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Not alot I do admit. But they have ruined my experience a time or two over the years of climbing.

I am glad that we are at this point in the game Dave. You have shown your true colors for all the world to see with your statement above. Just remember....the only person you should be competing against is yourself. You have and will always climb harder than me.....for I never took it as serious as you and good for you for doing so. I also peaked out 4 years ago when I decided to commit to my children instead of abandoning them every weekend to pursue selfish exploits like rock climbing.....good for me (and my children). Thanks for be a good steward of the rock climbing community in the greater Portland area for the last 20 years! Take care Kevin

Every time I climb near someone who has their jambox playing music is ruins my experience. Should we ban batteries in the park?

I never called it a big fall. But he did fly!

How does one answer a point? What is your question?

What do you think?

http://www.grindtv.com/moto/blog/28899/chad+reed+takes+licking+but+keeps+ticking+after+spectacular+crash/

That must be it. Short 4 bolt climb to the right of wild things?

Good to see you back minxypoo

Huh? Walk on by? I am allowed to not be happy with ones bolting job. You have a climb at Madrone way down to the left (dont know the name). It is 11.b. I would have bolted it different. Very different. It is a truly great climb except for the bolting job. IMO. I am not throwing you under the bus but I am allowed my own opinion just like you. I believe the ground fall potential on this climb is real. I caught my buddy Kevin Rauch on this as he fell off the third bolt clipping hold before clipping. His toes touched the ground and I was all over his fall. If another belayer would not have been paying attention or given just 2 or 3 more inches of slack he would have been injured. And the injury would not have been caused by lead climber or belayer but by the person who bolted it. so....I would have lowered the second bolt and added a third so as to protect the ground fall potential getting the the (current) third. But to get back to your statement. I have risen to the level of this climb and got the send. Please dont get me wrong.....thanks for taking the time to put this climb up. Very fun moves. Now...just because I would do it different does not mean that I will approach you (the FA) and ask to change it. We all know you would say no. I am fine with that. Take care!

Who here loves cc.com like I do?

Who is talking about rebolting climbs? I am not. To mention that I personally and not happy about another persons bolting job does not imply that I am going to rebolt something.....I am sure people did not like the climbs I put up. That is there prerogative. It is just talk. Better watch is Dave....if you keep this up you will be sucked into cc.com and will have 1000 posts before you know it. LOL, good times for sure.

I would have bolted Dracula different. I would have bolted Superstition different. You are free to think what ever you want. That is the beauty of the web.....

Yes....I think that Critical Mass is lacking a final bolt. Or, that is how I would have bolted it. Does that make me a pussy for thinking this? I know...I know...."if you cant raise your level of climbing to the level of the climb then do climb it". What a bunch of bull. IMO.

One person didn't decide to chop the bolts. The community has spoken, the bolts are gone. Perhaps instead of beating a dead horse on an issue that was really up to the Smith locals to decide, we should be discussing what we as a climbing community can do to help our sister climber who was injured. I was climbing at Smith yesterday and the "community" was not happy about the bolt chopping. And as for the "locals to decide," I am a local, and every other local I have talked to has not been in favor of the bolts being chopped. These facts lead me, as I have stated before, to the belief that this was not a consensual decision representative of the general population here at Smith, but a select few. I agree. But.....it is easy to bolt....so put them back in.

why the edit?

You would have to find the other thread for me to remember which climb I was referring too.

I have had the birds swoop and dive bomb on us......funny how it only happens with in a week or two of opening day.

Bloodline has actual rests IMO. There are two almost no hands rests on it. Where Dracula is very sustained. And I have done both ways Dave. The roof is a harder finish then going left but not by much IMO. Bloodline is my kind of climbing where Dracula is not. Both are great climbs....one is easier for me.

Good God!

That proves the point that they are better with climbers all year long. Less of a shock to them when all of a sudden there are 25 climbers all over. Retort from Joseph 3....2....1....

I guess Pete H is on the same protected list.

I was wondering this myself.

Beacon needs the birds? What? The birds might need beacon (that is debatable) but Beacon does not need the birds. I fully support closures for bird nesting when it makes sense.....but in this case, its a bunch of poppycock.

How come we did not argue about the birds this year? The season is young.......