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Wow, that is a beautiful line or what~

but this is what I had my heart set on! Oh well, Stone Soup looks rad, count me in one weekend.

Try and break a dyneema sling by jumping off above the anchors and falling full impact onto the sling. Won't happen. You won't break the biners either, but your back might not like it.

That looks as good as it gets. Nice!

Stout!

Wow, awesome! Way to strike out into the unknown. Those warm weather photos make me wish for summer.

No worries Joe. I got em for when I see ya next. Last day of open climbing at Beacon today, and its snowing at my house. Bummer.

Not good conditions at Beacon yesterday. but still fun for a late eve run. http://www.vimeo.com/19344625 We even ran into Joe! Joe, if you read this I found 2 stoppers and a biner I am sure are yours when we rapped off, as they were not there when we went thru going up.

Great TR.

Way rad!

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I think it is not the job of the store or sales clerk that sells gear to lecture people where and when they should use it. Friendly information is all it should be. The Lower Town Wall belongs to ALL OF US now. There is no big renaissance of pitoncraft that I can see, but it is part of our history and a tool in the quiver for when the going gets interesting. Probably the Quarry area is better for pin practice, and using a pin on City park would be lame, but this indignant attitude of no pins at lower Index period is BS. Piton haters in my opinion fall into the same category as bolt haters, ridiculous and self absorbed. Theres a time and a place and we all need to grow up and be accepting of the different types of climbing.

thats why I be mostly vegetarian.

Call the owner of Feathered Friends and complain and tell him about your post on Cascade Climbers and ask him to respond and give him a chance to clear his name. There is a time and a place for pitons, and even a time and a place for mouthy sales clerks which is usually the unemployment line.

See ya out there this week Ivan.

I hope somebody made it out to Beacon this weekend. I won't even tell you guys how nice it was at Smith all weekend but will just say that allot of people were climbing without their shirts, but just mostly guys . I actually got a tan on my face, stoked for the vitamen D.

If you have to ask yourself if self flaggelation is a hobby, then its probably more of a pastime, but if you want to call it a hobby, I'm cool with it. Either way. The important thing is you are out there doing it. Making your mark, just like Ivan, only different. Stoked!

Would the Rectum have been climbed with that attitude? I think not.

The whole aid and rapping in the rain renaissance thing is due to the fact that the last 10 weeks have been very wet, cold, and windy. I don't see anyone freeing anything. Its just been to slick to free climb. So when you can't free climb, aid climb. Or rap in and clean and check out lines for future reference.

Awesome~

Lookz like Eldiente ties a square knot, and then the Fishermans. Thats what I do. Probably from being drilled into my in Boy Scouts that a square knot is the best way to join 2 ropes, and also because you can whip a square knot in so that they are quickly joined and then its easy to tie the fishermans(as a backup and to hold the sq knot in place) because they are not under any tension.

Nice to see Dave and Kenny got out there, flipping eating in style, dang. Went to Smith yesterday and it was stellar conditions, warmish. Almost nobody there either, the park was empty. All that sunshine in my eyes felt so flippin good, it seemed like months since I had seen the sun. Heres some photos from yesterday.

I had a screamer deploy once, and after it was over both she and I were exhausted. The only thing I can reccommend is maybe some soundproofing, as it can get out of hand, especially if you still live with your parents.

You seem to be talking more shit then anyone Johnboy.

I was not criticizing, I was laughing with him. Big difference.