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ashw_justin

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  1. Ladies and gentlemen, we are witnessing the adolescence a whole new genre of prose, perhaps later to become in its fruition the first indisputable Great American Epic... Hey, does anyone else have the strange and immediate urge to go eat at McDonalds? Wierd...
  2. You can adjust ratings on rockclimbing.com too...
  3. Oh I didn't realize you were biking either. Although my previous comments still stand. You just surprised him because in all the glory of his messenger badassness he didn't realize that you could actually go faster than him, and that he needed to be aware of where you were when he was cutting you off.
  4. Yayahp, eht's cauled "Geeeyo-cashing" cuz I cun save sum cash by not takin' it to thuh dump!
  5. I'm sure that happens to him about 1000 times a day, especially if he's all over the lanes. Don't worry about the confrontation, just don't hit anybody.
  6. If my sys amin was here I'd have a good one of cracked in mid-primal scream too. That's what it's all about you know. It's not a legitimate boulder if you didn't scream while pulling the crux. And the higher the V-grade, the louder you have to scream, man, that sure gets tough. Oh and the climbing's hard too.
  7. If that doesn't say "fuck me" then I don't know what else does...
  8. Damn, Paul, you didn't have to show all of the sucky ones!! Yeah, real bouldering is done with tennis shoes and a backpack! Now I can be like Mr. - and claim the first chalkless ascent while wearing tennis shoes and a backpack on a Saturday while approaching sport climbs!! I don't think I would be sorry to see that...
  9. Must have all come from that old hot momma of hers, Laura! Hahaha I love the little unbuttoned bra tease! That's not helping me think of the children. Jeez, what would her father think!
  10. Oh yeah, of course, but as far as the bags I saw at REI, those were my favorites.
  11. You telling me that +20 is warm enough in winter?! What are you wearing down clothing in the bag or something?
  12. Paul, which bag did you have on the Eldorado trip?
  13. I've been told the OR Advanced stays dry in the rain, but it's 2 lbs. I guess if I got the El +10 bag, it would be like having a 2-layer bivi sack (the crapo is single-layer).
  14. However, when it rains on my crappy REI bivy, my current bag gets wet...
  15. So I want to buy a down bag, and from browsing the selection at REI I narrowed it down to these two: REI Kilo Plus 0 deg 700 down 43 oz nifty little compression sack $240 REI El +10 700 down 49 oz El waterproof/breathable shell $240 I'd be using the bag with a lightweight bivi sack. Right now I'm still using the crapo REI one, because it is super light. I know they are rated for different temperatures, but hanging on the rack the +10 actually looks like it has more loft than the +0. I'm guessing they're about the same really. So the real difference is for 6 ounces, you get the waterproof/breathable shell. I would look at other manufacturers but I have to take advantage of that 20% dividend deal. So what do you think? Which one would you go for? Or does another company sell a similar bag that I should look at?
  16. I think I'm going to buy a laptop just so I can go up there this summer and check my e-mail. Paul you want to bring an espresso machine?
  17. I mean, if you don't want my punkass bothering you while you free solo, then you don't have to do it right next to me, there's rock all over the place if you don't feel comfortable climbing with a jackass like me around... Ok I should quit being a prick about this, but I find this mentality that we all need to bow down in reverence and respect for the 'most pure and highest evolution of rock climbing' kind of offensive. It's just climbing without a rope, regardless of how it makes you feel (and I admit it makes you feel pretty damned awesome).
  18. Man, chill out, I'm not going to come looking for you so I can "tell you what to do"... Like I said, I'm only going to say something if I think you're being an idiot You're not an idiot climber are you? Then don't worry about it!
  19. Man my attempts at dry/subtle humor have been getting me in trouble lately... Some guy even sent me insults via PM this time But to keep the thread going I still want to know how close to their limit some people are willing to onsight freesolo (this is the kind of freesoloing I worry about). I mean if you can lead 5.10's, and the guidebook says it's a 5.9, do you say "what the hell" and jump on it? Do you do it in front of young children?
  20. I let this one slip by, but you are totally misinterpreting my post... I only said that bit to illustrate a point, I guess you are all too chronically short-fused to recognize sarcasm. Dude I would never deliberately do anything to try to make another climber fall... c'mon I am not that sick! The point I was making is that you all say free soloing doesn't affect other climbers, well, what if I am a talkative climber? (not that I am...) Just my style of climbing, if you don't like it, you can just leave, because I'm not affecting anyone else, am I? The point is when you are free soloing you should be aware of the fact that you are indeed affecting those around you. Perhaps only psychologically, sure. Why would you think that just because you are climbing without a rope, you are the only person in existence?
  21. I know that's one solution. You know I probably would want to be able to help the guy if he fell though. Anyway I still have a choice to ask the guy if he knows what he's doing. It may piss you all off that I would dare ask a free-soloist about their climbing ability, but I don't see why it is so wrong to ask, considering I shouldn't have to leave, especially if myself or my partner aren't done with the climb we're on. I mean if they have the balls to freesolo then it shouldn't bother them to much to say yes, I know the rating and I have climbed/can climb it. So another question, what are you comfortable freesoloing onsight relative to your ability? Say you can climb 5.11, where do you draw the line when jumping onto a climb? Or do you even freesolo anything that you haven't already climbed lead or toprope? I've "freesoloed" (probably more like highball, 40-50 feet with a mild landing) some stuff a couple grades lower than my ability but only because the footholds were no-brainers. I'd say the only things I've climbed unroped, I knew I could downclimb if necessary. I tend to get a little sketchier when I have the false security of a rope while rope-soloing on lead.
  22. You're right, there are no climbing police, and there's no way I could be one, or would even want to be. But I would still feel really bad if someone splatted in front of me. Or accross the way. Or in a different state. So much that I might say something if I thought a climber was about to get in over their head. Not that they would knowingly do so if they weren't complete idiots. So I guess I'd only say something if I thought there were compete idiots. Yeah, I guess there have been a couple times when that idiot was me...
  23. Quiet you that wasn't freesoloing and even if that little prussik broke I just would have broken an ankle or something...
  24. Yes they are risking their life quite freely and that affects me. I am quite aware of the preciousness of the life they are "taking into their hands" and that's why I care whether or not they are doing it responsibly.
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