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Really? If you didn't, would it be kinda like chewing on aluminum foil all day at work? God I hate it when I do that...

Sure, minx, I think that can be arranged. Keep in mind, tho, that his head may be slightly bruised...

You people have it all wrong. A cell phone is not used to order pizza. It's used to call the barwench to tell her to start pulling your Guinness, as everyone knows it takes at least a full 30 minutes to pull a pint of Guinness properly, and it must be waiting for you only briefly when you arrive to quaff it.

34 inches is the length of your dick. I figured after the hold broke off, you could balance on the head of your manhood until you steadied yerself, then downclimb said manhood safely to the ground, so I did not consider coming to your aid a real emergency situation. Carry on.

Oh please do, just for the six folks that haven't seen it yet.

Huge at Smiff Damn, I want to climb with you. Did he yell "TAKE ME HARD BIG FELLA" as he peeled? Cause I think I'm adding that to my verbal signal repertoire as of today. It's all kinda funny now, bill, since no one died or was permanently maimed, but as that huge hunk o' burning man love was heading my way, I was, shall we say, a might intimidated...

Actually, more like 24 feet. To wit: So if we go with the larger value of 6 feet from Alex's feet to his gear, then add 3 feet to get from his feet to his waist (and the end of the rope to which he is tied), then add the stated 15 feet below the QDs/anchor as the point where he came to rest, the equation looks like this: 6' + 3' + 15' = 24', which also includes any slack in the rope before the fall, belayer inattention, rope stretch, etc. So unlike many a fish story, this one gets smaller as time goes on. I'm not discounting the notion that Alex may have been a might unnerved by such a fall, but to reiterate, 24 feet from start to finish is generally not considered "huge" in this game, whether it involves gear ripping or not. The simple fact of distance fallen is the sole metric. For the record, a month ago I "caught" a leader fall of easily about 20 feet. And when I say "caught", I mean "caught", as in no pro had yet been placed. It was a grounder, except that I placed myself in the path to cushion my partner's impact, as I knew he was coming "all the way home." He bounced once solidly about halfway down, then into my arms, and we crashed to the dirt together. In this instance, would one call this a "huge", "big", or a "moderate" fall? I'd still say it was a moderate fall, using distance fallen as the only criterion. If one wants to add injuries, then I'd have to say it was "pretty big" to "huge", as there was no shaking it off and walking away from it. YMMV. And my partner and I agreed that he would remain anonymous, so don't ask who it was.

Yes, ca 1991. Damned near split me at the genitals and it definitely killed my calves.

I've tried to remain on the sidelines of this one, but... We'd all turn and watch, not because it's something out of the ordinary, but because as climbers (and to a lesser extent, humans) we all have a sense of morbid curiosity. I mean really, does anybody watch NASCAR races other than to see the crashes? Winter- And yes, I am intimately familiar with the "dance of death" that is the exit move of Orange Sunshine. And Developing Arms, and Thriller Pillar Direct (if you don't take the small TCU for the little roof - won't forget that again... ). crimper- And I've had my share of 30-footers, as have a lot of folks here. But they were all on trad lines (you're correct, bolted lines of later generations seldom see long falls such as kevbone witnessed), put up many years ago, and mostly back east at Seneca Rocks, Looking Glass, Whitesides, New River Gorge, etc. I think what most folks are taking issue with in this thread is that a 30-foot fall is not all that uncommon coming from the ranks of climbers who've been doing it a long time, or who predominantly climb older (classic) trad lines that haven't been retrobolted. My pitiful $0.02 to the discussion.

Ba-dum, ching! Another good one!

AR!!!1

And thank dog we got off that previous page with the super-wide pics. I hate scrolling laterally!!!1

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!1 Jeff's back, and in close-up kill mode no less! Death to snaffles, sez Jeff!

What a cheat!!!1 I kept waiting for the cat to attack and eat them. No joy!

Now this is even more funniest than the Starbucks window on the hut. Untouched Amazon Guidos!!!1 :lmao:

Is that Moroni on a temple in the background?

I own about four, but they're red and white checked. They're called "dinner napkins." You can get them at Sur la Table in Westlake Center.

We often take for granted people we love the most. some do... some don't...

ouch! true dat, tho...

I just wanna jump in here so I can claim the Nothing to add. Move along, now. Move along...

that's priceless, iain!

Hey, both myself and porter are fully featured. Jus' sayin'...

Kind of like Newton and Leibniz and the invention of the calculus, hmmmm?

Thanks, O_W :tup: hmmmmmmm, pasties have gotten bigger than when I was younger...

Goddammit porter! Beat to the punch by 3 friggin' seconds!