marc_leclerc

Dru once reemed me out for bringing a fork when I had already brought a pin...

Stawamus Chief - Cruel Shoes/Grand Wall/Upper Black Dyke

mmmmm.... I like rock

You can join the rest who weren't apparently bright enough to understand the original concept, which is, in short: Even YOU could probably "climb 5:13" given unlimited rehearsal...whether a week or three years or whatever. Get it? I hate it when people say they are 5.13 climbers and then you find out they have sent one short 13a after a year and a half of working it..... oh and Alan... I went to Smith a little while a go, and I thought your routes that I climbed were awesome! Wicked place and it would be a shame to see some of those sick climbs left untouched because nobody had the guts to rap bolt cuz they wee scared of what people would think... thanks!

for fuck sakes.... you guys all just hate on sport climbing at Smith because you are to weak to pull hard on any of the classics....

I just had to post in this thread... to continue the developing theme of the people posting responses...

or just climb on slopers....

Sorry, Im too busy climbing... all the time.

A studly strong athlete such as myself never has such problems.... it does sound like someone needs to get laid, but it sure isnt me.. whats your address? I can send you some V-Pills from the health store old man...

Spray has gotten so gay recently.... its been taken over by American politics crap... Obama this, Obabma that. Im tired of all this Clinton, Palin crap too..... can't you guys think of something cool to talk about... like fucking igloos and polar bears.. and horse riding police officers...

and this is why they invented the 'fast and light' style.... I sure would hate to drag a friggin sled all teh way to Devil's thumb... but I guess the only way around that one is to fly...

Though you would think ltown locals would be spawning mutant crushers, the only kids i've met in town who climb, didn't really start til they were 17 or older. A bit odd. supremely odd.... but when I was there i met Kyle O' Meara and his friend Joel... they were not very old and totally crushing, joel sent the Ram. Which felt pretty hard to me for sure.....

If im ever going to Leavenworth or Index I will let you know... likely in the spring at the earliest. My girlfriend and I want to climb Outer Space, wich sounds like it could be up your alley

I bought a full Rock Empire set of cams for like 400 bucks a couple years ago.. 8 cams total i think. Not as good as BD but i still plug them in on hard routes and fall on them....

lol... he's on a pumpy 5.7 of course.

I'm only a year older than you.. but I would go climbing with you.. and might be able to teach you some stuff. Whats your experience like?

def staged..

Yeah, and it really does help a lot... I remember thinking I wasnt going to be able to climb for a while because of some lost gear after an epic, but Off-White, after reading my post sent my two ridgid stem cams that helped a lot. I have used the cams to climb stuff like the 'Grand Wall' and work some projects near my place... I even fell on one on 'Zombie Roof' this summer.... so yeah, this kind of thing really is appreciated by us young climbers who don't have the rich 'sport' parents paying for courses, gear and driving them around to their next climb

I worked for almost all my stuff.... my parents were not/are not rich....

hahaha... same Simon Richardson that Dru tried to kill on Pavillion Edge last year???

dammit lol . meh. im too lazy to look

Yeah, its not too much of an issue, even if you're shorter. I know some people clip from below the lip but that is really weird, I just went straight for the jug on the lip. I fell the first time cuz I hit the wrong part and the fall is totally safe, then once you stick the lip the clip is right by your face to clip...... and if he sent 'churning' he is totally strong enough to hit the lip no problem oh ya, and the throw could be bypassed, especially with small fingers, I checked i out. There was no point for me cuz I can just bump to the jug no problem with my +4 ape index basically I think one could hit the jug on the lip left handed, then heel-hook right and reach the right hand up to the thumb catch on the arete, then heel-hook left foot on the jug and bring the left hand up to a nubbin on the face. Then one could rock up on the left heel and cross the left hand up to the big jug on the arete.... all done

Fawk! Thats super sick! How old is he? Yeah it was the littler of the two that said he climbed 5.10.... has he sent Chain then too? Sure wouldnt be surprised!

We did this on a much smaller scale from an overpass near my place in Agassiz.. the cops came and shut it down