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Hello,Gray and Purple TCUs are good because I use them a lot when I climb in Vantage. On the shitty rock good pro means a lot... Some day I would expect homey to graduate. My main advice DONT BUY CAMALOTS TOO HEAVY. Green Metolius is like Camalot#1 Bably Blue is like the #2 and so forth... Also a heavy rack may not mean a lot but like I said if homey gets bored then in the long run future I personally believe agains buying heavy stuff. Hexes are good and so are offset HB stoppers. Last sunday I climbed a crack with all cams. Most of the pro sucked because the cams walked around. Large hexes would have protected it better.. At any rate I used to think like some people above but I guess everyone develops their own styles

I think you are right. Just dont go over 80 and make sure to head through Susanville is the key. Watch out for massive dear if you head over Lassen..

Your question was not clear then. What do you have? Get some yellow and blue TCus if you dont. Then get some stoppers. Cheap. Yellow Tcu covers good range and is valuable as well as blue and gray.. Get some hexes. They seem archaic but I like them a lot and see them more useful on some kinds of rock... Especially granite.

I bet Fred was naked with 2 chicks in each arm on the summit

How about a Danzig show in Munich Germany 92 backstage with White Zombie then?

If I was doubling up I would say #1 and #2s camalot. Then after that metoliius tcus yellow and blue and orange.

On this note again rope soloing it must have been but what about Pete Doorish's solo on Mt Garfield

Croft soloed the Bad ass Beckey route of Slesse and the Stuart Range in a day. I see people soloing from time to time... Mostly on rock routes at a crag but impressive by my standards of no good standards by any means

Park Pub sounds good.

Dru, Those are good. Yummy! All the alcohol rushes to the brain quickly!

Retro, Guinness from the can or bottle is better than no Guinness. OH yeah I am a bonafide degenerate but this degenerate has drank it from the brewery in Ireland on the destruction tour!

Jake, I got no beef with people wanting to climb there. Oh yes let me tell you about me getting permits and being told where to camp and actually listening. Just offering my insight. No likey quacks so I stay away.... You will not likely wait in line for cracks at Smith just like Cappellini said.. But when you can go to Tieton or Frenchmans and climb why go to Smith is my thoughts. Dru is always sitting on his ice axe spraying about the climbs he did Did more than me though!

quote: Originally posted by Jerome: Ignore the posers who've nothing nice to say about Smith! It's a fine place to climb; a worthwhile destination any day. You've got an (obviously) good selection of bolted routes to climb, some awesome cracks, and, although shunned by most, a really fun pick of adventurous climbs. Jerome You're right Jerome I am a poser. Let me come over to Vworld and bow down I guess stating my opinion was too much for you. Anyway I did recommend a couple of cool routes... My thoughts were that it is a long way to drive for not so great rock when there is rock right here in WA to climb. Unless you are Mattp and climbed everything already

OK I am going to see if he wants to go. As long as I know where it might be as far as city is concerned... Danke

Is it Tacoma? Want to invite FB again. Want lots to show but need advance notice. Please let me know when we decide. Thanks.

I disagree with taking 80 over from Sac. That is bs in winter. All the smart truckers go 395 from Oregon because it is better. I worked in a warehouse Grocery Store in Reno and our drivers would take the drive from Near Portland every day and always took down 395. It is quicker and better in the winter. Pick it up in Oregon.

I climb with this ole dude sometimes. He can never seem to hear me at all. I wonder how his vision is these days.. Anyway he always knows when to start climbing though.. I just wonder if he could catch me if I ever fell Dont ask me how he knows when to start climbing. Maybe he gets the clue when i start trying to z pulley his ass up

I never read anything but the topic I always use the granny knot for everything.

wait till he falls asleep then read the files he keeps in those Fed Ex folders in the back of the Subaru. Hey Dru if you check the address on that folder it's addressed to me! Right before Fred knows he is passing he is gonnna quickly Fed ex them to me

I already got my eyes on those before. You are so right hahahaha!

Keep on spraying bitches. Smoking bowls in the public hut is for losers. I would have brought up some 151 instead. Oh yeah thanks to the lad that left me the whiskey on Rainier last time I was up there. Very useful!

quote: Originally posted by philfort: nolanr, I think you're wrong, it's Stuart. You are an idiot Bungholio it's the Tooth.

Go 395 through Reno. Passes are lower and roads are usually better. I lived in Reno for a few years and know passing through your other alternative is through the pass going south of Tahoe towards Strawberry and that one is sketchy with snow.. Teh cliff of death looms. I doubt any pass south of there will be open unless you go way south to bumfuck Egypt. Another question is are you going to Yos or Bishop? 2 different animals and the Tioga pass will be closed for sure. Have a nice long waste of time drive around if you decide to go to both. I guess you can figure the rest out on your own. Do a http://www.google.com search for the raod info.

quote: Originally posted by klar404: Favorite shot ever at smith : some climbing chika leaning on a clip stick talkin on a cell phone! Now that I have read this I dont imagine I will go to Smith unless I have to. Stupid people I am trying to avoid are the ones on the cell phones learning to stick clip. The rock is not that great in most places and the drive is too far. Campgrounds are loud and filled with people I cant stand. Ever hear of the Quack? I hate the Quack! Quack,Quack,Quack,Quack,Quack, is all I heard last time I was there climbing cracks on the Red Wall in 98. I cant stand that place anymore......... Besides there is always climbing closer by anyway. Nothing against people wanting to visit though. Have at it.

Why dont all you meatheads put a girth hitch on each other's necks and bounce test for a while. I am going to girth hitch my next Guinned can and slug it. Later pansies