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chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: the_climber wrote: Bouldering aside, I find it doesn't feel right to not have a helmet on. So, yes, you get used to it. I'll agree that I feel kinda naked when I start up a route and find out I forgot to put on my helmet. That doesn't happen very much since if I am going to wear a helmet it goes on when I get to the cliff (sometimes on the approach) and doesn't come off until the end of the day. I feel the same way about my pants... I thought surfers wore shorts all the time? Hollywood myth I don't mean while surfing. Just in normal dress when not surfing.
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artm
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chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: the_climber wrote: Bouldering aside, I find it doesn't feel right to not have a helmet on. So, yes, you get used to it. I'll agree that I feel kinda naked when I start up a route and find out I forgot to put on my helmet. That doesn't happen very much since if I am going to wear a helmet it goes on when I get to the cliff (sometimes on the approach) and doesn't come off until the end of the day. I feel the same way about my pants... I thought surfers wore shorts all the time? Hollywood myth Hey Art, what did you get up to this weekend? Some work, Nephew's b-day party and did some bbq'ing We grilled. BBQing is way to much work.
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stymingersfink
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epoch wrote: Sharp as a pound of wet leather?
not quite there yet. One day, if i work real hard, i just might make it.
or so i'm told.
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artm wrote: tripperjm wrote: artm wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: the_climber wrote: Bouldering aside, I find it doesn't feel right to not have a helmet on. So, yes, you get used to it. I'll agree that I feel kinda naked when I start up a route and find out I forgot to put on my helmet. That doesn't happen very much since if I am going to wear a helmet it goes on when I get to the cliff (sometimes on the approach) and doesn't come off until the end of the day. I feel the same way about my pants... I thought surfers wore shorts all the time? Hollywood myth Hey Art, what did you get up to this weekend? Some work, Nephew's b-day party and did some bbq'ing So Art... When was the last time you actually went climbing? Seems like it must be months? You guys back at the WNSG?
Well sort of, the crag was closed two week ends ago due to forest related matters and last weeks thunderstorms flash flooded the base. All of my gear was 3' underwater... again. You would think I'd learn from all the past floodings. We'll be there this comming weekend. Are you going to join us?
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chossmonkey
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granite_grrl wrote: chossmonkey wrote: epoch wrote: Since my jaunt up Mt. Whitney last year I've taken to racking on my harness. That's what those loops are for right? I've since climbed where I needed my FULL rack and the sling carried my doubles; they were placed first. A couple extra oz. aren't going to kill me. or climbing something very steep where the gear sling would just be hanging behind me inaccessible. I normally rack all my cams on a sling and draws/ slings on my harness. Nuts normally go on the harness, but sometimes on the sling. Pft! You only started racking on a gear sling ~3 years ago. When we met you were a total harness racker. n00b!
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chossmonkey wrote: granite_grrl wrote: chossmonkey wrote: epoch wrote: Since my jaunt up Mt. Whitney last year I've taken to racking on my harness. That's what those loops are for right? I've since climbed where I needed my FULL rack and the sling carried my doubles; they were placed first. A couple extra oz. aren't going to kill me. or climbing something very steep where the gear sling would just be hanging behind me inaccessible. I normally rack all my cams on a sling and draws/ slings on my harness. Nuts normally go on the harness, but sometimes on the sling. Pft! You only started racking on a gear sling ~3 years ago. When we met you were a total harness racker. n00b! Once I started using a gear sling my gear climbing really took off.
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artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: the_climber wrote: Bouldering aside, I find it doesn't feel right to not have a helmet on. So, yes, you get used to it. I'll agree that I feel kinda naked when I start up a route and find out I forgot to put on my helmet. That doesn't happen very much since if I am going to wear a helmet it goes on when I get to the cliff (sometimes on the approach) and doesn't come off until the end of the day. I feel the same way about my pants... I thought surfers wore shorts all the time? Hollywood myth Hey Art, what did you get up to this weekend? Some work, Nephew's b-day party and did some bbq'ing We grilled. BBQing is way to much work. Well actually I didn't do the bbqing myself, my brother in law did...
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artm
May 28, 2008, 10:02 PM
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tripperjm wrote: artm wrote: tripperjm wrote: artm wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: the_climber wrote: Bouldering aside, I find it doesn't feel right to not have a helmet on. So, yes, you get used to it. I'll agree that I feel kinda naked when I start up a route and find out I forgot to put on my helmet. That doesn't happen very much since if I am going to wear a helmet it goes on when I get to the cliff (sometimes on the approach) and doesn't come off until the end of the day. I feel the same way about my pants... I thought surfers wore shorts all the time? Hollywood myth Hey Art, what did you get up to this weekend? Some work, Nephew's b-day party and did some bbq'ing So Art... When was the last time you actually went climbing? Seems like it must be months? You guys back at the WNSG? Well sort of, the crag was closed two week ends ago due to forest related matters and last weeks thunderstorms flash flooded the base. All of my gear was 3' underwater... again. You would think I'd learn from all the past floodings. We'll be there this comming weekend. Are you going to join us?
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artm
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epoch wrote: chossmonkey wrote: granite_grrl wrote: chossmonkey wrote: epoch wrote: Since my jaunt up Mt. Whitney last year I've taken to racking on my harness. That's what those loops are for right? I've since climbed where I needed my FULL rack and the sling carried my doubles; they were placed first. A couple extra oz. aren't going to kill me. or climbing something very steep where the gear sling would just be hanging behind me inaccessible. I normally rack all my cams on a sling and draws/ slings on my harness. Nuts normally go on the harness, but sometimes on the sling. Pft! You only started racking on a gear sling ~3 years ago. When we met you were a total harness racker. n00b! Once I started using a gear sling my gear climbing really took off. It isn't the gear sling that makes the climber.
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chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: artm wrote: chossmonkey wrote: the_climber wrote: Bouldering aside, I find it doesn't feel right to not have a helmet on. So, yes, you get used to it. I'll agree that I feel kinda naked when I start up a route and find out I forgot to put on my helmet. That doesn't happen very much since if I am going to wear a helmet it goes on when I get to the cliff (sometimes on the approach) and doesn't come off until the end of the day. I feel the same way about my pants... I thought surfers wore shorts all the time? Hollywood myth Hey Art, what did you get up to this weekend? Some work, Nephew's b-day party and did some bbq'ing We grilled. BBQing is way to much work. Well actually I didn't do the bbqing myself, my brother in law did... Does he talk like a surfer too?
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chossmonkey
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epoch wrote: chossmonkey wrote: granite_grrl wrote: chossmonkey wrote: epoch wrote: Since my jaunt up Mt. Whitney last year I've taken to racking on my harness. That's what those loops are for right? I've since climbed where I needed my FULL rack and the sling carried my doubles; they were placed first. A couple extra oz. aren't going to kill me. or climbing something very steep where the gear sling would just be hanging behind me inaccessible. I normally rack all my cams on a sling and draws/ slings on my harness. Nuts normally go on the harness, but sometimes on the sling. Pft! You only started racking on a gear sling ~3 years ago. When we met you were a total harness racker. n00b! Once I started using a gear sling my gear climbing really took off. It isn't the gear sling that makes the climber.
That kind of thing doesn't happen often, but in general once I got used to using a sling it is usually a lot easier to find whatever piece I want a lot quicker.
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chossmonkey wrote: epoch wrote: chossmonkey wrote: granite_grrl wrote: chossmonkey wrote: epoch wrote: Since my jaunt up Mt. Whitney last year I've taken to racking on my harness. That's what those loops are for right? I've since climbed where I needed my FULL rack and the sling carried my doubles; they were placed first. A couple extra oz. aren't going to kill me. or climbing something very steep where the gear sling would just be hanging behind me inaccessible. I normally rack all my cams on a sling and draws/ slings on my harness. Nuts normally go on the harness, but sometimes on the sling. Pft! You only started racking on a gear sling ~3 years ago. When we met you were a total harness racker. n00b! Once I started using a gear sling my gear climbing really took off. It isn't the gear sling that makes the climber. It can. The thing that sealed it for me was being on a route and not being able to reach a cam off of my harness. Had it been on a sling it would have been easy to get to and I wouldn't have ended up botching the onsight. That kind of thing doesn't happen often, but in general once I got used to using a sling it is usually a lot easier to find whatever piece I want a lot quicker.
To each their own.
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artm
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epoch wrote: chossmonkey wrote: epoch wrote: chossmonkey wrote: granite_grrl wrote: chossmonkey wrote: epoch wrote: Since my jaunt up Mt. Whitney last year I've taken to racking on my harness. That's what those loops are for right? I've since climbed where I needed my FULL rack and the sling carried my doubles; they were placed first. A couple extra oz. aren't going to kill me. or climbing something very steep where the gear sling would just be hanging behind me inaccessible. I normally rack all my cams on a sling and draws/ slings on my harness. Nuts normally go on the harness, but sometimes on the sling. Pft! You only started racking on a gear sling ~3 years ago. When we met you were a total harness racker. n00b! Once I started using a gear sling my gear climbing really took off. It isn't the gear sling that makes the climber. It can. The thing that sealed it for me was being on a route and not being able to reach a cam off of my harness. Had it been on a sling it would have been easy to get to and I wouldn't have ended up botching the onsight. That kind of thing doesn't happen often, but in general once I got used to using a sling it is usually a lot easier to find whatever piece I want a lot quicker. To each their own.
Now!
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artm wrote: epoch wrote: chossmonkey wrote: epoch wrote: chossmonkey wrote: granite_grrl wrote: chossmonkey wrote: epoch wrote: Since my jaunt up Mt. Whitney last year I've taken to racking on my harness. That's what those loops are for right? I've since climbed where I needed my FULL rack and the sling carried my doubles; they were placed first. A couple extra oz. aren't going to kill me. or climbing something very steep where the gear sling would just be hanging behind me inaccessible. I normally rack all my cams on a sling and draws/ slings on my harness. Nuts normally go on the harness, but sometimes on the sling. Pft! You only started racking on a gear sling ~3 years ago. When we met you were a total harness racker. n00b! Once I started using a gear sling my gear climbing really took off. It isn't the gear sling that makes the climber. It can. The thing that sealed it for me was being on a route and not being able to reach a cam off of my harness. Had it been on a sling it would have been easy to get to and I wouldn't have ended up botching the onsight. That kind of thing doesn't happen often, but in general once I got used to using a sling it is usually a lot easier to find whatever piece I want a lot quicker. To each their own. Epock buy gear sling Now! Now!
Eye haz gear sling. Even have the additional under-arm addition. It's a great place to store my gearz when I'm not climbing.
I'm going to Rumney next month for the gathering. I shall bring ALL of my draws. I shall climbz with them on my sling.
Off the top of my head I have 26 draws.
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chossmonkey wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: the_climber wrote: chossmonkey wrote: In other news: I get to go turn my head and cough in a couple weeks. Ummm, Good luck? Yeah, totally TMI. I could bust out some really gross stories, but I hold back. We don't need to hear about chossy getting palpated by some hairy old doctor. A word of advice. If the doctor is checking your prostate and he has both hands on your shoulders, something is terribly wrong. Or he hired a midget as an assistant. That's what I told you last week. So you have your share of stories about "probing" people's asses huh?
And unfortunately, I do. I try to repress those memories tho.
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obsessed wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: the_climber wrote: chossmonkey wrote: In other news: I get to go turn my head and cough in a couple weeks. Ummm, Good luck? Thanks, I'll need it. I haven't had a physical in over 12 years. I'm probably half dead already. Why now? Because he has "free" health care now. And he's OLD!
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dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: the_climber wrote: chossmonkey wrote: In other news: I get to go turn my head and cough in a couple weeks. Ummm, Good luck? Yeah, totally TMI. I could bust out some really gross stories, but I hold back. We don't need to hear about chossy getting palpated by some hairy old doctor. A word of advice. If the doctor is checking your prostate and he has both hands on your shoulders, something is terribly wrong. Or he hired a midget as an assistant. That's what I told you last week. So you have your share of stories about "probing" people's asses huh? Yeah my memory is not so good. And unfortunately, I do. I try to repress those memories tho.
At least he's going to the right hospital now.
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chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: the_climber wrote: chossmonkey wrote: In other news: I get to go turn my head and cough in a couple weeks. Ummm, Good luck? Thanks, I'll need it. I haven't had a physical in over 12 years. I'm probably half dead already. Why now? Since I'm already half dead, whats the point? Cause I might find out I'm only 25% dead. You should have one every couple of years.
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epoch wrote: chossmonkey wrote: granite_grrl wrote: chossmonkey wrote: epoch wrote: Since my jaunt up Mt. Whitney last year I've taken to racking on my harness. That's what those loops are for right? I've since climbed where I needed my FULL rack and the sling carried my doubles; they were placed first. A couple extra oz. aren't going to kill me. or climbing something very steep where the gear sling would just be hanging behind me inaccessible. I normally rack all my cams on a sling and draws/ slings on my harness. Nuts normally go on the harness, but sometimes on the sling. Pft! You only started racking on a gear sling ~3 years ago. When we met you were a total harness racker. n00b! Once I started using a gear sling my gear climbing really took off. It isn't the gear sling that makes the climber.
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epoch wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: the_climber wrote: chossmonkey wrote: In other news: I get to go turn my head and cough in a couple weeks. Ummm, Good luck? Yeah, totally TMI. I could bust out some really gross stories, but I hold back. We don't need to hear about chossy getting palpated by some hairy old doctor. A word of advice. If the doctor is checking your prostate and he has both hands on your shoulders, something is terribly wrong. Or he hired a midget as an assistant. That's what I told you last week. So you have your share of stories about "probing" people's asses huh? Yeah my memory is not so good. And unfortunately, I do. I try to repress those memories tho. At least he's going to the right hospital now.
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dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: the_climber wrote: chossmonkey wrote: In other news: I get to go turn my head and cough in a couple weeks. Ummm, Good luck? Thanks, I'll need it. I haven't had a physical in over 12 years. I'm probably half dead already. Why now? Since I'm already half dead, whats the point? Cause I might find out I'm only 25% dead. You should have one every couple of years. After 30, you lose 1% of your body function per year. If you are healthy. 
1% of life total or 1% of that years 100%?
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dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: chossmonkey wrote: the_climber wrote: chossmonkey wrote: In other news: I get to go turn my head and cough in a couple weeks. Ummm, Good luck? Thanks, I'll need it. I haven't had a physical in over 12 years. I'm probably half dead already. Why now? Since I'm already half dead, whats the point? Cause I might find out I'm only 25% dead. You should have one every couple of years. After 30, you lose 1% of your body function per year. If you are healthy.
NEJM has also reported that people are exibiting signs and symtoms of Alzheimer’s at younger ages. The reason is that today's generations have access to more information than that of generations 20 years ago. We learn at an exponential rate, and are starting - on average - to increase the amount of information that we store in our heads. Due to the large data store, it is has been noted the mental recollection is becoming increasingly longer in the 35 - 45 yr old crowd and is compaired to the 55 - 65 yr old crowd of 20 years ago.
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dr_feelgood wrote: epoch wrote: chossmonkey wrote: granite_grrl wrote: chossmonkey wrote: epoch wrote: Since my jaunt up Mt. Whitney last year I've taken to racking on my harness. That's what those loops are for right? I've since climbed where I needed my FULL rack and the sling carried my doubles; they were placed first. A couple extra oz. aren't going to kill me. or climbing something very steep where the gear sling would just be hanging behind me inaccessible. I normally rack all my cams on a sling and draws/ slings on my harness. Nuts normally go on the harness, but sometimes on the sling. Pft! You only started racking on a gear sling ~3 years ago. When we met you were a total harness racker. n00b! Once I started using a gear sling my gear climbing really took off. It isn't the gear sling that makes the climber. It's the chalkbag.
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It looks like J_ung will finally get to flog me with a #11 hex this weekend.
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