And I'd like to be the first to thank the skiiers for, uhhmmm, well.....,
well, shit, just for getting outside and having fun. telemarkers can still blow me.
I taught an ice climbing class in Colorado. The days lecture was ice screws are scary, don't fall on them. To prove my point, I took one of those $15 russian screws that come with the red cap (you know the ones) and placed it near the top of the climb.
On top, I filled a big ol' haul bag full of ice blocks till it was full and I couldn't lift it. Then I shoved it off the lip of the climb so it would take a massive fall onto the screw.
WHAM! The screw held!
So I did it again.
WHAM! The screw held!
So I did it again.
CREAK! The screw bent.
So I did it again and again and again.
The fucker wouldn't come out! I rapped down and the thing was holding on by ONE THREAD.
This has to be it I thought so I climbed up and dropped the haul bag again.
Guess what? It held.
My class was a failure and all my students now trust ice screws totally.
Crackbolter, you are trying to make yourself sound cool and altruistic by trolling us with your STUPID repsonses.
We are sharing interesting information with each other, which gets us psyched up, which hopefully will propell someone to go do something cool. I'd like to see more FA's to enrich our climbing community.
Goddamn were some of your responses dumb!
I'm very curious to know if results show that climbers sustain more injuries, then the insurance compainies would screw us over? I won't participate in the survey until I get a response.
The ultimate in thread DEATH is when it drifts into a skiing discussion. Fuck Off you Pussies. Any asshole can fall down a moutain (i know ). Try skinning up the Tripple Couloirs next time. That would be something. Shit a fucking rock can make it down if you throw it.
Skiing is basketball for rich white snobs who can't ice climb!
Free the heel and free the Anterior Cruciate!
Snowboarders know better. They treat it like a game, or a party.
Not that I feel the need to stand up for Vasque, but I do believe they were first and won the award for best new outdoor boot (or product maybe) A COUPLE YEARS AGO!!!!
PUSH ME
Fucking Vasque!
Now they're not available till the 1st of the year. They were due out OVER A YEAR AGO (when I placed my order).
Way to lose customers. I may still wait, but I need new boots pronto!