rocky_joe

i do believe a walnut is bigger than an almond. how's the count-down going? i happen to like almonds a lot, thank you. count down going swell only 3 years 10 months and 21 days left til i have tendons of steel and climb (h)uber-hard.

that mine shaft photo is RAD-TACULAR!!!

kimmo, you'd better stick to the banter you and i share than trying to start shit with boner...he hasn't got more than a walnut for a brain.

probably...sharma would have onsighted it.

Best way to train for climbing... Go to bar. Drink 5+ beers. Talk about climbing. (Kimmo, it's great for the tendons )

yup, its those damn liberals running Fox "news" Channel. So much hate.

Go DUCKS!!!! Buck the Fuckeyes!!! 29 November 2008 Oregon 65 OSU 38 30 December 2008 Oregon 42 OSU 31 3 December 2009 Oregon 37 OSU 33 1 January 2010...OSU doesn't stand a chance! Go Ducks! OOOOoooOOooOOOOoooOOO!!!

I wish him a speedy recovery as it is a horrible thing to wish death on any human(oid). However, I wouldn't mind if somehow his chest pains left him without the ability to speak (or spew hate otherwise).

that's first for you?!?! Ivan, you gotta sort out your priorities when looking for a (climbing) partner. Clearly the first item on the climbing partner should be tits. Check yes = game on. check no = ask more questions.

oh, sorry. thought you may have been uploading the pics to this website. if you wanna fix them you will have to resize the images and then upload them.

irony?

Mark, click "edit" on your original post. once there you need to change "large" to "medium" in the text between [/img]. that should work. otherwise, porter should be able to fix it.

that website is a crack up! New Life goal...get super sweet climbing website to be used as an alternative spray outlet!

I read you're story a while ago, but decided to wait and see what other people were thinking. My original instinct was to out the bastard, but after reading a few, more level headed opinions, I am of the opinion that you ought to confront Blanco before you publicly out him. Send him a letter, sit down over a beer, whatever. Let him know that shenanigans like that won't fly, especially if he holds aspirations to complete the 7. I'd only publicly (here, mountain proj, SP, etc.) if he blows you off entirely once you've confronted him. Give him a chance to see his actions from another person's view. If he realizes he was in the wrong and seems like he's keen to correct his mistakes, great! Otherwise it might be in order to send a little message via TR about this guy. Nothing to harsh, just a little heads up for anyone considering having him on their next expedition.

Kevbone is on summitpost?

thanks for correcting me. glad i know now.

I'm pretty sure you'd be best served to climb on half ropes. By my understanding, half ropes can always be used as twins (as long as you follow what CJB said) but twins cannot be used as halves...unless i'm wrong.

Actually I think that was offensive. Never defended myself.

you're an asshole. you've been THE hypocrit of every thread; the last couple posts make that clear. If anyone on this forum doesn't like being questioned it is you. Every other poster in this thread has offered level headed responses to your rubbish and you get more and more defensive every time; insulting everything from their climbing ability (which is all presumption) to their person. you have issued so many blanket rejections of what people say based on "what works for you" without ever giving pause to the thought that GymJones/MtnAthlete/Crossfit might work wonderfully for them. Get off your high horse, cuz no one here gives a goddam how hard some sporto bitch sends when the majority of training discussions here are centered on an approach for alpinism. Go troll the dregs at pimpinandcrimpin or 8a, I'm sure a few other gym rats will eat up your every word. Read that post. If you can't see how insulting this post is to all of us "amateur" climbers, then you haven't even the most base level of intelligence. Don't think for a second that by "labeling" yourself amateur that you've covered your ass for continually degrading the accomplishments of several of the climbers here. Sure we're not paid to climb, but really only about 50 of them get paid in anything more than free gear. Saying that professional climbers love it more is absolute fucking bullshit. how about those of us who will simply never send 14d or won't have the time to organize a 2 month patagonian expedition for a new line on Fitzroy because we have other lives: work, family, school, other passions. Seriously man, suck my balls.

I've lived this nightmare so many times. and yet, an FA is still something I want to achieve. (thanks to layton for capturing my frustration so prefectly!)

just watched all 8 parts. great piece. good find dane.

Glad to hear you're alright. Did you guys not find the avi conditions to be too bad?

wait, Kimmo, you think John is arguing for argument's sake? Wow, now that's a distorted view of the conversation.

My picks are new, haven't seen more than 5 days on ice and 10 or so on snow. Mostly, what it comes down to is that, being laid up with my knee surgery, I can't climb an am just trying to find a new way to pass the time. i emailed Petzl about getting the head weights and am waiting to hear back. Also, found a place with cheap Cobalt bits. Thanks for the tips. Another question, I was reading into the UIEE and CE ratings and notices that the Aztarex only has a B rating while the Aztar has a T rating. Any idea why? And does it matter?

I've got an Aztarex and am looking to give it a little mod. Dane, what you did with that pair you posted is sick and I'd like to get mine to be very similar. I'm hoping to do one additional mod though. As I am a poor college student (without pro-deals) I'm looking to keep my Aztarexes and not spend money on a WI tool. My thoughts are to machine a bolt hole to attach the Nomic headweights and give my swing a little extra weight for the occasional water ice pitch. I figure this mod won't do the tools them selves any harm, at worst I'll be left with a hole in the pick. Any thoughts?