John Frieh

Illini, Mtnhigh and I were discussing the impending weekend of debauchery and sin and concluded that besides keg stands, spraying by the fire, and the last ditch effort of actually climbing (heaven forbid if it actually comes to this)… attendees won’t get much opportunity to prove their masculinity/femininity and cap stone position within the climbing community… Hence I propose we should provide more opportunity for one to simultaneously prove ones masculinity/femininity and/or seriously injury themselves. Specifically I think we should have haul bag races… same idea as a burlap sack race, where people step inside a bag and hold on to the top of it and then attempt to hop to the finish line while keeping their feet and legs in the bags, but with haul bags… To pull this off we need people to bring haul bags… (I have two… anybody else?) I will gladly hand the winner a fifth… the questions is are people interested and are there enough haul bags?

Ever consider I am friends with Brianna and she doesn’t appreciate it? She explained her avatar (which as you can tell mean nothing on this page) earlier but you insisted on beating a dead horse...

Dammit, quality heckling was my go-to move. Why are women so complicated? If you think women are complicated wait till you have to get a bra undone... hope you’re good with your hands!

Mammut ropes generally have higher impact forces than other ropes on the market... not a big deal if you are sport climbing but if you are climbing where pro is questionable (ice) you want the lowest impact force available. I would say look at Blue Water, Beal or PMI... I have owned twins or halfs from all 3 and have been happy.

How about, Loose Lucy? get it yet? Ummm no... In fact no one has ever heard of Breezy as a synonym for loose… or whatever you are trying to say… Free advice: teasing/heckling girls as a means to get them to like you/pay attention to you stopped working in 5th grade.

yeah... I think teltram gets the award for "best first post"

If it is multipitch trad there is nothing wrong with this... if anything climbers should be aware of thier surrounds (other parties) and be realistic and capable of recognizing and identifying parties that are faster climbers then them. If another, faster party is spotted… you should have the courtesy to wait at the anchor and allow the other party to pass. If you are not willing to wait then you should be aware it is perfectly legit to pass on route… and don’t roll your eyes and whine about safety when you get passed… its not my fault you are a bumble fuck leader that can’t place a nut in two tries… if you don’t like getting passed stay off the multipitch and go practice some more so it doesn’t happen again… and if you have never been passed you haven’t been climbing that long or you don’t climb that much. first on a multipitch trad route doesn’t entitle you to being first to the top.

The tau pullover from arc teryx is nice... it replaced my wild things wind shirt. Patagonia also makes a similar one...

Teltram was booted after his first post regarding minx (imagine that?)... also surprising his post was deleted... you can see his first post quoted in martlet's final thread...

So who did you go with?

cam lube/cleaning discussion

Enter Squid stage left.

Are you going to reply to any of those emails? I know mine contained some questions.

In a pinch you could assuming you only clipped endpoints as end to end daisies are as strong as sewn slings (like fox explained: individual pockets are very weak). The daisies would have to be unattached to you (i.e no girth hitched through your harness… which wouldn't matter as one should always attach ones self to the anchor with the rope). As daisies are so short and have only two ends you could only get a two piece anchor. WRT Nalo's comment: the PAS from metolius is not stronger than other slings end to end... the metolius one allows for the clipping of individual pockets with out risking blowing at pocket at low loads. Make sense?

Just a heads up nalo but sex in a portaledge, though very invigorating, is not recommended as it is very easy to bend either the corner points or folding points on the ledge. Remember most ledges can only accommodate approx. 400 lbs so unless you enjoy dainty procreation (sorry jmace… had to take it) you will likely bend and/or break your ledge. If you do manage to bend/break your portaledge; you will find the words “failed first winter ascent” and “collapsing serac” very helpful when calling customer service as is not covered in most manufacturers warranties. The other part of it is the opportunity to lose clothing… Russ has an excellent story on his site (fish.com) about 2 young lovers that had to finish the route in 2 t-shirts… (1 per person)… Maybe I should bring my ledge to tuff love and rent it out for 1 hour increments...

well the soft cocks are of NO use to me Holy shit... just my luck... I actually do some stuff at work and miss the best part. Muff... that shit is solid gold! Heard you met Brock at the columns! jmace: consider yourself properly introduced to spray... at the end of the day just remember you're the one whose dating them so don't worry about what other people think... as long as you and her/him are happy that is all that matters... but d00d: badmouthing female climbers on a climbing page? do the math next time... no hard feelings I hope! little scotty: Unless you wrap that scarf around your face it isn’t going to do much for you in the female department…

Okay dude first why do you want your GF to climb? So she has gnarly hands from climbing? big muscles? the list goes on on the other hand you could have a girl who thinks your badass for climbing rock really has no idea your a wimpy sprt climber, has dinner a warm bath and is all pretty and soft when you get home, gauranteed time out with the guys and guranteed action when you get home from conquering rock!! its a no brainer!!! Obviously you have never dated a non climber or you would be familiar with the "what do you mean you are going climbing again" phrase... And no muscles on your girls? What are you a 109 lb weakling? Afraid she might smack you? Climbing girls kick ass.

Actually, I just moved to near the Peal District in PDX and wouldn't mind going on a date with a climber girl. Still on the road till sunday, however... D00D! You're living in the pearl?! You yuppie... you're going to have a MILF overload living down there... have fun!

Pot, meet kettle. Don't you have a tree to go pee on? Thanks for proving my point d00d! You climbing 5.9 yet?

Gonna make a try for it... turns out there are like 3 or 4 different lines up the thing... gotta climb them all man! That thing is so hot! I'll be at love fest beating the turds off of Pandora so we can discuss hip hop then...

Are you going to be on the girth pillar too? Sweet!

Actually people will start trying to call you gay and troll you extra hard if you get some play off the board... Look at the gallery sometime and check how many views photos of girls get over any other photo posted... it will crack you up! A lot of people on this site surf it more for dating opportunities (as unsuccessful as they are) than climbing...

Yup.

Don't bother Squid... Greg is merely dating himself... soon he will be hiking his pants up to his saggy man boobs and talking about how much this country has gone down hill... oh wait... he already does that...

Nalo: Post a pic... and how old are you? What types of climbing do you do? My friend lives very close to you...