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Location: U.S. judge's ruling could e...
By: Kirk Woerner When: Oct 4, 2006 | view comment >> |
Comments: I thought you were saying two things
1) That the constitutional stuff Brad cited had anything to do with the 16th amendment.
I clarified it because he was referring to article 1, not the 16th amendment. And article 1 says congress can tax for the welfare of the US as long as it's uniform across the US. This means, as you suggested and the court found, that the fees are unconstitutional.
2) That you were saying US parks are unconstitutional based on the definition of "welfare".
I repl... more >>
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Location: U.S. judge's ruling could e...
By: Kirk Woerner When: Oct 4, 2006 | view comment >> |
Comments: Section 8 of Article I defines what congress can do. The first entry is...
"The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;"
The 16th amendment was in response to a court finding that the "Income Tax" is not constitutional and is not in question here.
The questi... more >>
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Location: Delicate Arch Climbed!
By: Kirk Woerner When: May 12, 2006 | view comment >> |
Comments: "These closures are based upon a determination that such action is necessary for the maintenance of public health and safety, protection of environmental or scenic values, protection of natural resources and avoidance of conflict among visitor use activities."
Jeff Barnow was the only one to question the closures based on this statement and to notice that there is very little good reason to stop people from free-soloing there.
From reading his quotes, Dean didn't "know" he was breaking the re... more >>
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : Warning: The rappel tree on...
By: Kirk Woerner When: Apr 29, 2006 | view comment >> |
Comments: I'm for the lower anchors with one worry. I haven't done the down-climb shown in the other picture, and I suspect few other than the proposers have either. I know the down-climb using the tree is ONLY reasonable because the tree is there. It would be vertical AND exposed if it weren't.
The question for me really becomes "Is the downclimb to the left considerably easier than the one by the tree?" If that downclimb were PERFECTLY EASY, then I see no advantage, and some disadvantage, to a highe... more >>
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Potash Road : Wall Street : El Cracko Diablo (5.10a) : Photo
By: Kirk Woerner When: Mar 24, 2006 | view comment >> |
Comments: You are SO my hero Jackie!
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Location: CO : Bush Administration Land Sa...
By: Kirk Woerner When: Mar 6, 2006 | view comment >> |
Comments: I also will put my money where my mouth is and donate, as I have in the past. Does that mean it's OK for me to complain now about the fact that some short sighted twit is selling off the countries public land cheap to his buddies so he can also lower their tax bills and provide convenient justification for the action?
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : The Bastille : The Bastille - W Face : Breakfast in Bed (5.8)
By: Kirk Woerner When: Nov 4, 2005 | view comment >> |
Comments: I agree with Jayer and others. While this is a good route [fairly] rated, it would be (is?) spooky off the ground for a beginning 5.8 leader.
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : Redgarden Wall : Redgarden - Tower One : The Yellow Spur (5.9)
By: Kirk Woerner When: Oct 9, 2005 | view comment >> |
Comments: "The belay below the pin ladder always seemed bomber to me."
I just did this (finally) for the first time. I also noticed the belay just below the crux pitch had slightly suspect rock. I think it's because we belayed too high. We started the the crux pitch by immediatly traversing hard right.
You can get a lot of gear there, but it's all based on one, fitted block about two feet by three feet that you sit on. It's unclear what is happening with it because it's fitted very well but on a sl... more >>
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Location: CO : Golden : Clear Creek Canyon : Little Eiger : Persistent Vegetative State (5.10b)
By: Kirk Woerner When: Jul 12, 2005 | view comment >> |
Comments: Fair enough. Thanks for the route.
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Location: CO : Golden : Clear Creek Canyon : Little Eiger : Persistent Vegetative State (5.10b)
By: Kirk Woerner When: Jul 11, 2005 | view comment >> |
Comments: So, lemme get this straight. You have for years wondered why such an obvious line had never been bolted, you investigated and found clear evidence of prior ascent, and then rather than investigate and maybe get permission from the FA, you assumed that someone just didn't finish what they were doing and so bolted it up? Does this strike anyone else as odd?
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : The West Ridge : West Ridge - top to Xanadu : Chockstone (5.10a)
By: Kirk Woerner When: Jul 1, 2005 | view comment >> |
Comments: "Ron, you are exactly right. These anchors should not have been placed to begin with - they are convenience anchors."
The anchors on Tagger at least saves the tree and are justifiable on that basis. The others might not make it through the revew process if they were to be added now since there are gear options.
In the case of Chockstone, this would just be nothing but convenience. The "second" pitch is easier even. Also, putting a bolt on Aerospace would be a travesty. It's scary, but that... more >>
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Location: CO : Caņon City : Shelf Road : Cactus Cliff : Almost Gothic (5.11d)
By: Kirk Woerner When: Jan 6, 2005 | view comment >> |
Comments: R Thompson says: Consensus grade in its current state (who knows if more holds will break making it even harder) is 12b/c, which I suspect explains the notable difference in diffiuclty between the two routes. OMG, I'm so glad someone said this. I thought that route was harder than 12a. Did the holds break on the face at the very top?
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Location: CO : Boulder : Boulder Canyon : Lower Dream Canyon : Plotinus Wall : ... : Sleepless in Boulder (5.11a/b)
By: Kirk Woerner When: Jan 6, 2005 | view comment >> |
Comments: Sort of too bad. That route was nicknamed the guillotine :)
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Location: CO : Caņon City : Shelf Road : Cactus Cliff : Puff Daddy (5.11d)
By: Kirk Woerner When: Jan 1, 2005 | view comment >> |
Comments: Awesome route. Not 11d IMO. Whatever it is, the crux is short (right off the ledge). Once you get the hand jam on the left it's over. Use hands in the right order, and stem high. But it IS crack climbing at Shelf
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Location: CO : Caņon City : Shelf Road : Cactus Cliff : Whiteman's Burden (5.11c)
By: Kirk Woerner When: Jan 1, 2005 | view comment >> |
Comments: Thanks Bob. Great climb!
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Location: CO : Boulder : Boulder Canyon : Lower Dream Canyon : Plotinus Wall : ... : Boulder Quartz System (5.12a)
By: Kirk Woerner When: Nov 15, 2004 | view comment >> |
Comments: I found the clip right after getting out of the quartz to be really difficult and tenuous. Maybe I was clipping from the wrong stance, but it just seemed like there was one good edge off to the left you use to get out of the crack, and then a dicey stance to clip from... It'll go soon (I hate having to always say that :)
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Location: CO : Boulder : Boulder Canyon : Lower Dream Canyon : Plotinus Wall : ... : Rama (5.11a)
By: Kirk Woerner When: Nov 15, 2004 | view comment >> |
Comments: I stayed in the corner and stemmed all the way up. Seemed like one dicey move to get to the last bolt but it wasn't too bad. Above, I used one #1 Camalot and a gray Micro Camalot in the finger crack (.5?) My partner thought it was going to be a clip up and didn't bring any gear. She tied knots in slings and sent.
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : The West Ridge : West Ridge - Xanadu to Pony... : Zip Code (5.11-)
By: Kirk Woerner When: Oct 25, 2004 | view comment >> |
Comments: Hard crux to onsight at least for me. I tried to do it as described by Bob Rotert above (sort of layback on the good chalked hold in the crack and then right hand to slopey crap) but it just didn't work. Is the beta to just stem the whole way up or layback?
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Location: UT : Moab Area : Island In The Sky : Moses : Primrose Dihedrals (5.11+)
By: Kirk Woerner When: Oct 5, 2004 | view comment >> |
Comments: Mike,I met the guy who did this in Indian Creek this weekend. He made it seem like he just replaced bad gear (that he pulled pins out with his fingers). Sounds like maybe he did a bit more ??? Sorry to miss you guys out there.
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Location: CO : Gunnison : Taylor Canyon : First Buttress : Baby Face / Middle Wall : Question of Balance (5.11)
By: Kirk Woerner When: Sep 27, 2004 | view comment >> |
Comments: When doing the left variation (5.10+), I recall a green Alien fitting in a little slot right in the middle and up high. This gives some peace of mind for the final moves.
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Location: CO : Boulder : Eldorado Canyon SP : Redgarden Wall : Redgarden - Lumpe to the to... : Grandmother's Challenge (5.10c)
By: Kirk Woerner When: Sep 26, 2004 | view comment >> |
Comments: Wow, what a route. A note, as of September 2004, the bird poo is in in a big way on the "first" pitch (below the roof). I had that smell on me all day, and for the record, they are swifts. That being said, I had never done the second pitch, which was clean except for a bit at the bottom and I was way psyched to get on it.
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Location: CO : Boulder : Boulder Canyon : Avalon : Second Tier : ... : Dominator (5.10c)
By: Kirk Woerner When: Sep 15, 2004 | view comment >> |
Comments: Sure, up until now the route had not been climbed, but just because nobody had done the work to clean it doesn't mean it's free and clear for people to do anything without criticism.
Another point. I reserve the right to disagree with people who bolt cracks, while at the same time thanking them profusely for the really great, fun routes that they've put up and all the incredible work they've done. It's a little like being told "sport climbing, love it or leave it" and I think it's a little un... more >>
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Location: CO : Boulder : Boulder Canyon : Lower Dream Canyon : Plotinus Wall : ... : Morpheus (5.11a/b)
By: Kirk Woerner When: Sep 10, 2004 | view comment >> |
Comments: For some reason I found this REALLY hard. I simply could not get over to the good jug out on the arette even though it was SO close. Usually at this grade I can at least do the moves after working it out but not this time, and I stayed on the low path. Was I missing a backstep or something? Do you just go for the jug or slap the [arete] a bit first?
BTW, I agree that just above the crux is a good bit of really cool juggy but pumpy and thought provoking climbing.
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Location: CO : Boulder : Boulder Canyon : Bell Buttress Massif : Bell Buttress - Main Crag : Double Jeopardy (5.9)
By: Kirk Woerner When: Jul 1, 2004 | view comment >> |
Comments: Anybody know the name/rating of the clip-up route on the face? Felt pretty hard down low.
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Location: CO : Caņon City : Shelf Road : The Gym : Ga-stoned Again (5.9)
By: Kirk Woerner When: May 22, 2004 | view comment >> |
Comments: We got to climb this wall today and it was great. We goton all these climbs missing only the arete on the right. What an awesome area! Saturday afternoon, only one other party. I'm glad we got there before the guidebook is out...I think this climb is 5.9 at most.
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