what i learned this weekend...

[underworld]

- if left alone, a 5 mil tagline will tie itself in many MANY knots

[mountainmatt]

Water bottles, if given a chance, will commit suicide when hanging from the anchor.

[catbirdseat]

You can't lower off Godzilla using a 60 meter rope.

[matt_m]

Double ropes on raps with an updraft wind will mate and spawn baby rope balls...

[MCash]

Snow couloirs can be downclimbed in rock shoes if the couloir is not steep and the snow is not too soft.

[G-spotter]

In the Kootenays, when someone says that something will be ready on Saturday, they mean Tuesday.

[fenderfour]

It's hard to feel sorry for yourself when you are listening to Meshuggah.

[Weekend_Climberz]

Fred can pull 5.9, he just chooses not to.

[Stefan]

There was nice lake where there was none on the map.

[slothrop]

Blueberries are almost in, but still tart and too few.

[Alpinfox]

You can't lower off Godzilla using a 60 meter rope.

 

Bullshit.

 

You most certainly can. Not with the rope running through your gear, but if you clean your gear on the way down, a 60m rope reaches just fine. But why would you do it that way? Just belay up the second from the top and then rap off.

 

60m rope works just fine for that.

[billcoe]

I learned that when you are drilling a hole for a bolt, if your drill gets dull, don't cheap out and F* the placement big time, just sac up and go buy a new bit.

[catbirdseat]

You can't lower off Godzilla using a 60 meter rope.

 

Bullshit.

 

You most certainly can. Not with the rope running through your gear, but if you clean your gear on the way down, a 60m rope reaches just fine. But why would you do it that way? Just belay up the second from the top and then rap off.

You are correct. You'd have to clean on the way down, which my partner did not do. Yes, I would have preferred he belay from the top, but he wanted to get out of the sun.

[billcoe]

I learned that the Spiroll Rope Protector will slide on your rope, leaving an unprotected rope which, when you finish, can (and in this case did) expose the inner core of your rope making it signifigantly less valuable.

[ChestBeater]

Fred can pull 5.9, he just chooses not to.

 

Wow! You are privy to the internal machinations of The Beckey!?!? That's CORE!

 

Remind me to get your autograph sometime.

[olyclimber]

AK-47 machine guns make a lot of noise

[Alpinfox]

 

:cough: :cough:

[dmuja]

I learned that, on occasion, an old sling dated "2-24-06" (thankyou to this thoughtful climber btw) *MAY* still be strong enough to rap off of on "7-16-06", but you will be very nervous while doing it.

 

Best to not copy this sort of behavior..

 

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[counterfeitfake]

I learned that aiders can clip themselves into quickdraws.

[lancegranite]

This might not be the best week to work in an Oklahoma oil refinery (103 with a +10 heat index)

[Rad]

10a is harder than 10c (P2 vs p3 on Davis Holland).

[Cobra_Commander]

some turds just aren't blue-baggable.

[mattp]

Did you learn anything about that last (5.9) pitch?

[Alpinfox]

10a is harder than 10c (P2 vs p3 on Davis Holland).

 

Are you really tall?

 

I think p3 is significantly harder than p2, but if you were tall (>6'3" or so?) you could probably reach the big edge above the crux. P3 is also harder to protect than p2.

[Weekend_Climberz]

10a is harder than 10c (P2 vs p3 on Davis Holland).

 

Are you really tall?

 

I think p3 is significantly harder than p2, but if you were tall (>6'3" or so?) you could probably reach the big edge above the crux. P3 is also harder to protect than p2.

 

That makes sense to me and I'm 6'4".