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Aug 31, 2017 jay smith - you committed the cardinal sin on this forum, you admitted you were over 40 ... don't you know no serious climber lives that long?Will S - pot is getaway drug ... f… View Message

Aug 29, 2017 Last time I checked no one needs any encouragement to act like a douche ... View Message

Aug 28, 2017 I hope she's hot ... View Message

Aug 21, 2017 'Climbing rock' - you guys do realize that no thought of climbing was put into the creation of these rocks ... ? View Message

Aug 13, 2017 Shoot over to the Organs for Tooth Fairy ... or N Face Sugarloaf for a real marathon day ... View Message

Aug 9, 2017 Finally! A video that dares to answer the question: 'How do you get the chain up there ... ?' View Message

Jul 5, 2017 It's all in the attribution ... guidebook excerpts are scattered throughout MP, usually quite short & for extra beta ... you just want to credit the source & keep it br… View Message

Jun 26, 2017 Sure, star-rate anything you like ... have ill-informed opinions - why should King Twit be the only one talking out on his ass ... View Message

Jun 22, 2017 Dude, LA Mountaineers is maybe the most active climbing group in the state ... View Message

Jun 22, 2017 Ranger Rock, Tijeras ... View Message

May 7, 2017 Your best bet will probably be East A in Durango ... View Message

Mar 19, 2017 Greg - the premise of your query - that women must either climb with men or each other, never both, never neither - actually says more about your privileged assumptions than I… View Message

Feb 14, 2017 ^^ because i's & a's swapped places ... ? View Message

Feb 6, 2017 The Eiger Sanction also Deliverance (4 rilz) View Message

Jan 30, 2017 If you really want to get square with the tribe on Rez climbs, get in touch with Jayson Wilson with the Dine Rock Climbers Coalition ... he manages a FB page by that name ... View Message

Jan 8, 2017 If I could do anything different going to Havasu again, it would be bring a pair of Keens or Tevas or boat shoes for navigating the trail downcanyon ... View Message

Dec 30, 2016 Horn pitch on Shiprock ... one minute no exposure, next minute nothing but exposure ... View Message

Dec 30, 2016 Spork - not a spoon, not a fork ... View Message

Dec 9, 2016 There are nice houses & apartment units all over Albuquerque to rent ... main thing is you have to have a car ... Uber coverage is good though ... View Message

Nov 28, 2016 Chingando ... View Message

Nov 13, 2016 July 1974 issue of Ascent features a condensed version of Jeffery Long's novella The Soloist's Diary ... I will wager this is the work you remember ... it made a big impression… View Message

Sep 3, 2016 ^^^but that's just because you are such a humanitarian ... View Message

Aug 19, 2016 What was it Hillary said? ... It only counts if you make it down alive ... View Message

Jun 21, 2016 Tell me true, it was the toxic masculinity crack that set you off, wasn't it ... ? View Message

Jun 21, 2016 The Ranger Station in Tijeras Canyon ... not listed on MP ... maybe there's a reason why ... ? View Message

Jun 3, 2016 Jake wander - I've always been partial to this hand crack on a 9 pitch route my partners & I put up in the Wind Rivers nearly 4 decades ago ... Pipeline - P5 The ba… View Message

May 30, 2016 I had a pretty good stance as I recall, so that shock was there more than alarm ... the story I later wrote (fiction) took that episode to its ultimate conclusion ... that part… View Message

May 30, 2016 It's funny, my first trip to Yosemite I had a partner get so pissed at me he actually took me off belay ... the climb was Moby Dick Center & fortunately there was another f… View Message

Mar 30, 2016 Rgold - yes, I must have missed this when you posted earlier ... thanks for posting again ... it's going to take a bit of close reading ... View Message

Mar 30, 2016 Marc & Bryan - thanks for taking the time to reply ... I first saw a flat overhand a decade ago at Ouray ice park, where it was used almost universally ... I could see the… View Message

Mar 30, 2016 I'm an old dude, about to turn 60 ... BITD we used grapevine to tie rope ends ... I could still tie one of these in my sleep ... can anyone tell me how it fell out of favor ... ? View Message

Dec 18, 2015 On p 20 I got slapped for suggesting younger climbers don't want a partner who uses an ATC ... my quoting TL was meant to point out how this thread has turned 180 degrees from… View Message

Dec 18, 2015 & yet I got wang slapped back on p 20 for saying just this ... View Message

Nov 29, 2015 Healyje - my problem with the Grigri is that it's counterintuitive - the instinct during a fall is to clutch at something, not relax & let it happen ... that said, I would… View Message

Nov 24, 2015 I reckon the only question all this leaves is: which finger clicks the shutter ... ? View Message

Nov 20, 2015 All I know is, I never had this problem with my Sticht ... View Message