ashw_justin

Yeah and I got a half rack of PBR...

Dang, I have to go to So Cal for a few days... Let's see, what have I climbed in the B'ham area... very little. Actually I have no doubt that Distel can outclimb me, but for the sake of competition, BRING IT ON!! But we gotta bring some brews for rugby-style drinkup afterwards. And I expect full media coverage of the event, so that the loser of the event (me) can bear the full shame here on cc.com.

Hey that's not nice to say! Oh wait I mean... wait... er... dammit. I was thinking nice moves though. Course the degree of focus and aperture setting must have been set wrong for that type of rock, the granite is all washed out and wierd-looking.

Bastards got paid to make that shit too.

I don't know, maybe it was the long intro of the stupid 'biler, or how the guy starts his 'bile up just in time to be caught speeding away on camera, or how the camera goes black before showing any moving snow, or the little color distortion after the blackness, or the rescue guys leisurely stretching as they get out of the heli... just seems kinda produced? I don't know, maybe it's just wishful thinking?

Oh yeah. The North Face. You never know when you're gonna be hit with a whiteout and a forced bivi... at the boulder. Bouldering is like American Football. A few guys exert themselves for 30 seconds at a time, between long breaks to discuss strategy, while 10 times more people stand around watching and shouting encouragement. And they use padding.

No disrespect, but when I think about it I didn't see anything that proves that what happened, happened. Something seems fishy.

jjd, I think the guy at right is beating you to it... but hey, there's enough for everybody, if you want seconds. I talking about hunger!!

I too am threatened by the strong woman, and by that badass axe-wielding and ski-stroking Annabelle too. Dang females are ruining my chances of being the first vag on the Everest summit!! Did I just call myself a vag?

Hello. My name is Lauren Bush. I have unbuttoned the top two buttons of my blouse, exposing my bra the view of the audience, to symbolize my desire to feed all of the hungry children of the world from my generous bosom. Thank You.

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!!!! Jagasssssssssss!!!

What are you talking about Paul that was just a V0 highball with some snow and a little runout.

Note primal scream at the crux move, coming right out of the sitstart lieback into a powerful dyno lunge to a mono pocket and a double-heelhook. We were too intimidated at that point to get a photo as the yeti howl sent us involuntarily scurrying away like little

Yeah by coincidence I happened to be in Tucson when he spoke there. I couldn't help thinking that he reminded me in many ways, both politically and physically, like Perot... 'cept less of whack-job...

C'mon man we're dipping a little low in the barrel now aren't we? Is Britney a republican?

Que huevadas estas contando aqui loco! Quien seria tan volado que pensaba en matarse esquiando alla dentro el crater? Oye pero, cuenta en PM quien era... fue tu? No, no les digas a estes payasos...

So it turns out the REI dividend deal expired April 13th Why didn't anybody tell me? But I went ahead and used the divi on the +10 El. We'll see if it does any better at staying dry.

Yeah those ones I saw at Climb Max were old Bluewater "blems" or something. They looked like bad news but I'm sure they would work fine 99% of the time...

Some of my best wired stopper placements on trad were on hangerless bolts that I drilled in next to the crack.

Yeah well I usually like to put them in as close to the crack as possible, to give the climber that "trad climb" feeling...

Let's see those one more time... World hunger never looked so slutty (slutty in a tight fine biotch way I mean).

hhhmmmm You're just jealous because you don't primal scream on man-made concrete 5.7 toprope cracks! Didja like my pics? Toprope? Hey man, I sewed that beeyatch up! Four bolts, three cams, two or three stoppers... for 20 feet of genuine manmade crack. Oooooh gee-yeah. That's the future in badassness you know. Trad bouldering. Ditch the rope, keep the pro. Cuz we all know trad is harder

There are so many potential victories within our own country. Why do these bastards feel the need to go looking for trouble elsewhere? As citizens of THIS country we're getting fucked over. And the same kind of nosyness in the past is largely to blame for our foreign troubles now.

Fuck it all. I just wanted Kucinich for pres with Perot as his running mate. They're a perfect match!!

Bentgates are better for clipping but are more susceptible to unclipping (i.e. as a result of backclipping). Wiregates are lighter and supposedly just as strong but I think are more sensitive to damage and wear. Don't get slings that are loose on both 'biners, or if you do, tighten down the clipping side with tape or rubber bands, this makes clipping easier and prevents the biners from flipping around. For conventional bolted climbs the 5" draws are fine, for anything else you might want some longer draws like the 7" as well. The draw sets are cheaper, I got a set of metolius draws on sale a while back, they came out to $10/each. A few months ago I saw some super cheap draws they were selling on closeout at Climb Max in PDX, but I was a little wary of them as the biners had little knobs sticking out next to the gate that the sling loop would catch on in a fall. I commented on this and the guy just said "I don't think that's a problem." I didn't buy them... just be careful in that kind of situation.