Cobra_Commander

The 4 gold cramalots would help deter the euro guys from clipping through your gear while ashing their cigs on your runners.

chestbeatseat would be a good avatar

Somehow, some way, people have found a way to extract more spray out of this, including some chestbeating about international climbing experience. Solid effort!

german beer sux

now don't upset the applecart

becks hater

apparently it's the portland rock gym

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hahaha classic cloudveil - I agree their gloves are incredible.

as for BD they get my money every time. even though they sometimes come out with some duds, if you have ever been involved in their field testing program you realize how much time they put into some of that stuff.

hestras are expensive as fuck and actually not that dextrous, jong.

Just to be clear, I was directing all my responses to catbirdseat and not scrambled_legs. Certainly people should be comfortable asking any questions at all on here, and I hope I didn't come across otherwise. I dislike absolutes when there are none in this case, and cbs seemed to be indicating someone was DEAD WRONG if they did it a certain way.

Yes but when you are just talking out of your ass, it seems appropriate to call it out.

and I'm saying that it just doesn't matter. I can't believe it's still being discussed. Honestly I don't know how someone interested in science can make these claims w/o a set of data. Or perhaps even one point of data. I happen to like having my gates face the same way but I'm not going to hold it against the thousands of people who do it the other way.

Yes, but I don't drive at 45mph all the way to a climb because of an infinitesimal safety advantage either. Some things are just ridiculous. There are so many other things that are more important. Don't backclip, don't z-clip, maybe try to keep your gates facing away from the general direction of climbing, but that's all that's needed. Clogging new climbers' minds with this irrelevance is a disservice.

It's safer to just make the clip and not worry about this irrelevant stuff, rather than sitting there cogitating about what should face where while getting tired, while exposed to the most risk encountered on a sport climb. Honestly, I don't know how people around here get up anything worrying about this irrelevant crap.

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/70609.html In short, Richard Branson is one cool dude.

Some rules of thumb: A good tail length is the width of your palm. Except the EDK. Any knot reduces MBS by 1/3. These are easier to remember, as there's no need to memorize exact numbers.

I was busy getting a cow up onto the third floor of my highschool. and grating an apple into someone's locker

the outrage!

...and of course you tipped a bit out on the ground for your homies

That must get nasty by they time you get down to the last 10oz or so. Even a 40 is 10% warm backwash by that point

This doesn't look quite like the mounties, but more like classic SAAAAARRRR (though the mounties may well be their number one customer).

Not a chance, but we did gaze at it for awhile wondering what it would be like climbing on that small gear.

Wow, likes Blood Clot but hates Quasar. On the Road is an excellent climb if you survive the first 20 feet. Last Chance is incredible, along with Prometheus. Not a crack climb, but if you can yard your way through White Trash, the upper 5.10 extension is phenomenal jug hauling and way easier than it looks. 70m advisable, 60m could get you to the big boulder. And Bush Doctor! And this! The approach (until a friend hacked it up with a machete):