lancegranite

1974's Thunderbolt and Lightfoot was a classic as well, teaming Eastwoond with George Kennedy and a young Jeff Bridges. Good fun had with a bank, Olympia beer George K. in drag and a vintage anti-aircraft gun. Classic.

I don't understand... what are you reefering to?

Natural Log cabin? I have climbed to the crux on that climb...incredible! A route that deserves more cleaning.

Red Rocks: 15 minutes Mt .Charleston: 30 minutes J tree: 3:20 Yosemite valley: 8:00 Bishop: 4:20 Zion: 2:30 The commute is good, the weather is better.(340 sunny days) Vegas is for climbers!

But the commute is good.

Ahhh...the freedom of the hills.

A understanding of the Munter and the carabiner brake rappel is priceless. This all became clear when I heard my first figure-8 ricocheting off the ledge below and into the night. "are we going to have to stay up here a-a-a-all night-t-t-t-t?"..... "yes, and you're the little spoon...."

You never hear about it here, that's for sure. The local news outlets rarely report such things. Two stories: A young man jumped off the Stratosphere, Just as the guards came around the corner, he turned and stepped off. Reported in the local Citylife: a man jumped INSIDE the Luxor's main casino. this story was not reported by the local news.... So much money keeps things quiet sometimes....and we don't want bad press on the AP wire,.. do we? chilling....

I removed one of the fixed pins on Snowblind on the day before Thanksgiving day, 1997. It sits on my book shelf like a war trophy. The pin pulled when I clipped in short and leaned back... straight over in a perfect(?) backwards swan dive. I had time to say: "oh shitOHHHHSSHHHIIIIT!" This kind of thing is embarassing enough, with the screaming and such.... Luck was with me that day, as I recieved no injury.

What? we have to climb them too?...

Personally, I love the fresh bread .... All kidding aside, DC makes a good point with this thread... the climbing community is getting stronger and the remaining "last great problems" can breathe new life into a area that once stood out as one of America's best crags. Town Crier The Golden Arch The Dihedral route The Zipper Hell Bent For Glory Abraxas The Green Dragon Just look at all these prizes, just waiting to be won.....

I'm suprised that people still feel so angry about snowboards....so 1989.

Narrow Arrow direct The Split Pillar Bumblebee ROTC

Trask is the alter-ego of ***

Crag X directions Turn L. 10 mi. E. of Startup Go NE. 3/4 mi. Make first L. (river crossing) The walls should be visible from this spot. Good Luck!

New Sky valley 5.13a freed: slab is back in style!

Robbie Cappel

Well spoken. OW is right on the mark, That kind of paranoid crap is so 1988! The reality is, many people rip on both skis and a board. The next time you are taking out your angst on some unwitting soul side slipping "your line" take a moment, ask yourself...."What would Robbie do?"

OK.... Time for the bashing to end. You guys are like a bunch of little kids!..."and then they...and I fell over...they slid all the snow off....and they laughed when I lost a ski..." Listening to a bunch of third rate SKIERS bitch about how some KIDS snaked their lines. PATHETIC. I was a full time snowboarder for ten years(1000+ days), and let me tell you one thing... I NEVER complained about your sorry, confused, scared skiing antics. As a matter of fact, I never even gave you a second thought. I was too busy having fun to think how some weiner from Seattle is ruining my day. You really hardcore? badass? whatever?.... Get up a little earlier, get the turns you want, go home and leave the dregs to the minions. My name is Russ Ricketts and I can kick your ass.(on a snowboard.)

Must be the weekend, as everyone has shifted over to "anonymous"

Jack Of Diamonds has sat there growing grass, another lost classic...50 feet away from one of the most popular long routes at Index. A perfect example of a route that deserved more play. Good call.

I am a new route developer....and after reading the last 40 posts, I think we will hold off on writing the new guidebook. Sorry, maybe next year.

You can still put a quickdraw on those pieces. For you super nerds out there, equalize two pieces with a rescue eight.

OK... I'm outta here. Too much psuedo education, not enough "dude"

Its ok to tie off short in the right places... first of all, set your anchors upward pull by tieing off short to the first BOMBER piece. Equalize the load by allowing just enough slack to keep the biners set for upward pull with a little play. (this way allows for the belay and the first good piece to act in concert to absorb the load.) Tieing off short dramatically increases the dynamic loads the system sees when you fall. Tieing the rope into every piece does more harm than good, once or twice in a pitch, OK. Any more, and you are going to be taking some hard falls. Short form: More rope out....OK. Less rope out.....Notsogood.