those kids to do one. I did put it on my list because it is not something I strive to be good at, I just am.

It hasn't happen so far, though most likely they would throw you into jail until your court date. I imagine I could pay them off. I am sure the misses wouldn't be happy with me if I end up in jail. I tend to be quite careful about it around here, unlike in the states or canada where I felt comfortable walking down the street smoking, here I won't do that. Also being a muzungu I tend to stand out and really would not want my colueges knowing that I do not sniff the coke but only smoke the sensi. There are some areas in town that are completely safe to smoke publicly I have seen and smelled people firing up. My rwandan friend was telling me there is an area in a part of town where everyone smokes and they never get bust because when the cops show up it spreads like wild fire and everyone informs each other.

Maybe some of them old fart that see peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches instead of bolts on climbs. Obviously the drugs they are using don't work.

When I am out climbing 10 pitches or more, is what I want. If it is cragging then 3 is good, it gets you high enough for some exposure, but low enough to get several climbs in. 70m length ropes are perfect, I love them for linking pitches on longer climbs.

There are a whole bunch of stuff like that, what make the most sense is to go to the partners foru and try to hook up with some to go climbing. That way you reduce your risk of not finding the trail head or climbers trail leading to whatever it is you want to climb.

I know what it is like, I have been there before. Someday soon you get back on it.

These newer ideas of what a fitness facilty should be like are great. Hell if I was back in the states I would be looking into getting accepted into one.

IMO- There was no need for a bolt there. Without it there the climb is still a popular, easy and child friendly climb. It does suck that the person who did it, didn't do a proper job.

Once again it looks like a real cool time. I am damn jealous, I seriously need to get on some rock.

Above average peformance doesn't equate to fun, that really depends on the individual. Some people I think have a ton of fun when they are pushing themselves. Sometimes climbing above average level is not so much fun for me, but being able to climb hard makes getting out on easier routes super fun. How do you figure money comes into, I do things for enjoyment, things I do for money I call work. Also the original question was talents outside of bedroom games and work. Who cares what other folks think about what I am doing, again I do it for personal enjoyment. If they enjoy it as well I guess it would be an extra benefit, but it is not what drives me to perform. As for setting what above average means, that is hard one to call. As for trad climbing, yeah 5.9 is good place to start for average climbing. Above average I would tend to lean to 5.10 and yes there are a lot of people who can climb that, but my personal opinion what I consider average trad climbing wouold be around 5.9. What would consider above average bridge and argentine tango? As for above average cooking, I interpet it is as having a good base knowledge about different foods and ingredients from around the world. Being able to look at fridge of random stuff and put together a nice meal, without a recipe. Being able to look at a recipe and make adjustment or replacements because of insufficent ingredient. I use raw ingredients for the most part, try to be creative and experimental. Like the other day I made an apple pie, I did not look at a recipe though I have it pretty much memorized, but I did modified it by putting in it one pear, one grated orange rind, cinamon, cream, then when I covered the pie, I made this design I had used when I made a stain glass lamp, which was underwater seaweed scene with bubbles. Just the crust alone I spent a good 30 minutes on. I am not sure if I would consider it an average apple pie. Iron Chef would probably be well above average cooking, where they are given a crappy main ingredient and still able to pull off something palateable.

I am looking forward to getting my girlfriend on her first alpine climb on this route this summer. Great climb.

Though your reports have no climbing in them, per say, I really enjoy them. It really makes me miss living in the US, especially when I see such beautiful alpine scenery with no people around. I long for quiet like that, I can never find it here.

Ah hell yeah got in another ride yesterday, damn it was kickin'. We did two big climbs of 1000 feet each and several small hill. Found a new favorite trail that was super steep, started with banana groves, rocky technical stuff and fast steep clay. Ludwig crashed in the rocky tech section and showed up all bloodied, one woman chased down after him, exclaiming 'jashizi', which translates to finished. I was just laughing like crazy, she must have thought I was insane laughing at my bloodied buddy. I just wish the trails were free of people, cause then I could really open it up on the steep and rip dat shit. Probably a good thing though, I really don't want to visit the local hospitals around here.

That is what I was thinking. I also agree with ashw justin and would have called him/them on it, like "wtf, we said we will be done in a bit, can give a little space".

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Yeah I was wondering if you were speaking from experience????? This might be funny if it didn't actually happen to 54 women in Vancouver. Linky Yeah when he mentioned that I was thinking of that crazy fucker.

There are ton of nice lighter leather boots out in the market that would be sufficent for the WA cascades. I have a La Sportiva Nepal Tops that I bought after I purchased them I ended up keeping my plastics, I figured I would use them on cold days in New England. After two year of never putting them on even on the cold days (-20), I got rid of them.

Hmm, I sort have to disagree with you guys who would rather be average or below average and do a ton of different things. I have decided to limit myself to certain activities so that I can continue to excell at them and be at least above average. As for things I am way better at than climbing, I would have to say the only thing is probably cooking. I love cooking and when I was younger I really wanted to become a chef. Things that I would say I am above average at are climbing, snowboarding and mountain biking (cycling since I road ride too). These are the three things that I limit my activities too, so that I can't really focus enrgy on improving. Things that I dabble in and do when I get a chance are trail running, open boating, surfing, 4-wheeling, baking, stain glass, jewlery making, drawing, caving, canyoneering, drink making, brewing and weight lifting. I just don't focus any energy to these activities, there all fun, and if I have time I will mess around with them, but I would rather excell at climbing, mountain biking, and snowboarding. So some of these things I will not do for years. In the future depending where we end up next, I would like to put the snowboard up and get back into skiing, randonee specifically. I would also like to get into being more creative and getting into a new career. I been toying with the idea of starting a custom adventure travel business, resturant daytime hours so a cafe/sandwhich shop maybe with some cateering, or welding and woodworking and create functional sculptures.

Yeah I was wondering if you were speaking from experience?????

Get out, I can't imagine no matter how much damage is done to the Middlefork Trail that can't be that much more difficult to find one's way to Goldmyer. I can't wait to go back there and take Simone to first hot spring, when I am back in Seattle. The only thing that bums me is access in the winter to climbing back in that area, oh well. No biggie while I am here in Rwanda. The extra mileage will just make you stronger. I also worry about leaving the car at Dingford Creek, cause the road to there is usually in decent condition so it makes it easier for thieving bastards, where as the old parking lot for Goldmyer was quite a ways up and usually quite rough.

That really is not too surprising considering a lot of people are answering that they have been climbing more than 15 years. You do any activity for long enough you have to expect some injuries to yourself or people you know.

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So.......shooting steroids and getting pumped up, eh.

I feel bad for the 3 poor bastards that want to retire from climbing. Just do it make some more room at the crags, why do something that you just aren't into anymore.