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so thats where you and I differ Kev, I usually like to make it to the bottom with no injuries. thats what I'm talking......

The fun is just beginning Dave. You're just a little late to the party. Get racked and get with it!!!

Kevbone, to answer your question in my view, depends on the climb. Obviously getting to the top of a hard El Cap route, just about anything goes. Where as getting to the top of a hard free route, its the style that counts. So which climb ya talking about?

Hi Mark, Great to meet you as well. Sounds like Bill and Dave hooked you up with Kenny and Jeff's contact info, thanks guys. Rock on, heres to a great season!

Anytime they can write a ticket, they will not get tired of it. Its revenue.

Way cool!

I guess, We as climbers, never realized that objective dangers included some asshat on a rope swing, but sounds like you want it added to the list?" Not ok.

Here ya go Dave. Yesterday Larry on Young Warriors leads the first ascent of the season with Ivan on the SE Corner in the background. Larry topping out on the second pitch. Kenny starts up the long third pitch of Warriors. Ivan filming me as he solos past us on the 5th pitch of Young Warriors with the boombox rocking. Will someone get a rope for this guy? Kenny at the sandy slabby section of Jills Thrill, or at least it was sandy for us after 6 months of no one climbing it! Kenny chilling. Ivan having a much needed smoke after solo climbing the Corner and YW 3 times. Kenny taking it on home. Good day lads!

Yep, its open. Allot of people out for the opener including two of the legends of NW climbing, Mark Cartier and Jeff Thomas!

Nice photos~

I still want to hear about the German lesbians. Ya!

WOW

Looks like a great time! Castle Crags is huge, bigger then the City, and my favorite spot now.

Thank you Ian for being proactive, and making the right decision and having the balls and the motivation to make it happen. We(the climbing community) don't need the fallout from events like this going down.

Good on ya guys for going at it hard! yeah, as Ana says, Whos the Epic magnet now? hahaha! Good day yesterday at the crag with flipping Ivan sending everything he got his hands on! Seems like doing El Cap makes everything else kind of incidental.

but..but..but.....we wanted Ivan's trip report tonight...

All you can handle. What gear do I need? Single ram of cams and stoppers? micro cams?

Joe, I thought you and I were having a climbing shoot-out soon per the Taco. You say you got some really great routes you put up at the Farside, so lets go have you lead them, then we will pull the rope and its my turn. Where and when jack? Good on ya Eric and Ben for getting er done, twice. Way rowdy!

but Bill....the Alcove Swing will not floss climbers from the Wall. You would have to be doing a slab climb right beneath it for that to happen, and I really doubt anyone would swing if you were climbing there. Sounds like at Smith the jumper got a little over eager, and did not take into account that there were people beneath them and any impact rope tangling might have.

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No shit! Looks like they are about ready to bugger and keel haul ya. Scary.

No chalk! Why thats downright un-American!! Are you a recent convert to the Communist party? Do you like sweaty palms? No, don't answer that...

Obviously OWNERSHIP of Mastercams and Aliens does not make you an authority on there use Joe. If you use both cams on a regular basis in all types of stone, you will find that Aliens do stick better in many situations. The Mastercams either because of the type of metal, or the pressure if you bend the stem, of width of the head, or whatever it is, simply don't grab as well as an Alien. This seems especially true in granite. Its not a theory, just an accepted fact in the climbing world, and proven to myself thru many years of climbing on them both. So before you get to old Joe, you might want to try climbing on granite, and instead of clipping bolts, placing gear.

Super cool!