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ivan, ur a beauty

looking for beta on IB on CC.com is aid....... what ever happened to climbing something and then just talking about it afterwards (sigh) the interwebs have kinda taken the fun out of it

release the frickin kraken....

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Enjoy

you made me spill my coffee through the nose! were you standing on ur head?

cause everyone happily writes a check to the IRS every year

dec. can be prime time for the nose when high pressure moves in

try when school is back in session! or "triple direct" in a day, and, still get the cherry part of the nose! or, push a non-trade route. "the schnoz" smells like a "tin of piss" anyway

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nice! el cap in a push is the best. i always thought the 3D would be a nice jaunt....

not if u take the death slabs...

half dome will be perfect...

word!

exactly, and better than the first pitch of stone soup cause it's el natural... first pitch of "smoke signals" is 5.10 with two variations at the top. it has some cool moves on it, would like to see it get traffic so it doesn't get over grown. someone will think they found a new route someday and bolt it.

arent led that when jim and i put it up...

That route is listed in the brand new guidebook as "Crossdressing Fool" 5.10+, 13 bolts. Just got done last year. i could totally see it getting bolted some day, no one has the nut sac to go lead it with gear....

result of canadians stealing bikes

if more people rode their bikes

i though canadians were all kind and shit

as long as the fixed anchors are GMO free

Umm, no. Not a necessity for MOST climbs. Unless the climb has a walk-off descent, fixed anchors are a necessary evil. And in my experience, more climbs require rappels than provide for walk-offs. If and only if a route is very popular (like the West Ridge of Forbidden) do I advocate for bolted anchors to replace the ugly tat that litters every horn. tat can be removed, a hole in a rock is permanent.... just a thought

I dont think we need to worry about hand drills vs machines.....who the hell is going to carry a Bosch 20 pound drill into the wilderness......

go and lead the first pitch of smoke signals, i'd love to hear what you think about it it's the pitch next to ivans famed stone soup.

5/14 - lucky #13 - gray and gaunt at the dawn, dim-minded and mopey - when the world dies in an orgasm of heavenly-fire, how i fucking hope it's a tuesday, and early in the morning to boot, to spare me the whole gory goddamn details of the day - tuesday, the red-haired stepchild of the torrid week - hitler was conceived on a tuesday - it's true, you can google that shit man sun breaks around noon, life reviving, rock drying, seniors shuffle in and out in a hyperstatic hepped-up euphoric hangover - the red devil galloping east through the gorge, growling at these goddamn men in their machines gouging out the concrete and showering everything in gravel - the tyranny inherent in giving any man a blaze-orange vest and sign, too gross to contemplate in the golden sunshine searing through my senses RIP william fetterman, you awful fucker - "give me 80 men and i can ride through the whole sioux nation" - yeah, how'd that one work for ya, son?