Yes, most of the good climbers/skiers I'm interested in hearing about don't spend much time posting on the interweb and when they do it's usually at their own site/blog. It's always been so.
If this site is the dregs whats the cream? rockclimbing.com? supertopo.com? summitpost.org?
Where'd you come up with this gem of knowledge? Most good climbers are out climbing.... not sitting in front of a keyboard. A messageboard populated by good climbers would be mostly blank then die because there's nothing posted.
you sound like one of those telemarktips douchebags who really just wants to read a blog and fellate someone in the comments section
Yet another out of state person living in Washington. When will it end?
A condo on every block, a wholesome wholefoods organic tofurkey in every pot, a prius in every garage
Jesse Helms was a bigspending, racebaiting, gaybashing, misogynistic, ignorant, hypocritical piece of shit.
Any surprise the CC.com conservative clavern is a big supporter?
I've used a modified nasa parawing I made myself, based on instructions found here:
http://www.pawprince.com/pawprince/design/kites/construct/home.htm
The kites themselves were $50-$75 worth of materials, budget ~$80-$100 for a cheap two line bar.
"Mountaineering: Freedom of the Quad"
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/misc/Freedom_of_the_Quad.pdf
- see link:
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/misc/sac.htm