el jefe

here's my answer: i relish talking back to assholes who never have anything good to say about anyone else.

spoken like a tired old fart has been, pope. why is it that guys like you relish knocking other people down? is your life really so small and pathetic that you can only make yourself bigger by criticizing others?

you just gotta love the way old (very old) raindawg doesn't take himself too seriously...

apparently larrythelamo hasn't been to skull hollow in a long time yet nevertheless knows who has trashed the area...

thanks for the link, tvash. it was indeed an interesting read. i suspected mccain was a phony, but the depth of his phoniness is unreal!

don't underestimate the prognostic capability of bonghits and cheerios...

where are you guys getting your information? just curious. it is almost too much to hope that this year could be as good as last year. hood got a big dump of snow almost every day last year through the heart of winter and late into spring...

mountain soles does a good job, but the turn around on my last resole with then was one month, which isn't really what i'd call "quick turn around".

Laugh all you like. Do you really think that some of us will sell-out our strong values after only 15 months??? Go away for another 15 months and you'll still find us here when you come back. idée fixe |ēdā ˈfēks| noun ( pl. idées fixes pronunc. same) an idea or desire that dominates the mind; an obsession. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: French, literally ‘fixed idea.’

awesome pics! you must be the proud papa to see the little one cruising on crime of the century!

whether judgment is compromised depends on whether the individual in question has good judgment to begin with, and that is something only time will tell. however, i think this sort of event is high profile and is going to mean that alex honnold will likely be seen in more magazine ads in the future.

i don't quite follow your thinking here, g-spotter, you claim that sponsorship caused dean potter to solo delicate arch? where does personal responsibility come in to play? lots of climbers have been sponsored and haven't soloed delicate arch, so my thought is that maybe dean potter should be held accountable for what dean potter does. i hope we do see photos and dvds of this remarkable solo effort, and i hope alex honnold gets some sponsorships (if that is what he wants).

again, i congratulate bigbowsky on the proud send and say thanks for the anchor. just ignore raindawg and pope.

if this is a recent picture of raindawg (aka brainfog) then i for one am certainly glad he is invisible. "joseph and the technicolor dreamcoat" sort of fashion went out with the 80s.

Nevermind, apparently I was drawn into a random spray war by a fucking retard who doesn't know anything about the meaning of "natural" in the climbing world. Apparently you're another noob who thinks he has a say because he now climbs 10a. Die, dipshit. another mouth-breather adds his 2 cents worth...

*yawn*

thanks for the bolt anchor, by the way. i for one always appreciate it when people put in the time to do a good job.

i agree. whenever i have made progress, it was because i had been spending a lot of time climbing. climbing is a very technique-intensive activity, and you can only really hone the technique by doing it.

you smell your own butt.

split hairs any way you want to, i agree with TimL about the thick scent of bullshit in a lot of these posts, yours included.

nice posting, bob. i agree about the body fat issue. "losing 10 to 15 pounds" is a pretty arbitrary goal and probably not realistic for john, who i understand is pretty fit to begin with. the best advice in the old goddard and neumann book (performance rock climbing) was to figure out your weaknesses and work on them.

plus, you don't damage the tree itself... Ok, for those who may need a refresher: Rapping from the tree is natural, the tree is super solid (ie. not going anywhere anytime soon) whereas the bolted belay is just another needless scar. OMG I almost forgot, save the trees . "rapping from the tree is natural"? is your rope natural? how about your slings, shoes, or harness? all natural fibers, too? like i said, a 3 digit IQ should be a requirement for a discussion like this.

I agree....but then you would have to chop most of the sport routes at index. most of the sport routes at index aren't cracks.

sorry, alex, but this is an important question, so only people with 3 digit IQs are going to get to vote this time.

at the smoke bluffs in squamish the anchors used to routinely be the nearest sturdy tree, but repeated rapping, etc is bad for the trees, so bolt anchors are pretty much ubiquitous there now. maybe the bolt anchors on boc and roger's corner are really a good thing? certainly good as far as the tree is concerned.