espirita

"Chubby Chasers"

Don't mock the afflicted.

WOO HOO!

Do I get something special for hitting 100 posts??

Actually I did too.

I would simply have to disagree, I can't think of any aspect of climbing that has benefited from crowds and a large population of less skilled and self-responsible climbers. What I have seen is an endless requirement for the continous "development" of bolted routes to sustain the [commercial] output of gyms. This is a dollar and entertainment driven machine the net effect of which has steadily corrupted what climbing was all about. Sure the folks that rise to the top are capable of great things and do come around to looking for more "adventurous" endeavors because they get bored senseless. But the achievements of the top few of a very large pyramid isn't the issue, it's the ongoing impact of the very large base of [gym-supported] novice and intermediate climbers. Bolted on holds, route directions scratched and painted on the rock, inappropriate bolting. Now, you can paint all such incidents as abberations, but I call them unavoidable and direct affects of a larger population - more people, cluelessness, vandalism, and bad choices. It's more a matter of statistics than judgment. From a statistics perspective, the population base of climbers required to advance climbing from 5.10 to 5.12 was relatively small with a large percentage of that population able to climb at a high level with a relatively low toll on rock. The population base behind the push from 5.13 to 5.15 grew enormously with a very small percentage of that base able to climb at a high level. Again, it isn't about the impact of the small percentage of folks that climb at a high level today, it about the impact of the vast majority who need gyms and bolted routes to sustain their identities as climbers and toll it continues to take on rock. To lump together all beginners and novices, and say they have no respect for the rock they climb on (or aspire to climb), is absurd. You were a beginner once, right?

Wow, that's amazing.

dude..wtf? That seems WAAAAYY to complicated!! I like have to read rules and stuff...boo hiss..

If you're bored, play Tsunami at www.playtsunami.com.

Showing your buttfloss isn't cool, no matter who you are or where you're from.

I've not heard that one before!

Yeah, I was wondering when I'd get flamed for saying that.

I don't disagree with you, but I also find that there are quite a few well-off people who have that same feeling of entitlement.

I wanna see pics!!

Me neither. Thanks peeps.

Yeah. I'd put myself in the more experienced category, though I haven't had a lot of experience setting up anchors. I just wasn't sure if it was horribly overpriced... Also not sure what the demographic is. Is it gonna be mostly kids? I suppose I could just call and ask, huh - though I'd probably just get the big sales pitch.

You've got to be joking!! WTF!

Has anyone ever done this? Any thoughts? Considering...

The Shins

"The fun neva seems ta end bitch ass nigga."

hahah I just realized I contradicted myself there. Sorry. It made sense to me though.

That makes sense; it just seems contrary to common sense, the laws of physics, etc., that the current rate of hair loss is vs. hair growth would be sustainable... I will have to stew on that for a while though, thanks. Ooh, that sucks.

What I don’t understand is, how can a person with long hair (such as mine) lose upwards of 25 strands a day in the shower (I counted) and even more throughout the day… and not eventually be bald? I understand that hair grows, etc., but a foot-long strand of hair is not instantly replaced by another foot-long strand – so at best, I should have, well, a mullet. Or should I say at worst. Well at worst I would be bald. Or to be bald might be better than having a mullet. What was I saying? Yes, how can this be???

I hate kickdogs.

We already make all the SUVs drive in the same lane? Not where I'm from...