tradclimbguy

http://www.acro-base.com/fr/imgs/galerie/video/videos/eiger06/eiger06.mov

So how do they know its sticking out? I can see it now, a large group of homeland security people running around with nets and magnifying glasses, trying to catch bees to look at their proboscis. Our tax dollars hard at work.

I like the looks of the site. Luckily I am still new enough to the board that I will not notice all of the changes. Thanks for putting in all your time and effort to make this the best place to avoid work (besides climbing, being a bar, etc)

I think the problem here is that you are only dealing with an $8000 purchase. In my experience with these people, unless the price tag gets higher, they could give a shit. And this is in the US! When you start adding more zeros to that price, they will kiss your ass or climb inside it if you ask. Good ol' biotech. Sorry that you can't get you stuff man!

I think that this becomes a contest between Jimi and Eddie. Jimi obviously changed the way the guitar was played and produced sounds that still baffel some of the greats out there. More amazing still, he was doing this while tripping acid. Eddie also really changed guitar forever through the invention of two hand tapping. Others were starting to pick up on the idea of hammering (such as Bass legend Jaco Pastorius) but he is the one that made it what it is today. No heavy metal band would sound cool without two hand tapping, and the extension of these techniques is what makes incredible songs like Joe Satriani's midnight possible today.

Definately Huashan Mountain in China. I think the locks are just left by people, kinda like writing "I was here". They do the same thing on the Ponte de Veccio bridge in Florence Italy. People write or engrave something on a lock, then leave it locked on the bridge instead of carving or writing on the bridge itself, its a good idea. It sure looks like a cool place to visit. I wouldn't worry about anything breaking up there, the shear number of chains and massive chunks of metal set in the rock aren't going anywhere.

Man, I thought this thread finally died... but her it is again. Fat climbers to midget porn to the size of um... Anyone considered girth???

Then I'm taking a bigger shovel and making it 14412 then I'll brag how I officially topped out and you didn't! Ha! A for this thread... Does it matter exactly how tall the mountain is to the foot or inch??? 14410, 14411 Who cares?

Get your head out of your ass ashw and take your disrespect and crap to another spray thread. This thread is NOT the place to discuss the validity of the HD cables. Emily Sandall had a horrible unfortunate accident and I was really sad to hear about this. I recently spoke with a friend who knew her from work and was having trouble dealing with this. She sounded like a very wonderful person. She was just beginning a career with Aspen, a wilderness Therapy program that helps kids out. Anyone devoting their life to helping kids out is A1 in my book and its very sad we lost her. I was told she was a very experienced hiker and her love for the mountains was one thing which brought her to the program. Accidents happen irregarless of how or where they occur. I hope this reminds everyone how careful you need to be and how wonderful it is to be able to get out into the mountains. Its always hard to lose somebody whom belongs to our small community of people which all love the out doors. She will sorely be missed. My condolences.

With any "News" you always have to be leary of its truth. Make sure to get the whole story before becoming a lemming. From another article on what happened (summarized): After 11 PM the UCLA library is closed to non-students, as part of campus security measures. The tasered guy in question would not identify himself, and would not leave, even after being asked repeatedly by the unarmed "security" personnel. So they finally called the police, and the guy still refused to present ID showing he was entitled to be in library after hours, and refused to leave. When they tried to remove him he resisted. Now I agree its crummy to taser some one, but if all he needed to do was provide ID then he should have done so, especially if he and everyone knew they would be expected to do so. It's like refusing to show your ID when you get carded at a bar b/c you think its race related.

Please Please Mr "I'm superior b/c of my Post count". Please. Let me go. Catch and release man, catch and release. Or maybe it should be "breath in, breath out, breath in, breath out". If you haven't figured out yet I'm kind of in a trolling kinda mood, then again its hard to compete against professional trolls.

The article basically poses the question "Why is baseball pitching been topped out for so many years when things like the high jump or sprinting continues to evolve, like climbing." It goes on to say a possible reason is that pitching puts a near breaking limit on ligaments whereas running hasn't evolved to the point that ligaments are the limiting factor. I'd guess that climbing will reach a stale mate like pitching eventually. Just too many other factors over the last 30yrs in climbing has been affecting the levels we climb. ie. Sticky rubby and training, better gear and more focus on sport climbing, etc.

Sorry MtMatt, EvilTradClimbGuy took over today and I just couldnt help myself. Kinda got on a roll. Here is an article I came across after really thinking about this topic. Its related to tendon/ligament strength for baseball pitching and how there may be a limiting factor, I bet it relates pretty close to climbing considering the high stress we place on our fingers and ligaments when climbing at ultra high levels. It would be interesting to know what sort of force factors climbers put on their fingers and other major joints involved with climbing. It would obviously show then that if we found this "limit" the lighter the climber the more of that maximum force would be able to be applied to the rock and less on holding themselves off the ground. http://www.slate.com/id/2116402/

so are you short? If so, you will find the routes there underated... just ask badclimberguy EvilTradClimbGuy. Get it straight. And for the most part I leave that alter ego to spray in most cases. Then again stalking your posts and trolling is fun too hehehe

and Gear. We need the gear list Too funny!

It would be really cool if they had some man made Ice climbing walls at maybe ski areas and stuff, kind of like an outside climbing gym. Not that it would take the place of actually getting your bum outside and finding real Ice but it would still be cool. Sometimes its just hard to get the few days needed to make a trip up to Lillooet. Farmed or manmade definately has its allure. Then again with all this climate changing that seems to be happening Washington may never see Ice again like we used to see in the cold old days

Just think "Expando" and "leverage". It all works!

More likely our Fat PIE Holes! Sometimes you just gotta liven it up a bit. Oh, and did I mention my wife is a super midget at 2'4" but also climbs just as hard as me in trad,sport and bouldering

I had to chuckle at that one myself. I probably should have given it a 5.15b/cX rating at the time but cams came out that year and took the bite out of those expandos.

I think that beer would go to whomever could talk Chris Sharma into gaining that weight.

he also said that he needed to climb 5.12 to climb 5.11, so really his 5.14 is actually 5.15... no no no, I specifically stated that b/c I was short AND fat that climbing 5.14 obviously made it 5.15b/c but that I didn't want to just throw around numbers like that. Didn't I mention that I'm actually the first person to climb a 5.15. It's a little known route called Godzilla at this secret climbing spot known as index. Watch out though, its a doozy. It's just a tips only crack for my fat mits and its expando, or maybe thats just cause I did it when I weighed 340.

Yes, exactly. Full of Fat. Didn't you see the picture? Just trying to keep it fun mixed with a bit of personal thought. Too bad too many people take it so serious they either attack whatever you wrote or can't take an obvious fun jab. I guess including "hahaha" after a jab isn't good enough to elude to trying to be funny and not a serious mean comment.

Fat dude, Fat. Not shit. I thought I made that clear in the first post to this thread.

well...i'm about 5'-5" with a spare tire and a dead even ape index... sure, there are the anomalies as far as this route is harder cuz your short, but in general, there is almost always a way around a reach... Ahhh, so you did understand. I guess I should retract some of my other statements then I'd say though that the anomalies are alot more frequent the bigger the height difference is off of whatever they consider the norm for rating stuff. Yes, there is usually a way around a reach and it might even just be another variation at the same grade, but then it might not be! oohhh, now thats too hard for my brain to wrap around. hahaha Too easy, just too easy to get everyone going. -Evil TradClimbGuy

ahhh. I probably should have included some pictures or emoticons too, huh. Would that help. and yes I was being serious, problem with that? I should have probably stated something way more generic like to climb all climbs at any specific rating you have to climb well enough to overcome certain differences with the climbs whether it be hold size, angle, distance between holds, etc. I guess I just figured some generalizations like 5.12 moves or holds etc was clear enough to apply in a context for rating sections of other climbs. Ever done Beetle Bailey? First pitch is 5.10 something but if you can't reach the ledge just past the first bolt it definately isn't rated the same and possibly even a show stopper. Then again since I rambled on so much whatever I wrote probably isn't clear so I'll work on a dumbed down version for you, but I might not have it finished until tomorrow.