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Since my car is not terribly reliable this season, I am trying to hook up with anyone else who is going to DL via I-90... Most people out of the city or my area (NW suburbs) take this route of course. My car is always reliable enough to get me to a pickup point just off of 90. So it won't be any extra time on your trip.
I am a very outgoing and positive character. I have a rack big enough to set up most top ropes at DL. It's a very unused rack however because I normally submit to the Seniority of my more experienced climbing buddies.
I have climbed with Wildtrail, Tim Greene and Tom (I'm not sure his screen name but he lives in Algonquin). Anyways just a few references from the site if your uneasy.
Please let me know if you have any questions or good news :roll: :wink: !
:!: Also please do post any plans to go to DL even if I am not available to go. Let this serve as a place for people in the area to meet new climbing buddies, save gas and money and just climb more!
My cell: 630-417-4633
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May 14, 2005, 10:49 PM
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Weather permitting, I'll be heading up to the Lake this Wednesday, May 18th. Some buddies and I are going, and I'm not sure yet whether or not we'll have room in the car(s). I'll give you a call once I know more!
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adi
May 20, 2005, 3:17 AM
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Hey Guys,
I have moved recently form Minnesota to Chicago. I have some exp in climbing. I'm looking for ppl to go outdoor climbing with. I dont have much equip, but I'm planning to buy some soon.
Let me know if you guys are planning any trip soon.
--Adi
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boardline22
May 20, 2005, 3:51 AM
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i'm going up to DL farther's day weekend
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adi
May 20, 2005, 1:50 PM
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When is father's Day?
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boardline22
May 20, 2005, 10:44 PM
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in like 3 weeks i beleave
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danegerous
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depending on the events for fathers day weekend, i may be able to go there. im right off I-80 near New Lenox/Joliet...anyone around there?
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boardline22
May 23, 2005, 8:20 PM
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no i can't carpool beacuse i have to climb with these guys from lifetime
I go to providence right by I-80
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danegerous
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In reply to: no i can't carpool beacuse i have to climb with these guys from lifetime I go to providence right by I-80
holy cow! i can see providence from my house! i graduated from lincoln-way central in 2002. we should hook up and climb sometime. maybe take some road trips.
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boardline22
May 23, 2005, 9:26 PM
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yeah I'm going to boulder the grotto the last day of school cause some kids think I can't get to the roof
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duality4569
May 23, 2005, 9:40 PM
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Going to Devils Lake on May 27-31! camping and fun!
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danegerous
May 23, 2005, 10:01 PM
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wheres the grotto?
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boardline22
May 23, 2005, 10:29 PM
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between the school and the frayer
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boardline22
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I'm not that good at climbing, I'm a big gym rat, but I really want to go outside. also the grotto is like a V2 hardest is the top out roof
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i've been hitting dl every other weekend this year so far.
im going to head up there this weekend and will have room for at least one more.
i live in westmont/downers grove area and wouldn't mind taking someone else along (the more the merrier :D ).
im probably going to be driving in the morning and coming home that night either sat. or sun. dont really care which day (whatever works)
let me know if you want a lift.
by the way i have everything to set upat least one rope (maybe 2 if i get a chance to head to rei for some more beaners).
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kiteandclimb
May 25, 2005, 4:38 PM
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I go up a lot to DL. Been climbing there a while with friends and have a godo buddy that lives in Baraboo. Old timer. I can give you a lift. Depending on weather this weekend, I am probably going up Friday or Saturday.
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duality4569
May 25, 2005, 10:13 PM
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I will be up there this monday, May 30 due to no school!
um... don't need a lift... will probably be in the cleo amp. area
will lead up to 5.8, follow to 5.9 (due to being vertically challenged)
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kiteandclimb
May 26, 2005, 12:43 PM
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duality, because DL is granite, the climbs that are rated 5.8 or 5.9 could be considered 5.10s elsewhere. If you've climbed other areas, you'll notice how much easier it is to toe-in or get grip at RedRocks, etc. compared to DL, especially when its humid and the granite is sweating.
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danegerous
May 26, 2005, 1:07 PM
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ok, when speakin of the grotto, i imagine its not this grotto...
so, between what school? i also imagine you're talking about providence...
i'd love to watch you make the accent...tell me when and where and im there...
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adi
May 26, 2005, 3:29 PM
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Hey Guys,
I may be in that area on sunday or monday. How do i get in touch with you guys. I'm heading to Madison with friends on the weekend from Chicago.
Let me know.
Adi
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danegerous
May 26, 2005, 3:36 PM
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In reply to: Hey Guys, I may be in that area on sunday or monday. How do i get in touch with you guys. I'm heading to Madison with friends on the weekend from Chicago. Let me know. Adi 312-953-4635
this weekend? darn, in AZ. that would be fun though. im looking for the third weekend in June to hit somewhere...but be forewarned, this will be my first trip outdoors, so i will need coaching or at least encouragement. i really want to be good outdoors, it will just take practice.
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duality4569
May 26, 2005, 4:47 PM
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Ok... thanks for the clarification. I always thought DL was quartzite...
anyways, I can TR 5.10 in gym so i dont know 5.7 lead, 5.8 follow then?
How does the friction compare to Mississippi Palisades?
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kiteandclimb
May 26, 2005, 5:18 PM
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Not sure about the MS Palisades, never been there actually. Though its about comparable to Red Wing, MN though a different rock entirely, its pretty slick on some routes. There was a sport climb that was a 5.9 or 5.10 and I thought it should be an 11 based on the crux.
Anyway, I was just saying that the route difficulties are relative, really. Anyway, hope to get some climbing in this weekend at DL - weather is looking decent. Will probably stay over at my buddies house in Baraboo and kong some routes early AM before anyone else shows up. Great AM climbing when the sun is just coming up and no one is there yet. You can hear people talking down at the lake its so quiet...
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DL is quartzite
check this out
In reply to: You are standing at the top of a mile-thick layer of quartzite. This tilted layer plunges deep below the town of Baraboo, Wisconsin, curves back to the surface, and re-emerges a few miles north of Baraboo. If you could pull the quartzite layer out of the ground, you would see that it is bent downward into a giant fold, just like a buckled piece of paper but immensely larger and thicker. The quartzite was crumpled into this shape by colliding continents 1.5 billion years ago.
and Adi, I think I am going to be up there on Sunday, I am planning on meeting Ian and David from MNC.com there. I think you met both of them at the DL gatering this fall. PM me if you don't have my number anymore and Ill get it to you. I may be up for some bouldering around the lake on sat. if think you can go sat but not sun.
Give me a call and we will work things out
Andy
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duality4569
May 26, 2005, 7:08 PM
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thanks for the help...
I will be out there on monday.
PM me if you will be there too.
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Hey Andy,
Great to hear from you. I have your number. WIll you be there on Monday? I'm not sure yet if I can make it on Sunday, since I'm camping out somewhere else that day. I will call you up and let you know.
Take Care
Adi
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no it's a statue under a roof. the roof is hold up by three pillars that have rock edges. I am probablay doing it around 12 on thursday, not definite yet. it's possible to make at this 6 routes with a top out. Very easy for people who have strenght to brap a flat ledg of concrete and able to pull themselves over, for me there will be some difficulty.
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danegerous
May 27, 2005, 11:48 AM
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so how do i get there?
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boardline22
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go behind provdeience in the parking lot driving from the new part to the old part, you will see a gas tank and some buses look towards the school by the picknick tables lokk past them through this little corridar and there it is bewteen the frayer and the school
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danegerous
May 27, 2005, 12:23 PM
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got ya. maybe ill give it a shot tonight...that is illegal, right? so i should be careful? can i sneak in from the bike trail?
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adi
May 27, 2005, 2:27 PM
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By the way wht are you guys talking abt? And 'Dangerous', we could plan a trip sometime in June to DL too.
Adi
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danegerous
May 27, 2005, 2:36 PM
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apparently near providence high school in new lenox (I-80 and RT 30), there is a little structure to climb.
i would love that just don't get frustrated with me. i promise i'll give it everything i have. i would erally love to learn from a more experienced climber. and one thing i've noticed is that the climbing community is very strong and close-knit. not all friends, but at least willing to help each other out.
so, i will definitely go there. hopefully by late june i'll be leading and at a solid 5.10 range.
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Just to make sure you guys weren’t misinformed, when leading at DL you are leading on gear. There is NO sport climbing at DL. I'm not trying to come across like an ass, but a lot of people are surprised of that fact when they show up.
Adi, my plans might change but I don't think Ill be able to make it on Monday.
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Y'all should skip DL and come on down to Drapers where your sticky rubber can actually do some good :) It's only a bit farther. Tons of folks head down there from Champaign every weekend.
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How did the acent at the grotto go? im really familiar with that area i grew up in park forest. hope all went well with no legal interference. nice to see so many climbers in the chicago area.
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yeah u can sneek in from the bike trail, pretty sure it is illegal, just try to saty out of veiw from the preists in the frayer
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boardline22
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i'm doing it wens after school, wens is my last day and i'll probabaly hang around for a while
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You can ride me. Most guys do.
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In reply to: You can ride me. Most guys do.
:shock:
What does that have to do with anything? :?
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sogwap7
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hey do any of you guys have trips to DL planned for the last weekend in June? it would be the 24.25.26.
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adi
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Hi,
We can plan a trip end of jun. Let me know.
Adi
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kiteandclimb
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Heading up there the weekend of June 17th.
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All right,
I'm in for 17 th weekend.
anyone else planining?
Adi
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heres the deal for me. until mid-july i dont have fridays or saturdays off. so, if anyone wants to make a trip from saturday night to sunday morning, im game. then maybe we can meet you guys up there for the latter half of you trip.
i hope in july to have a 2:30-11:00, fri/sat off schedule. we'll see
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Hi,
I cant make it on weekend of Jun 17th.
Let me know if you guys are planining any other weekend.
Adi
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duality4569
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planning on weekend of june 25th.
PM me
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what kind of climbing is there for noobs? i hope to be educated in the world of lead by then, just so i can practice...would that be a good place?
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Jun 25 weekend looks fine.
There are all sorts of climbing there. I have been there just once, but mostly top roping. There are some trad routes where you can practice your lead skills, but you would want to get some gym exp before u head out there, for lead.
Adi
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In reply to: what kind of climbing is there for noobs? i hope to be educated in the world of lead by then, just so i can practice...would that be a good place?
As I stated before, DL is all Top rope, Trad (or really short AID I guess) and bouldering. IF you are starting to get into Trad leading make sure you have someone qualified to teach you, the quartzite there isnt very forgiving for new trad leaders.
Just dont want to see anyone get hurt.
And Trad leading is a totally diferent mental game than (gym) sport leading, not sure gym leading will help that much for the mental aspect of it, but it will for the physical aspect.
Andy
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Devils Lake has plenty of easy lines for a new trad leader - queens throne is a 5.4 and that is great for a first lead. Most placements are with your feet stemmed on ledges, making for many 2 handed placements, and it protects often and easily.
IMO, leading in a gym won't help you leading outside at devils lake. For one, it's all on gear. Second, you will be doing something real easy, RIGHT? If it's that easy, you will have no problem correctng a back clip. The idea behind your handful of first leads, is just to get the feel for it - its not about pushing your abilities or anything.. I never led anything indoors before outdoors - I have struggled with a few clips getting the hang of it, and I may have done some backclips, but the more experienced person with me corrected me on that. Once you are pretty good at sizing up pro from practicing with top rope setups, get on the sharp end and have fun :)
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i dont know if i saw it in here or not, did you say sport climbing is off limits at devils lake? cause im not up for any trad...
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there is NO sport climbing at devils lake - top rope and leading with gear only. There may be a couple fixed pitons here and there you can clip too, thats kinda sporty :lol:
Better off going to jackson falls for sport leading, really nice place too, great sandstone.
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In reply to: there is NO sport climbing at devils lake - top rope and leading with gear only.
True. They don't want bolts in the rock. I don't blame em. It ruins the look and the rock. Secondly, they have been attempting to ban climbing there for a few years now, so don't do anything to give the authorities more ammunition. As it goes, they think climbers trasht he place with food wrappers, etc. when it is really hikers and families with small children> Every climber I've ever seen at DL, and I've been there a lot, takes more off the rock than they bring with them.
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weekend of the 25th looks good to me...lemme get some buddies.
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Does anyone mind climbing with two 14 year olds and a 16 year old if they came along?
The 16 year old is a consistent 5.12 outdoors.
one 14 year old consistent 5.9+ outdoors
The last 14 year old is also 5.9+
If there are any takers, PM me
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i certainly dont mind it...if you arent exaggerating thatd be great to see some decent climbers 7 years younger than me...but if you're too good...i may drown you.
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I am moving to chicago in two weeks and am looking for climbing partners
i am game for leading following TRing . . .
i am solid leading gunks 8's and can follow up to 10's and can aid my way up harder stuff
(not sure how that compares to DL ratings)
i have a full rack and the occasional use of a car
weekdays are cool
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In reply to: I am moving to chicago in two weeks and am looking for climbing partners i am game for leading following TRing . . . i am solid leading gunks 8's and can follow up to 10's and can aid my way up harder stuff (not sure how that compares to DL ratings) i have a full rack and the occasional use of a car weekdays are cool
where are you from now and where will you be living around chicago? city or burb?
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a_guy_named_smith
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im moving from brooklyn
and will be living in logan square
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In reply to: im moving from brooklyn and will be living in logan square
you'll be 53 minutes and 45 miles from me...
42 minutes and 30 miles to my local gym...
welcome
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hey anyone planning to go up next weekend or the 4th?
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5 of us are going up to DL on June 24 coming back the 26th. Looking to do some top rope due to lack of gear and experience, and some bouldering. If any of you will be there it would be great to meet you and climb. Let me know. Ages from 19 to 26 3 noob climbers and 2 non ie. hikers, moral supportists and photographers. thanks guys and gals
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i wanna go the 25th...ill take peeps up there. i wanna leave at like 6:30. someone hit me up if you wanna go...
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I may have to bail on the 25th.
I'm guiding a camp at Palisades that weekend.
Also, Danegerous - how is the clothing company coming along?
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danegerous
Jun 16, 2005, 7:06 PM
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it's coming along, but slowly. there is a big lull in the process. i dont have the funds or the access to investors and all that to get it moving. so, im taking it slow...i wish it was up right now...but, whatever
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kiteandclimb
Jun 16, 2005, 8:09 PM
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The nice thing about DL is you really don't need much to climb 85% of the climbs if you're top roping. You just need to know what to use where. Some long webbing - about 8 pieces (1-40ft, 2-30ft, 2-15ft, 3-10ft) to get around any large boulder or nearby tree, some nuts (get a set) and a couple cams (one large, one med) and you're pretty much good. You should be able to set any rope with that. Of course you need some locking biners to double up at the anchors and rope, as well.
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sogwap7
Jun 17, 2005, 8:49 PM
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Hey dangerous your going on the 24th? You wanna meet up there? Is there any one else goin with you?
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adi
Jun 17, 2005, 9:04 PM
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I'm intrested for 24th weekend trip. Give me some details guys.
--Adi
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organic
Jun 17, 2005, 9:44 PM
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Ya'll should come on down to Southern Illinois, I have plenty of gear and can teach ya' to lead sport or trad if you want!!! There are 5.6 and 5.7 sport routes down here for the n00bs. Only about a 5.5 hour drive and camping is free!!!
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sogwap7
Jun 17, 2005, 9:46 PM
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details for DL there's gonna be 5 in my crew 3 climbers (noobs the whole lot of us) and 2 hikers, moral supportists and photographers (one is my wife the other is her friend) going up Friday night comin home Sunday afternoon. I'm not sure what dangerous is up too but i told him if he wanted to meet up that id be down with that so same goes for you if you wanna meet up and climb or boulder let me know
s.
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kiteandclimb
Jun 20, 2005, 2:03 PM
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In reply to: a couple cams (one large, one med) and you're pretty much good.
Just thought of something, you could just get another long 40ft piece of webbing instead of the cam to sling a far tree, that would be cheaper than the cam. All in all not much is needed to set three good anchors at a lot of the climbs.
Hopefully you guys will have a great weekend like we just did. Low traffic, uncrowded. If there's no wind and I can't kiteboard this weekend, maybe I'll cruise up and do some climbing too.
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adi
Jun 20, 2005, 6:18 PM
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Hey sogwap7,
Are you camping out somewhere this weekend?
Let me know i'm intrested in the trip to DL.
--Adi
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boardline22
Jun 22, 2005, 10:48 PM
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devils lake was awesome
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a_guy_named_smith
Jul 11, 2005, 4:40 PM
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Anyone interested in a midweek trip up to the lake from chicago?
wens or thursday?
i am game for pretty much anything
leading, tr, following--just want to hit the rock
(hell if you have a second pair of aiders i would be happy to learn to aid)
aaron
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