[Metolius Waste Case]

I bought this a few years back for a big wall trip that never happened. It has never been used. Selling for $35 or best offer.

[FiveTen Anasazi Pink Lace-Up Mens 10.5]

I've worn these a few times in the gym, but they are not my size. Willing to part for a reasonable offer.

[Smith Rock Monkey West Face]

I am going to be in Bend this weekend and am looking for someone to climb with either sunday or monday. I am experienced and have climbed this route 3 times or so, just been out of the game for a while. I have gear.

[[TR] King of Pain Spire - Vision Quest 3/31/2007]

Nice trip report. I did this route last spring around this same time. It is a very spicy but fun route. I didn't realize how big the OW got. Only brought to 3.5. Sure could have used one of those #5's. Gotta love the bridger jack towers!

[Best All-Around Glove/Mitten System???]

I like to go to the nearest hardware store and pick up a pair of insulated work gloves for 10-15 dollars and then water treat them. They work just as well as any "Climbing" or "winter" glove i have ever used and they are cheap as hell. It pisses me off that these outdoor companies can get away with charging so much damn money for these gloves. For example I have a pair of Black Diamond Ice Climbing gloves. Now you would think that they would do a decent job of staying dry/semi warm, but everytime i use them my hands are freezing. Instead I started using these cheap ass insulated work gloves and just bringing an extra pair along. They stay warmer and dryer than the 130 dollar BD gloves.

[Reel Rock Tour]

So I decided to spend my thursday evening at the Hollywood theater watching the Reel Rock Tour. Thanks to the local climbing gyms and all for putting that show on and the free gear. For starters the First Ascents movie was pretty sweet, to bad we didn't get to see the whole thing...but I guess that is part of the tour..whatever. What really pisses me off was the fact that i went to the damn movie to see Tommy's link on El Cap. Instead i had to endure perhaps the worst display of a "climbing movie" ever. Dosage IV was a bunch of bullshit. If i wanted to see circus freaks climbing 20 feet off the ground i sure as shit wouldn't have wasted my 12 dollars and my evening to do so. Chris Sharma and Dave Graham are talented...but i dont care to watch some climbing porn. The true pioneers of this sport are pushing the limits like Tommy Caldwell or the Hubers or countless unknowns who are extreme alpinists and true climbers. You don't have to be able to boulder v15 or climbing 5.15 to be a good climber...drop the numbers and have some god damn fun for a change. I would have rather watched masters of stone V now there is a good movie. The true pioneers of this sport are Dean, Didier, Tommy, not those fucking dead beat stoners Chris Sharma and Dave Graham.