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the area went south the minute someone said anything about the illusion wall on cc.com and yours truly showing up there only made it worse. You would be a welcome addition to any area Gene! No fixed line though! I love being scared on that spot - EVERYTIME!

There goes the neighborhood. Good job guys they just keep coming!

"starring in" or "staring at" "none have" Those were for your edification, Sobo ;-)

Yeah , I will set up an account this evening. Work system says NO to dropbox! It was indeed a hard decision, but not every day does one have to prove ones incredible penchant for suffering and one should alas take advantage of the spoils of the priviliged and not worry about the softening of ones meddle.

Hooray pics!

Well make it so Kevbone. Enlighten us.

So to clarify - The guy in the video is not THAT drunk. No more than usual. Notice he had to work pretty hard to vomit even after 2 Giant glasses of water. @KKK That chew spit thing turned my stomach.

I will tell you tomorrow.

No No DeChristo - Not as simple as all that.

Nope! That was someone at Smedleys who saw a night crawler while intoxicated and the resulting bet that turned bad. I was not in attendance. Thank god!

Ditto

My wife assures me that, "Any guy using that phrase hasn't a fucking clue." Yeah, that's an exact quote. I understand its very uncomfortable. Wow! No clue? Your wife seems like she knows me.

Thanks guys. If I can find a way for my buddy to get the sand out of his mangina it will be a trip to dig out the lookout. If I can't help him out with a home remedy then it will probably be doing nothing out there and watching this sweet weather window evaporate. Thanks for the link Feck! It has been bookmarked.

Any one know the current conditions of the Sibley Creek road or general road conditions in the area?

Nice you guys!

So OMB did you use machine threaded bolts then countersunk into the face of the holds? We did quite a few that way but used lag bolts into 3/4" ply. Wow a drill press huh? Always just used a standard corded rotohammer and held the holds with my feet and drilled standing over them. In my first build we ended up drilling over 400 holds. Likewise to the post a few above, my rocks were from everywhere I used some dryvit slag from a job site for some holds by gluing them in place. I think at one point there was also a golf ball, tennis ball and the butt end of an axe handle used as holds.

I used a hand drill to prep myself for the real world!

For my small crimps and jibs I have used pieces that broke of some of the larger holds as I was drilling. I used a smaller bit and drilled two holes and attached to the wall with coarse thread screws. Do not be afraid of fairly round rocks as these can often make for jugs if the clearance toward the wall is adequate. I have also used expansion bolts that fit into the standard t-nuts and screwed holds in from the front using some creative strapping to apply enough leverage while tightening. Think oil filter wrench. Obviously these holds were most subject to loosening and required maintenance. I have used these techniques on vertical, overhanging and horizontal roofs with great success.

Nice Gene - you and Layton are a couple peas in a pod.

I have made all the hold on walls I have built by collecting rocks from various areas and using a roto hammer to install 1/4" expansion bolts. Of course this requires access to the back of the wall for install and tightening. I have real rock from basalt to lava and everything in between. I find climbing on real stone provides actual hold shapes and textures found in nature and they look way better. Pretty cheap too.

"Tim Carter stated that the reasons for choosing Guyana were the Temple's view of creeping fascism, the perceived dominance of multinational corporations on the government" That is kind of funny - Way out there thinking on that part huh?

MMMMMMMMM Yummy!