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I'M FENDERFOUR BITCH!

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MattP and to_the_top were talking about this website at the last PC. If you didn't check it out before, it's well wort the read. It's a pretty good diversion from the otters.

Do you know Trask? Is it ok if we pick up my mom? Resurrect thy own!!!

There's no I in team, but there are three in "multiple personalities".

eh... who cares?

I was with a basic class taking up a fixed line. I set some pro in the rocks to my right. A snow whipper might be fun...

steaksauce!

It is that chute, but I don't know about a nice ski descent. I'm a pedestrian.

Thanks, but there are no shorts, there is no polypro. Just REI Mistral pants. Hell the legs don't even zip off.

A nice picture from a jaunt up Guye Peak a few weeks ago. Gallery

I have heard from a little bird that the Mounties will also be doing some easy multipitch. Routes mentioned were: Chicken Gulley/The Cave, R&D, Midway, Saber, etc. Just an FYI

How about a link to your photos? I like seeig some of the hard stuff.

Do you ever wonder if the people in these pictures stumble upon them on the net? Do you think they get pissed?

Another suggestion is to make a clean fall on the routes. If you know you are going to drop, don't keep clinging on in the hopes that your one battered finger will heroically keep you on a problem. I did this for a while and it destroyed my hands.

I was planning on taking some semi-climbing friends to Barney's Rubble and Bruce's Boulder this weekend, but it looks like the Mounties will be gapin up the scene. Any other suggestions for good TR routes for beginners? I was thinking about Domestic Dome. It has a few easier (or is it moderate?) 5.6 to 5.9 routes. -spanks y'all. BTW - if you are out there this weekend look for me. I'm the tall (6'3") gaper with a red beard and piercings. You can find me at the Eightmile campground. Just look for the Green Subaru Outback with an obnoxious amount of climbing stickers on it.

Second Ascent has some boots in the size 13 range. Lowa Civettas and the like. Almost all manufacturers make boots to size 13, about half of them make size 14. I'm equipped with the size 15 big dogs, so I had even fewer options (only Lowa and Scarpa). Crampons are a minor issue. Buy some Sabretooths. If they don't fit, e-mail BD customer service and ask for a M/L Contact extender bar. They are longer than the Sabretooth bar. I have a pair of Contacts that fit on my size 16 leathers just fine.

I use what Second Ascent had (cheap) after all my gear was stolen last year. Petzl Oscilante

I've used a prusik in practice. If you use your ATC like Braumeister suggested, it's pretty quick and easy. No extra gear, no extra weight. I suppose a Tibloc would be a good compromise for weight. Plus prusiks can grip icy ropes of any diameter and can be used for other things (v-threads, slings, etc).

I noticed that my callouses were always peeling off when I climbed. Especially if I slid off a hold. A friend told me to use a file to keep them cut back. I never tried it, but it seemed like it might do the trick.

It sounds like people don't carry the ATC as standard gear anymore. I would imagine that any tube or plate belay device would work for this purpose. Then you aren't carrying a specialized second piece of gear.

I climb rocks in order to climb mountains. That's just my perspective. If someone wants to push themselves to the limit to redpoint 5.13, good for them, just don't be a dick to the rest of us that aren't at your level.

My bad. Thanks Snoboy

I'm not trolling here, just trying to understand. I don't think that the screamer would be quite so effective on me as it would be on the top piece of pro, but the tearing of the screamer would definitely absorb some of the shockload on the top piece. After all, it is my mass that is generating the force on the system.

Last month's issue of Popular Science was talking about this idea. Apparently some crazy Norwegians have been working with the idea of neutrally bouyant tunnels across some of their fjords. The tunnel sections are anchored 40-50 feet off the sea floor. The train that popsci describes would be a maglev capable of 4,000 mph. The only problem would be the sonic boom that would destroy the tunnel sections. Solution? make the tunnel a vacuum.