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jakedatc
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granite_grrl wrote: Jake, I know that you love Rumney and want to defend it, but face the facts. RRG = 1920 Routes at 145 Walls in 10 Regions Yes, there are a number of steep climbs at Rumney, but there are single crags at the Red that have more steep climbs than all of Rumney. The climbs at the Red tend to be long too. There are some long climbs at Rumney, but in general the routes tend to be short....even if they aren't short they're often still very bouldery. In closing: Jake, go to the Red. You need to get out of the North East.
I'm aware that it's smaller than the Red...and the New.. and Rifle... probably Red Rocks.. and Maple.. and many other places i didn't think that was in question. He was talking about steepness and difficulty of certain routes.
There are plenty of long routes.. problem is you have to climb .12+ to get on alot of them. Main cliff has 2-3 pitch sport routes.. though they don't appear that way in the book since they were FA'd at different times so it's more of a link up name wise. Orange crush's routes are pretty long. again not as long as Red stuff but still it'll pump you out.
Unfortunately i am still mostly unemployed and kate is employed and going to school part time so going to the Red is definitely a goal for both of us but might have to wait until next summer. 15hr drive down Rt 95 for me
One day.. but in the mean time i'll be there friday working on my bouldery projects having a great time :) good thing i'm good at bouldery problems eh?
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snoopy138
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carabiner96 wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: I'm guessing that biner has been done in by half a bottle of wine. its gone, beyatxch/
and so were you?
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kachoong
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caughtinside wrote: blondgecko wrote: caughtinside wrote: clausti wrote: camhead wrote: snoopy138 wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: Jack shitz pantz in rage!!!!!!111 Y? You don't pay attention do you? We will be at the Red. once a donny, always a donny. Chossie! We will be at the RRG this upcoming weekend as well. We bailed on this weekend at the last minute, due to the bad storm yesterday and rumors of soggy rock. Hopefully your Patagucci gearz will have come by then, too. blondgecko might be coming, as well. he's guest-researchering at a university in IL for a couple of months. Does that choad actually climb? Yes, he climbs. Sometimes. Occasionally. Well, at least he still remembers how to climb. Now I just have to figure out the best way to get there. Probably hire-car, I guess. I have to learn to drive on the right some time... Yore out of your depth donny. Stick to what you know... like the soap box and volunteer moderating a website owned by a corporation.
Tiz troo! BG does climb.... I've seen it!
BG... driving on the right is a piece of cake, mate! Most cars in this country are Autoz anyway, so no need to worry about gearz! Plus no-one usually uses blinkers either, so no worries there. Just steer and turn right on red! 
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kachoong
Sep 29, 2009, 3:04 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: So who climbed what this weekend? I got out to rumney on friday and had a fun day. Didn't climb as well as I'd have liked, but it was still a great time. I climbed rocks this weekend. Finally redpointed one route I've been trying the last couple of weekends. That thing was getting to be a thorn in my side. I thought I would do it the first day. Did a training day today at the old place we used to always go. Turns out my endurance is better than I thought. I thought I was going to be in terrible shape for the Red. Hopefully I'll be okay.
w00t!! GUd won!
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kachoong
Sep 29, 2009, 3:06 PM
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caughtinside wrote: imnotclever wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: caughtinside wrote: epoch wrote: caughtinside wrote: FREE DOCTOR FEELGOOD!!!!! No shit, WTF is up with that? He needs to update stalkbook or check in here. DON'T INCARCERATE HIM BRO!! Stick around, he might need a good lawyer. Stick around, he might need a good lawyer. I 1z ur good lawyer? Woo! I 1z!!
Do u get to say things like.... "Iz tru Ur-Onner, those n00bs cheesetitted it!"
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kachoong
Sep 29, 2009, 3:08 PM
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epoch wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: I don't really know anything. He posted on his facestalk that he's out of custody but they still have his phone. Looking forward to the story, though!! going to have to wait until I get beerz and campfirez. Story now!!! NOW!!!!
^^^ Yes!!!
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kachoong
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jakedatc wrote: epoch wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: epoch wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: I don't really know anything. He posted on his facestalk that he's out of custody but they still have his phone. Looking forward to the story, though!! going to have to wait until I get beerz and campfirez. Story now!!! NOW!!!! We demand beer and fire. We stand in solidarity with those demanding a plug in blender and tarp shelter. We will not waiver, and we will not be silent until our demands are met. VIVA PBR! I'd be moar impressed if someone had a gas-powered blender. [img]http://blenderblaster.com/blenderblaster/images/gx_model_large.jpg[/img] All I kan offer is a car-lighter powered koffee pot. i raise you a V8 blender http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9bvUIbKlkk
That's pretty freakin' awesome!
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carabiner96
Sep 29, 2009, 3:11 PM
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Pup has picked up a good habit - napping on my feet. Keeps me warm!
Not that this place is cold, utilities are included so I've been cranking the heat to my little hearts desire...
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epoch
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Sep 29, 2009, 3:14 PM
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kachoong wrote: caughtinside wrote: blondgecko wrote: caughtinside wrote: clausti wrote: camhead wrote: snoopy138 wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: Jack shitz pantz in rage!!!!!!111 Y? You don't pay attention do you? We will be at the Red. once a donny, always a donny. Chossie! We will be at the RRG this upcoming weekend as well. We bailed on this weekend at the last minute, due to the bad storm yesterday and rumors of soggy rock. Hopefully your Patagucci gearz will have come by then, too. blondgecko might be coming, as well. he's guest-researchering at a university in IL for a couple of months. Does that choad actually climb? Yes, he climbs. Sometimes. Occasionally. Well, at least he still remembers how to climb. Now I just have to figure out the best way to get there. Probably hire-car, I guess. I have to learn to drive on the right some time... Yore out of your depth donny. Stick to what you know... like the soap box and volunteer moderating a website owned by a corporation. Tiz troo! BG does climb.... I've seen it! BG... driving on the right is a piece of cake, mate! Most cars in this country are Autoz anyway, so no need to worry about gearz! Plus no-one usually uses blinkers either, so no worries there. Just steer and turn right on red!
Heh.
For the first 3-4 weeks after I came back to the states I continually found myself pulling out of an interseciton into the wrong lane.
The most memorable was turning right out of my parent's subdivision and driving two miles on the wrong side of the road. At one point you crest a small hill before dropping 100 feet through a ravine. At the crest of this hill I noted a vehicle coming at me in the 'wrong' lane and proceded to slow down to stop - as I was accustomed to doing while driving on the base in Japan - only to be confronted by flashy red and blue lights. I pulled over, the sherriff pulled over. We sat there bumper-to-bumper for a moment before he got out of his car with a less-than-satisfied look on his face.
His first question to me was 'Sir, can you explain to me why you are driving on the wrong side of the road?' I don't think that he was expecting a clear, logical, and backed with proof answer to that question, and it threw him off his guard when I explained that I had just moved back from Japan - where the left side is the correct side - and was still getting back into the 'merican way. Being that it was/is a rural road there's hardly any traffic to remind you or guide you to the correct lane. I produced my Japaneese drivers license, my ID card, and things settled down. I ended up with a verbal warning to be a bit more aware, and went on my merry way.
BG, you shouldn't have an issue with dealing with the traffic. Just remember that the steering wheel is on the passenger side. You Aussies drive crazy enough that you won't hardly be noticed in traffic anyway.
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kachoong
Sep 29, 2009, 3:15 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: So who climbed what this weekend? I got out to rumney on friday and had a fun day. Didn't climb as well as I'd have liked, but it was still a great time. I climbed rocks this weekend. Finally redpointed one route I've been trying the last couple of weekends. That thing was getting to be a thorn in my side. I thought I would do it the first day. Did a training day today at the old place we used to always go. Turns out my endurance is better than I thought. I thought I was going to be in terrible shape for the Red. Hopefully I'll be okay. Good jorb. My endurance is the suck. I need to pull out SCC and read up on how to fix that. Climb lots. Stop getting on routes way over your head so you are actually climing instead of hanging on the rope.Climb at Jack's crag. Get a circuit of moderately hard routes that you can do a big training day on.
Isn't this the same advice as last year? You should just print it on a t-shirt and send it to WMD! 
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Kapow, thanks for the pic comment!
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kachoong
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granite_grrl wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: Jack shitz pantz in rage!!!!!!111 Y? You don't pay attention do you? We will be at the Red. I didn't make that connekshun. Come to Rumney! Why would we do that? Rumney sucks compared to the Red (sorry, but the Red is pretty rad and has at least 15x as much rock).
I know I'd go to the Red if I had the choice.... besides it's closer.... even if it is 18 hours or so away.
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kachoong
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wanderlustmd wrote: epoch wrote: carabiner96 wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: epoch wrote: snoopy138 wrote: Ice climbing would be more interesting than this shit. I think it's a toss up. They're both fun, but IMHO I'd rather be skiing. Then again I've been skiing for 26 years now, so it's rather natural for me. Ice climbing... I have a season (mostly) behind me. You love t3h ice. Yeah, but you suck at skiing. Marco doesn't ski. You are both kerrect. I'd like to ski, but it'd interfere with my ice climbing.
I'd like to enjoy some ice again.... it's been too long. I suck at skiing but it helps that I hate it, so I don't really have to do it. Snowboarding is better.... perhaps just easier tho, which is why I prefer it.
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clausti
Sep 29, 2009, 3:49 PM
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jakedatc wrote: granite_grrl wrote: Jake, I know that you love Rumney and want to defend it, but face the facts. RRG = 1920 Routes at 145 Walls in 10 Regions Yes, there are a number of steep climbs at Rumney, but there are single crags at the Red that have more steep climbs than all of Rumney. The climbs at the Red tend to be long too. There are some long climbs at Rumney, but in general the routes tend to be short....even if they aren't short they're often still very bouldery. In closing: Jake, go to the Red. You need to get out of the North East. I'm aware that it's smaller than the Red...and the New.. and Rifle... probably Red Rocks.. and Maple.. and many other places i didn't think that was in question. He was talking about steepness and difficulty of certain routes. There are plenty of long routes.. problem is you have to climb .12+ to get on alot of them. Main cliff has 2-3 pitch sport routes.. though they don't appear that way in the book since they were FA'd at different times so it's more of a link up name wise. Orange crush's routes are pretty long. again not as long as Red stuff but still it'll pump you out. Unfortunately i am still mostly unemployed and kate is employed and going to school part time so going to the Red is definitely a goal for both of us but might have to wait until next summer. 15hr drive down Rt 95 for me One day.. but in the mean time i'll be there friday working on my bouldery projects having a great time :) good thing i'm good at bouldery problems eh?
if you drive 15 hours down I-95, you will be very far from the red.
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kachoong
Sep 29, 2009, 3:50 PM
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epoch wrote: kachoong wrote: caughtinside wrote: blondgecko wrote: caughtinside wrote: clausti wrote: camhead wrote: snoopy138 wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: Jack shitz pantz in rage!!!!!!111 Y? You don't pay attention do you? We will be at the Red. once a donny, always a donny. Chossie! We will be at the RRG this upcoming weekend as well. We bailed on this weekend at the last minute, due to the bad storm yesterday and rumors of soggy rock. Hopefully your Patagucci gearz will have come by then, too. blondgecko might be coming, as well. he's guest-researchering at a university in IL for a couple of months. Does that choad actually climb? Yes, he climbs. Sometimes. Occasionally. Well, at least he still remembers how to climb. Now I just have to figure out the best way to get there. Probably hire-car, I guess. I have to learn to drive on the right some time... Yore out of your depth donny. Stick to what you know... like the soap box and volunteer moderating a website owned by a corporation. Tiz troo! BG does climb.... I've seen it! BG... driving on the right is a piece of cake, mate! Most cars in this country are Autoz anyway, so no need to worry about gearz! Plus no-one usually uses blinkers either, so no worries there. Just steer and turn right on red! Heh. For the first 3-4 weeks after I came back to the states I continually found myself pulling out of an interseciton into the wrong lane. The most memorable was turning right out of my parent's subdivision and driving two miles on the wrong side of the road. At one point you crest a small hill before dropping 100 feet through a ravine. At the crest of this hill I noted a vehicle coming at me in the 'wrong' lane and proceded to slow down to stop - as I was accustomed to doing while driving on the base in Japan - only to be confronted by flashy red and blue lights. I pulled over, the sherriff pulled over. We sat there bumper-to-bumper for a moment before he got out of his car with a less-than-satisfied look on his face. His first question to me was 'Sir, can you explain to me why you are driving on the wrong side of the road?' I don't think that he was expecting a clear, logical, and backed with proof answer to that question, and it threw him off his guard when I explained that I had just moved back from Japan - where the left side is the correct side - and was still getting back into the 'merican way. Being that it was/is a rural road there's hardly any traffic to remind you or guide you to the correct lane. I produced my Japaneese drivers license, my ID card, and things settled down. I ended up with a verbal warning to be a bit more aware, and went on my merry way.
BG, you shouldn't have an issue with dealing with the traffic. Just remember that the steering wheel is on the passenger side. You Aussies drive crazy enough that you won't hardly be noticed in traffic anyway.
Funny story, mate! Heh! I found driving at night to be a problem... when there's no cars on a two way road, it's easy to find yourself on the left side. But that was only the first six months I was here.
The second month I was here I was taking out a minibus full of undergrad students to do some fieldwork. The first t-intersection out of the parking lot I turned right and into the left side of the road... they were quite casual and one guy finally spoke up after about 100 yards and said... "errr Dave, I think you're on the wrong side of the road." It was a running joke for the rest of the semester.
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kachoong
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epoch wrote: Kapow, thanks for the pic comment!
No wuckers! I reckon it's artistic.... nice colors. Is your head a reflection...?
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imnotclever
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my boss used to work for one of the military plane makers. He tells the story of how ejection seats used to go out the bottom of the plane. So the pilots were all trained to roll the plane over before ejecting.
Then they switched, and started shooting them out the top. Apparently there were a few who would still roll the plane over... with bad results.
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imnotclever
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kachoong wrote: epoch wrote: Kapow, thanks for the pic comment! No wuckers! I reckon it's artistic.... nice colors. Is your head a reflection...?
from his compass mirror. He should have turned so he was at the north position. Looks like he is sitting to the NW. The arrow just misses pointing at him.
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sungam
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*boner*
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carabiner96
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what should I bake today?
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imnotclever
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carabiner96 wrote: what should I bake today?
Pumpkin pie?
Brownies?
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Arrogant_Bastard
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jakedatc wrote: camhead wrote: jakedatc wrote: camhead wrote: granite_grrl wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: Jack shitz pantz in rage!!!!!!111 Y? You don't pay attention do you? We will be at the Red. I didn't make that connekshun. Come to Rumney! Why would we do that? Rumney sucks compared to the Red (sorry, but the Red is pretty rad and has at least 15x as much rock). Why is it that like every picture I see of Rumney it looks like the route has a) some big ledgefall potential, and 2) some dihedral wall that gets stemmed off of, even on the 5.13s. I would like to check the place out sometime, preferably when I am in good power/bouldering shape. I don't think that's a good representation of how rumney climbs. I've never been afraid i was going to hit a ledge. there is stemming on stuff that's in dihedrals but that isnt a majority no ledges or stems on Predator ;) [image]http://mountainproject.com/images/53/16/106235316_large_75a775.jpg[/image] Yeah, I guess that is kind of the quintessential Rumney photo. I see a lot like this, however, that do not really make the lines look that great. http://www.mountainproject.com/...65_medium_66070e.jpg I guess I should make a trip out there before I make blanket statements like that, though. heh. what route is that?? pick someone's pics that take some time into setting up.. i highly recommend Seth Hamel.. he takes some nice photos Techno  not by seth but same route http://mountainproject.com/...846_large_e72a49.jpg Flying monkeys [image]http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v319/60/65/668201240/n668201240_1743847_5190.jpg[/image]
That's a great shot
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dr_feelgood wrote: I would francis, but I am too lazy
This is Francis we're talking about here. I'm very disappointed.
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snoopy138 wrote: Ice climbing would be more interesting than this shit.
He haz a point
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