shaoleung

My wife and I have about 6 hours to kill in LA. I know there's a ton of climbing in LA county but I have no idea what area would be close and awesome. We're looking for 5.7 to 5.10 range single pitch sport. Any suggestions?

Jest or not, language has power you racist fuckwit.

First Edition!!! Damn! That's freakin' old!

no sense in judging the 'cunt, he's just as temporary and insignificant as the offending petra-pigments - no extra-evolved aardvark, looking back, will give a toss, eh? Who are you to assume future aardvarks won't care!

i shan't be content 'till the cordon of dessicated taun-taun corpses is clear as christ's conscience I dunno man... Christ's conscience can't be that clear with the F*%^ed up mess he left behind...

What happened to the organic metamorphosis of thought... that beautiful transition from curiosity to spray vomit to eventually the beauty of what is created on CC like the unfurling of butterfly wings? Brethren... why must we bicker so?

Only if you serve it up with some beta! dyno to the double crimper then heel hook on the 5.8d roof. Cheese accepted.

Only if you serve it up with some beta!

WTF? Why is it that every spring when they let the gym rats out for the first time, the freakin meatheads insist on spouting off their beta on everything??? Keep it to yourself!

Got a bead on a topo?

Does anything stay dry at 32 with rain?

11s and 12s. Maybe a hard, long 12 for a project. There are plenty I haven't climbed in the GB book, but I know there have been a handful more added since 2003.

In my feeble attempt to find a list of the new lines at 32, I found only two at British Aisles and NWO. Aren't there a bunch at New World... NWO is a little beyond my ability right now.

These guys don't tape up... and it brings up another great question: how do you belay your middle climber in a party of three?

You and your friend don't really get into the cerebral kinda discussions, eh? Oh hell yeah! A couple weeks ago we got into high-syllable debate about whether or not ti-ta-ni-um framing hammers were worth the extra money and then we discussed just how useful those little hammer-top magnets are. There's more, but I don't want to overwhelm anyone.

That's pretty awesome. I have to burn through a tank of gas to get to SCW... I should just move to leavenworth.

It assumes that everyone is well informed... if you're a fox news fan, it totally works.

That really depends on how you've coordinated your rope color, anodized biners, and the color of the rock.

I have been in an ongoing debate with a friend about taping vs. not taping your hands for crack climbing. I'd like some more input from CC dirt bags. Here's the gist of the two sides... Not Taping: Taping leads to sloppy crack technique. A good crack climber should not need to tape up their hands. Generally speaking, tape should be avoided to allow a climber to fine tune their crack technique. Taping: Why not? When you're climbing at your limit, technique is hampered more by skin loss and pain than having skin-saving tape on your hands. No matter how good your technique is, a long hard crack is going to tear up your skin without tape.

Freakin' awesome! He's incredible!

Exit 38 has a ton of stuff under 5.9... worth the drive to take the kids there. Far side's probably best. Check on closures too... I hear there are some birds nesting somewhere up there.

So I spent a half day on Castle today. Catapult, Angel, Damnation. Is that half way through the list?

I agree... but there's something to be said for spreading the love. There are some pretty distinct differences in rock and style between all these climbs.

Sweet! I'll wear spandex for beer!

Good call... This list may have to be a three day adventure...