LostCamKenny

ditto... if you are about to fall because you slipped or miss stepped you will naturally tighten your grip on whatever you have in your hands. plus, a leash gets in the way when you are making turns and then must switch yer axe to the other hand - you have to stop, take the leash off the one wrist, put it on the other and then keep moving. if you are roped together then this is going to slow the pace of the whole team because everyone will have to stop while the leash is switched from wrist to wrist. my advice is to get comfortable without it... practice carrying yer axe in yer off hand when on easy terrain and you will start to feel more comfortable when you are trusting your balance and stability to your weaker hand - you'll eventually become proficient with either hand and that is what you want to shoot for. best of luck!

well said andrew - i hear jim's voice when you post like this - its almost like he has a computer of his own

bastards! instant bad karma sown...

Typo much? heeheehee - i type the same way after i've had a proper drink...

its warm - 40's (read: no ice! )

Hahahaha, that's a cool party if you don't have to set up anything, and even then it can't be that bad! I like the arcteryx beer the best (though i have a sneaky suspicion that it is the same as the la sportiva beer )

wicked scary!

there's got to be more to your post JH... what gives?

... well, he his speechwriters have a fantastic way with words, but he still delivered them beautifully. give the credit to teleprompter-one!

it wouldn't be a bad idea to do the same in OR, too...

I can't say that i know, locally, but the bachar/yerian was done as JB stood on hooks, runout 50 feet at times, and i think he hand drilled only five or six bolts - i think that's what i remember him saying... Don't now what that route's difficulty is but i know it's up there.

when did you go climbing last, kev?

hey wait a minute, dave...

have you checked the yard sale forum? i'd post this there...

the prono music is the best

oh, oh, oh, I know this one... Pick me, pick me - is the answer, money and undue fame? or is it for a spot in the playboy mansion with hef?

Slabtacular... Sweet!

Friday? i can swing it friday... it would only get drier if it doesn't rain anymore.

maybe i will get an iphone if they can take pics like that. Fun lookin climb... got any more pics?

I'm actually glad i had to work after hearing about this.

...except it wasn't on elbrus, but a peak about 40 miles away.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34779321/ns/world_news-europe/

wow that looks like an organized, yet still jumbled, shitty mess...!