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caughtinside
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Curious, how many shoes do you guys go through a year?
I think I go through about 4 soles. Kinda hard to keep track since I use different shoes for different stuff, but I think between gym and outdoor, about 3-4 soles a year.
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carabiner96
Jan 9, 2011, 6:03 PM
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caughtinside wrote: Curious, how many shoes do you guys go through a year? I think I go through about 4 soles. Kinda hard to keep track since I use different shoes for different stuff, but I think between gym and outdoor, about 3-4 soles a year.
When I was climbing lots, I'd probably go through two pairs in a season. I never was much for gym climbing so they didn't see much winter use.
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caughtinside wrote: Curious, how many shoes do you guys go through a year? I think I go through about 4 soles. Kinda hard to keep track since I use different shoes for different stuff, but I think between gym and outdoor, about 3-4 soles a year.
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obsessed
Jan 9, 2011, 7:47 PM
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Arrogant_Bastard wrote: STOP.
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epoch
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Meanwhile, in Texas...
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epoch
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camhead
Jan 9, 2011, 10:00 PM
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caughtinside wrote: Curious, how many shoes do you guys go through a year? I think I go through about 4 soles. Kinda hard to keep track since I use different shoes for different stuff, but I think between gym and outdoor, about 3-4 soles a year.
2-3 soles/shoes.
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kachoong
Jan 9, 2011, 10:11 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: kachoong wrote: caughtinside wrote: snoopy138 wrote: I saw that deal, but I really don't want a 70m. More hassle pulling rope through and carrying extra weight than it's worth for the few 30-35m routes at the quarry or gorge. That's cool, wasn't sure. the 70 is super handy at a few spots up here like the leap. gold wall, as well as the creek. There's usually a good rope deal out there somewhere, but 70s are hard to come by cheap. I certainly don't need a 70 yet... the Rumney-sized cliffs here do not require 70. At Cochise we used zeek's 70's and they were handy there. I wan to get an 80m rope. Then I would cut it in half. I think a 35m rope would be a bit too short. A 45m would be perfect.
Wonder if ewe could buy a spool? What are they? 100m?
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kachoong
Jan 9, 2011, 10:13 PM
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Arrogant_Bastard wrote: chossmonkey wrote: jakedatc wrote: caughtinside wrote: I've been shafted a number of times by leaving a belay device on the ground, I really should stop doing that. It happened last winter on a 10c at sugarloaf I had never done... I thought it would be an up and down short pitch, like most at the loaf. It turned out to be 140'! oops. you're like chossy and becs all i'm not bringing an ounce more than i have to on routes reverso + locker and mini locker+2' sling never leave my harness haha never stuck, can always clip in. Depends on the route, but why bring up extra crap you will never use unless you want training weight? You can't always leave it to chance that there will be a phallus shaped rock or branch at the top for the photo op.
Heh!
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kachoong
Jan 9, 2011, 10:27 PM
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epoch wrote: Tromping through the woods with the kiddo this morning and came across a pillar of ice.
If I did that it would be refrigerator-sized and flowing owt of the freezer.
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chossmonkey
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carabiner96 wrote: chossmonkey wrote: carabiner96 wrote: climbs4fun wrote: caughtinside wrote: carabiner96 wrote: Trying to figure out where to do the next gimps on rock this fall. Needs to be a popular enough area that it will be a draw (no one's going to fly across the country for a shit heap) a good number of easy and moderate climbs that are accessible by chair or 4-wheelers, good camping facilities....idears? Smith? City of Rocks? the Leap? RR is probably a good option because of cheap flights and the crag is right there. Everything else is fly and then drive a couple hours. Crag is right there for RR, but the approaches aren't wheelchair friendly To a certain point we can lift chairs and people, but the easier and shorter the approach the better. We don't usually use 4 wheelers but the option would be cool. We use snowmobiles in Ouray. How the fuck do these people climb if they can't hobble to the cliff with minimal help? [image]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/hs047.snc6/167790_182503201774467_175256779165776_592977_6895202_n.jpg[/image]  [image]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1380.snc4/163225_182508135107307_175256779165776_593177_7455286_n.jpg[image] Quite well, actually.
I'm not sure what is going on there but I'll give you this one.
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chossmonkey
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climbs4fun wrote: chossmonkey wrote: climbs4fun wrote: climbs4fun wrote: caughtinside wrote: carabiner96 wrote: Trying to figure out where to do the next gimps on rock this fall. Needs to be a popular enough area that it will be a draw (no one's going to fly across the country for a shit heap) a good number of easy and moderate climbs that are accessible by chair or 4-wheelers, good camping facilities....idears? Smith? City of Rocks? the Leap? RR is probably a good option because of cheap flights and the crag is right there. Everything else is fly and then drive a couple hours. Crag is right there for RR, but the approaches aren't wheelchair friendly Not to mention that you can't use 4-wheelers and the camping sucks What if they call it a motorized wheelchair? If you think the camping sucks there you really haven't gotten around much It sucks because it's often windy. There are no trees and no shelter of any kind. I've camped in many places, very few suck as bad as 13 mile
Its the desert. The desert is windy and has no trees.
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dr_feelgood
Jan 10, 2011, 1:38 AM
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carabiner96 wrote: caughtinside wrote: Curious, how many shoes do you guys go through a year? I think I go through about 4 soles. Kinda hard to keep track since I use different shoes for different stuff, but I think between gym and outdoor, about 3-4 soles a year. When I was climbing lots, I'd probably go through two pairs in a season. I never was much for gym climbing so they didn't see much winter use.
I think he means regular shoes.
I'm probably less than one pair per year, but have a bunch for various purposes.
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caughtinside
Jan 10, 2011, 1:52 AM
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dr_feelgood wrote: carabiner96 wrote: caughtinside wrote: Curious, how many shoes do you guys go through a year? I think I go through about 4 soles. Kinda hard to keep track since I use different shoes for different stuff, but I think between gym and outdoor, about 3-4 soles a year. When I was climbing lots, I'd probably go through two pairs in a season. I never was much for gym climbing so they didn't see much winter use. I think he means regular shoes. I'm probably less than one pair per year, but have a bunch for various purposes.
No, I meant climbing shoes.
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chossmonkey
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snoopy138 wrote: chossmonkey wrote: kachoong wrote: caughtinside wrote: snoopy138 wrote: I saw that deal, but I really don't want a 70m. More hassle pulling rope through and carrying extra weight than it's worth for the few 30-35m routes at the quarry or gorge. That's cool, wasn't sure. the 70 is super handy at a few spots up here like the leap. gold wall, as well as the creek. There's usually a good rope deal out there somewhere, but 70s are hard to come by cheap. I certainly don't need a 70 yet... the Rumney-sized cliffs here do not require 70. At Cochise we used zeek's 70's and they were handy there. I wan to get an 80m rope. Then I would cut it in half. I think a 35m rope would be a bit too short. A 45m would be perfect. I am cromfuzed.
So you have no frame of reference here. You're like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie and wants to know...
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dr_feelgood
Jan 10, 2011, 2:05 AM
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caughtinside wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: carabiner96 wrote: caughtinside wrote: Curious, how many shoes do you guys go through a year? I think I go through about 4 soles. Kinda hard to keep track since I use different shoes for different stuff, but I think between gym and outdoor, about 3-4 soles a year. When I was climbing lots, I'd probably go through two pairs in a season. I never was much for gym climbing so they didn't see much winter use. I think he means regular shoes. I'm probably less than one pair per year, but have a bunch for various purposes. No, I meant climbing shoes.
Oh.
Right.
Less than 1 per year, but I alternate between a couple pairs.
My reading comprehension is garbage right now. approaching hour 16 at work.
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carabiner96
Jan 10, 2011, 2:09 AM
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PC+++ on the toilet, not just for boys!
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carabiner96
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Of course when I have to be at work at 6:30 am we're getting a foot of snow over night. Bleh.
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chossmonkey wrote: climbs4fun wrote: chossmonkey wrote: climbs4fun wrote: climbs4fun wrote: caughtinside wrote: carabiner96 wrote: Trying to figure out where to do the next gimps on rock this fall. Needs to be a popular enough area that it will be a draw (no one's going to fly across the country for a shit heap) a good number of easy and moderate climbs that are accessible by chair or 4-wheelers, good camping facilities....idears? Smith? City of Rocks? the Leap? RR is probably a good option because of cheap flights and the crag is right there. Everything else is fly and then drive a couple hours. Crag is right there for RR, but the approaches aren't wheelchair friendly Not to mention that you can't use 4-wheelers and the camping sucks What if they call it a motorized wheelchair? If you think the camping sucks there you really haven't gotten around much It sucks because it's often windy. There are no trees and no shelter of any kind. I've camped in many places, very few suck as bad as 13 mile Its the desert. The desert is windy and has no trees.
Yup. And that campground still sucks ass
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granite_grrl
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carabiner96 wrote: granite_grrl wrote: Mo, how well does your ice arm stay on? I always thought that as long as it could easily support your body weight that you'd have a mega unfair advantage over the rest of us when it comes to drytooling. Depends on how sweaty I get. In the perfect world I'd peel off my liner after every climb, dry it off and baby powder it, but that involves stripping down to my baselayers which isn't always the most fun thing to do in winter.
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granite_grrl
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I think it might be that time in the morning.
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granite_grrl
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EM PTFTW!
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granite_grrl
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GG carez
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granite_grrl
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caughtinside wrote: Curious, how many shoes do you guys go through a year? I think I go through about 4 soles. Kinda hard to keep track since I use different shoes for different stuff, but I think between gym and outdoor, about 3-4 soles a year.
It also doesn't hurt that we ice climb so my rock shoe use is cut down by half to almost two thirds (based on climbing 3 to 4 days a week) in the winter.
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granite_grrl
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Only got out climbing one day this weekend. Stayed home and rested on Saturday, climbed, and tried to ignore I was sick yesterday.
I have some sort of head cold, ears keep plugging up, head foggy. We went to the grocery store yesterday after climbing, had to wrestle my pack to get at my wallet. When I went to shut the door Nathan say "buckles!!!". I look, see one side of the waist belt buckle, and in my fog mistake the sternum strap buckle as the other side of the waist one.
Slam the door, hear a crunch. I'm pretty pissed at myself.
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