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My dad used to tell me stories about this guy he worked with that would leave work on Friday afternoon, hop on his road bike, and ride some 60 miles from Lexington to Cave Run Lake so he could sail all weekend. Until I talked to my dad this evening, I hadn't connected those stories from my younger d...

Andrew wrote:

Toy wrote:That's one perspective Andrew. Of course, another might be "those new guys must be fat"

yea the new guys broke all the holds.

No, just the fat ones

That's one perspective Andrew. Of course, another might be "those new guys must be fat"

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Try again. This time without the gross misinterpretation of the data Mike

This seems ridiculously improbable, but I'd be curious to see the video if you find it.

Both tie ins collapse together when upward force is applied to the gri-gri. I've never had my device stick on the Biner or load sideways since I've been doing this. The force loads longitudinally every time.

I still put my locker through both tie in points instead of the belay loop, but I use a magnetron w/a keeper. This eliminates the cross-loading potential.

Fuck it! Ray, make sure you include bolt descriptions when you add that column. I need to know which bolts are 5-piece Rawls, dynabolts, glue ins. I'll also need to know which are spinners, which hand the clipping hold is and a bio for the placer of each bolt. Please include a list of reference with...

This makes me long for the days of Porter's guidebook. Hand drawn cliff outline, a list of route names and grades. No pics, descriptions, stars or spray.

I believe the weight thing is kind of trivial... I've taken pre red point shits that weigh more that 6 draws (it's not like your carrying a full trad rack with you)... The extra move to hang the draw is what I believe makes a route (at or close to your red point limit) feel more difficult... 1. A b...

Climbing on a 9.2 rope saves you about 3 grams per meter or about 0.1 Kg on a 100 ft route compared to a 9.5. A Petzl Spirit is almost 40 g so a full quickdraw costs ya about 100 g or the same as you save with skinny rope. Ondra ain't climbing on a 9.5 or 10.1 rope for his critical red point burn on...

Trick question! Good one Art

He did have routes in the Red. Plugged some holes on the Undertow Wall (though uncredited) and I believe some of the old routes at The Crossroads were his. Climbed with him several times in the Red. One of the coolest was working the top of BOHICA with him before BR got the FA.

All 3 have good rests, including the knee bar you mentioned, before the final resistance. And all are really good. I suggest getting on the one that looks best when you see them. You won't be disappointed.