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boadman

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  1. Seriously?

     

    I know it's not cold and dangerous, but the level of dedication to training required to climb cutting edge free routes (i.e. sport or bouldering) is super inspiring to me. Way more inspiring than doing something dangerous way beneath your technical climbing ability. How can someone seriously discuss free-soloing a 5.9 in the same breath as sending 5.15? Any brave punter could go out and free solo the NEB this summer with vary little preparation. Only a few women in the world could realistically send a 15a.

  2. I think that Ashima will probably do one this summer if she gets an extended trip to somewhere where she can project one that suits her. I think Sasha Digulian is out, it doesn't seem like she's done anything hard since she started college. Does Josune even climb any more? Murial & Angela have been crushing lately.

  3. After all the pre-trip beta you got from this website it still took you two days to do the ridge? Geez.

     

    LOL ya a friend did the ridge in under 3 hrs hers is the record to beat

     

    Not C to C obviously. I bet the ridge itself gets climbed in under three hours all the time, even by wankers like me.

     

    Really? The CNR? I call bullshit.

  4. I think it depends on fitness and how much crap you're carrying. We did it in about 4 hours. When I did it a couple of years ago in late august there were patches of snow all the up at the gendarme. The descent down the cascadian and hike back up and over took longer. The nice thing about going in at Ingalls is you don't have to worry about shuttling cars or hiking all the way back around, although you could traverse over to Sherpa and descent back to the mountaineers creek drainage that way.

  5. I use White Lighting, which is a wax based chain lube, and I'm pretty sure is what metolius re-brands as their cam-lube. It keeps the dirt out, I only have to apply it every two or three years. You can pick it up at any reputable bike shop.

  6. Usually, I restrict myself to civil responses on the interweb, but this is too entertaining.

     

    1. Admitting to nearly falling on the warm up?

    2. Assholes make things humid?

    3. Did you brush every hold you touched? If not, you're part of the problem.

    4. Did you wear shoes? If so, you probably left some rubber behind, adding further to the polished feet.

     

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