TeleRoss

I've got the BD BetaLight and it kicks ass. The do everything super light tent.

sweet!

Yeah I see what you're saying, it does seem like the unit would move as a whole, but I think that there is enough "free" movement of the strands of the yellow runner descending from the hitch to cause some sawing...I don't know...try it at home I guess and see if you can get any separate movement by the descending strands.

Yeah the two runners joined by the hitch will not move across each other...cuz it's essentially a knot...however, the strands of the yellow runner coming down out of the hitch can swing back and forth if the weighted rope is swinging also by the person on it going left or right, so the back and forth motion of the weighted yellow runner abrating against the loop of yellow runner forming the hitch seems to have caused the failure....YIKES!!!

Ahhh...ok yeah, that makes sense...side to side motion and portion of the yellow runner that is the loop portion of the hitch cut through the strand coming out of the hitch...shite..that IS scary.

count me in

"Goin back to Cali, Cali" yeahhhaawwww!!!

Jan/Feb- Joshua Tree March- Mt Formidable, NW Face, FWA, ski descent April- Dragontail Peak, Triple Couloirs, ski descent solo April/May- City of Rocks May- Index, Upper Town Wall, Davis/Holland-Lovin Arms May- Dragontail Peak, NW Face May- Snow Creek Wall, Hyperspace with Psychopath Variation June- Index, Upper Town Wall, Heaven’s Gate June- Dragontail Peak, Serpentine Arête, solo June- Squamish, Angel’s Crest June- Squamish, Grand Wall June- Squamish, Freeway Lite June- Squamish, The Great Game June- Green Giant Buttress, Dreamer June- South Early Winters Spire, SW Buttress June- Goat Wall, Methow Inspiration Route July- Black Pyramid, NW Face July- Pernod Spire, Direct West Face FA August- Big Kangaroo, South Face(Kearney/Thomas) August- Colchuck Balanced Rock, West Face August- Bugaboo Spire, NE Ridge,simul solo with Colin August- Snowpatch Spire, Furry Pink Arête August- South Howser Tower, Beckey-Chouinard September- South Early Winters Spire, Northwest Face(Boving) September- North Early Winters Spire, West Face September- Midnight Rock, ROTC, still haven't redpointed that damn crack.... September- Squamish, Grand Wall October- Index, Centerfold October- Colchuck Balanced Rock, West Face ...GOOD times! Great climbing with great partners...looking foreward to another awesome winter! Time to get the ski on!

Dude those beers were like at least 16ouncers

Dude, we're gonna be there the week before that.

drank some beer and climbed some routes in-between.

I started drinking cuz of weather like this. Now I am happy too whatever the weather.

If it's pretty much rotten what is so sweet about it. There definitely is no shortage of steep choss tossin around here.

Crack: ROTC Sport: Heavens Gate

Something doesn't seem right with the picture. so the yellow runner is girthed around the black one. but the side that is cut is not the part of the sling that would be rubbing against the black runner, which presumably would have been the one doing the cutting. The portion of the yellow runner that is in contact with the black one is still intact. hmmmmm.

nice

bony fingers?

Hike the olympic coast from South beach to crescent lake and beyond.

belay loops 25kN cams~6-14kN nuts~2-14kN slings~22kN biners~20-25kN The belay loop is fukin' bomber, and is in fact one of the strongest links in the safety chain, however it is made of nylon and definitely has a short(er) lifespan than other equipment. There is really no reason not to depend on it with confidence, unless it's heavily worn, damaged, or getting frail with age...then it's definitely time for it to be retired. How many of us have old ass cams with the original sling attached? I've seen some crazy old slings on cams around...probably should be replacing those too. RIP Todd Skinner, the climbing world and humanity as a whole has lost an inspiration

If you don't like crowds and bottlenecks on climbs...climb something else. I climbed that route last year, and I think I anchored to a couple of nuts and maybe a small cam up and left of the bolts( I think) mostly cuz I didn't know where the fuck I was going and thought the route went up and left from there instead of over to the right. And it worked out just fine. Those bolts are unnecessary...if they are the ones I'm thinking of and we're talking about here.

How about moving PC night to Thursday? Cheap ass beer at Dante's. something like $1 fro 7-8, $2 from 8-9 and $3 from 9-10. it's usually pretty quiet early in the evening and they've got a huge table for everyone. and a nice bonus is that by the time all the cute little co-ed girls show up around 10ish you'll be filled to the brim with liquid courage

stone and 35th I think.

Who's up for some climbing out in the desert sun? Vantage, Tieton, L-Town? can drive.