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Gmburns2000
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Kartessa wrote: Greg, if you fly to Morocco and cross to Spain by sea, you'll have to get your entry visa before boarding the boat.
Interesting. I'd go straight to Barcelona because that's probably going to be a lot easier.
OK, but why go out of Buffalo again? How far are you away from the nearest Canadian airport?
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notapplicable wrote: erisspirit wrote: notapplicable wrote: Listening to The Brothers Karamazov on audiobook at work and I'm loving it. Never new Dostoevsky could write with such humor. Irony, yes, but no genuine levity. I find myself laughing quite a bit. It's been awhile since I read that one, but I remember liking it The dialogue between characters seems a bit, I don't know, hysterical at times I suppose but the theological/philosophical musings are certainly interesting. I like it so far.
Yeah, the father is one of the craziest characters I've ever read about. Talk about a weirdo.
Wait until you get to his proof on god's existence.
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Kartessa
Sep 28, 2011, 1:06 AM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: Kartessa wrote: Greg, if you fly to Morocco and cross to Spain by sea, you'll have to get your entry visa before boarding the boat. Interesting. I'd go straight to Barcelona because that's probably going to be a lot easier. OK, but why go out of Buffalo again? How far are you away from the nearest Canadian airport?
Toronto is an hour away but flights were in the $800-900 range, buffalo was $350 round trip
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Kartessa wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: Kartessa wrote: Greg, if you fly to Morocco and cross to Spain by sea, you'll have to get your entry visa before boarding the boat. Interesting. I'd go straight to Barcelona because that's probably going to be a lot easier. OK, but why go out of Buffalo again? How far are you away from the nearest Canadian airport? Toronto is an hour away but flights were in the $800-900 range, buffalo was $350 round trip
Ah, I see. Well, now you have the incentive to pony up for that new passport eh?
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donald949 wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: donald949 wrote: What is Z clipping? Everyone I asks says, "I think its back clipping." You use both terms, and make them sound different. Notice where the climber is actually taking the rope to clip vs. where the climber should take the rope. [image]http://www.indoorclimbing.com/images/quickdrawZclip.gif[/image] not a great visual, but you can get the idea of what he did wrong by watching very closely. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ2xyX40H4A he grabs the belayor's end of the rope, not his end, or, in other words, the rope that is below the previous clip that he has already clipped in to, and then he clips with that end of the rope the next clip. When he climbs up, you can see it very easily. He starts to z-clip at around the 40 second mark. I didn't watch the video after he fixed it. The way to fix it? unclip the lower of the two biners (i.e. - leave your top clip in and take out the one below it). When I read Sun's post, I was going to say how the heck do you do that???? But the pic makes it clear. The bolts would have to be pretty close together. I suppose if the crux was right above a ledge, you would put them that close. Or a giant overhang right off the ground. I'll check out the video later at home.
Yeah, that's when it mostly happens: when the bolts are too close together or you're brownpointing a route with the potential to run out of gear after the first 20 feet.
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Gmburns2000
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btw - did I mention the bolts here are as follows:
bolt #1: 7-15 feet off the ground
bolt #2: far enough above bolt #1 to leave you just about tapping the ground if you fall (with rope stretch)
bolt #3: same as bolt #2
There's one route that starts on a boulder, and the top of that boulder is about 20 feet above the ground. You have to step out over the void into a layback corner to start the route. The first bolt is about 25 feet off the ground (or about five feet from the top of the boulder, making an easy clip if one didn't have to lean out five feet just to reach it).
The second bolt is about 12 feet above the first bolt.
The third bolt is about 20 feet above the second bolt.
The fourth bolt is even further from that. Thankfully the crux is only a few feet from the third bolt.
This is sport climbing here.
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Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: donald949 wrote: notapplicable wrote: donald949 wrote: sungam wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: sungam wrote: Well, my man Michel took a bunch of gnar inverting clip-blowing whips into a slab start today. Somehow all he has is a sore elbow and a kinda ouchey hip. The man is like a fucking lepricon or something, SO lucky. He hit a ledge one time and just kinda glanced off it (making him invert) and another inverting fall he took (rope behind heel) he narrowly missed the ledge while upsidedown. what the hell? Okay, I was kinda tired last night so here's the full rundown, because it was fucking HILARIOUS. So here is the crag: http://scottishclimbs.com/...h_Berwick_Law_Quarry M had only lead in the gym, and I guess that was last term. I thought he knew about z-clips and back clips and all that fun stuff. So first all 4 of us lead the (wild iris) 5+ warm-up thing, it was pretty easy, then me and M went over and did law and disorder, a 6a+. I OS'ed it and M flashed it on TR in GREAT form, since he had topped out at 6a+ last term, this was a plus (he has good technique but he was weak as all hell and over the summer he did a bunch of pull-ups on a bar and repeaters on a door frame). Then he wanted to lead a different 6a+, so he jumped on Darkness Falling, which he did very smoothly, though he got a tiny bit off route halfway up, but he noticed and got back on route. After that he decided he wanted to lead a 6b, and old lawbreaker was right there so he jumped on it. This is when I realised he wasn't totally clear on back clips, z clips, and keep your heel out from behind the rope... So he climbs up no problems till he tries to z-clip the second bolt, I explain what's going on and he face palms. He makes some awesome moves with his magical polish technique, then he was in a position you could just tell was out of balance and just barely on. He clips the draw. Then he back-clips it, and falls off. Of course since he is about level with it there was no death unclipping of deemz to be had. I told him it was back clipped, but he was way to sketched to unclip it, cuz he was kinda far above the bolt below and the route kinda went slab-bulge-slab and he was right on the lip of the next slab, so he would kinda splat onto the slab below. There was also a big ledge halfway up the buldge that he might hit. Anyways, I tell him to just clip a draw above the first one and clip that one normally. so he clips the draw, and grabs both so he can pull some slack and clip the top one. He back clips that one, too. So I shout up that he should unclip the second one and clip it right. He screws around and is having trouble unclipping the top one, and somehow BOTH draws come unclipped and he has a gallon of slack in his hands. I saw him start to unclip the second draw and I was just about to shout "don't unclip that!" when his foot popped and he took the ride. So he starts falling, there is a LOT of fucking slack out, so I start running backwards and try to yard some slack through the grigri. All this really does is cause me to elbow Joe really hard and almost fall over cuz he was standing right behind me. So I didn't get much slack in. M hit the ledge with his right foot after around 5 feet of falling, and inverted. then he fell another 15+ feet upsidedown, straight into the slab. In my head the distances are further, but I'm not sure if that is memory growth, so I'ma go with conservitive guesses. Some people from the other group at the crag started to run over to see if he was okay when he started laughing really loud. He was like "whoah, what the fuck happened? hahahaha!" we talked about it and laughed a lot, then some dumbass from the other group tried to lecture us on helmets (he was belaying his son on TR from a single bolt and doing all kidas of other stupid shit). So then I decided I wanted to try to OS a 7a+, and I fell all over it. In fact I got so flamed out I couldn't finish it. I got to the last bolt but couldn't make the sloper moves to the chains (oh for a stick clip!). So we left the rope hanging and M said he wanted to finish of the 6b he whipped on. So he jumps back on it and whips at the same place, but without the slack. A pretty casual fall. He jumps back on gets a little higher and tries to clip from there. He pulls through a little slack to clip and his foot pops. Having clearer a path behind me I take a couple steps back, not wanting him to hit the slab again (cuz I was pretty sure his lucky-o-meter was nearing empty). But he didn't fall, he kinda barn doored way out and flagged deeply to stop it (that magic natural technique). It was actually pretty cool, except his leg was way the fuck behind the rope. So he moved around a little, got his feet straight, and tried to go even higher, but he fell - right when I was going to tell him to get his foot out from behind the rope. So he flipped and was kinda half sideways as he glanced off the ledge again, hurting his elbow, and he smacked into the slab upside down again. Again he was fine except his hip hurt a little. So he did the 5+ and cleaned the draws from that. There were a few more small whips in there somewhere, but I can't really remember them. Anyways, I thought it was fracking hilarious when he fell the first time. How did his foot pop only once he had BOTh draws unclipped and a fuck ton of slack?? bwahahahah! Wow crazy day dude. Glad to hear everyone is more or less fine. But on question arises. What is Z clipping? Everyone I asks says, "I think its back clipping." You use both terms, and make them sound different. edit speilink  OMG, YGD nOOb! Apparently. Hangs head in shame. turns in belay card. HA! Don't worry, you are in good company. I've temporarily lost belay privileges at my gym at least once. I'm currently on a boiuldering ban
You climbed higher than your own height, didn't you.
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donald949 wrote: Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: donald949 wrote: notapplicable wrote: donald949 wrote: sungam wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: sungam wrote: Well, my man Michel took a bunch of gnar inverting clip-blowing whips into a slab start today. Somehow all he has is a sore elbow and a kinda ouchey hip. The man is like a fucking lepricon or something, SO lucky. He hit a ledge one time and just kinda glanced off it (making him invert) and another inverting fall he took (rope behind heel) he narrowly missed the ledge while upsidedown. what the hell? >snip< Wow crazy day dude. Glad to hear everyone is more or less fine. But on question arises. What is Z clipping? Everyone I asks says, "I think its back clipping." You use both terms, and make them sound different. edit speilink OMG, YGD nOOb! Apparently. Hangs head in shame. turns in belay card. HA! Don't worry, you are in good company. I've temporarily lost belay privileges at my gym at least once. I'm currently on a boiuldering ban Never been a member at a gym. But a couple of guys noobs at work started climbing at the gym. I've been out with them a couple times this spring. So we are planning to start climbing in the gym on a regular basis. I guess now I'll have to get belay certified.
Good luck with that. It can be harder than it sounds. You have to belay the way they think is correct, which can sometimes actually be not so correct, or at least not ideal. I've failed several belay tests over they years because of dumb shit on their checklists.
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Gmburns2000 wrote: btw - did I mention the bolts here are as follows: bolt #1: 7-15 feet off the ground bolt #2: far enough above bolt #1 to leave you just about tapping the ground if you fall (with rope stretch) bolt #3: same as bolt #2 There's one route that starts on a boulder, and the top of that boulder is about 20 feet above the ground. You have to step out over the void into a layback corner to start the route. The first bolt is about 25 feet off the ground (or about five feet from the top of the boulder, making an easy clip if one didn't have to lean out five feet just to reach it). The second bolt is about 12 feet above the first bolt. The third bolt is about 20 feet above the second bolt. The fourth bolt is even further from that. Thankfully the crux is only a few feet from the third bolt. This is sport climbing here.
Spicy! It's actually kind of strange how rare a properly bolted sport route really is. I don't know if people are over thinking it or under thinking or what but I've seen some strange bolt arrangements at just about every sport crag I've visit.
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14.5 hours on duty today. Bleh.
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notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: donald949 wrote: notapplicable wrote: donald949 wrote: sungam wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: sungam wrote: Well, my man Michel took a bunch of gnar inverting clip-blowing whips into a slab start today. Somehow all he has is a sore elbow and a kinda ouchey hip. The man is like a fucking lepricon or something, SO lucky. He hit a ledge one time and just kinda glanced off it (making him invert) and another inverting fall he took (rope behind heel) he narrowly missed the ledge while upsidedown. what the hell? Okay, I was kinda tired last night so here's the full rundown, because it was fucking HILARIOUS. So here is the crag: http://scottishclimbs.com/...h_Berwick_Law_Quarry M had only lead in the gym, and I guess that was last term. I thought he knew about z-clips and back clips and all that fun stuff. So first all 4 of us lead the (wild iris) 5+ warm-up thing, it was pretty easy, then me and M went over and did law and disorder, a 6a+. I OS'ed it and M flashed it on TR in GREAT form, since he had topped out at 6a+ last term, this was a plus (he has good technique but he was weak as all hell and over the summer he did a bunch of pull-ups on a bar and repeaters on a door frame). Then he wanted to lead a different 6a+, so he jumped on Darkness Falling, which he did very smoothly, though he got a tiny bit off route halfway up, but he noticed and got back on route. After that he decided he wanted to lead a 6b, and old lawbreaker was right there so he jumped on it. This is when I realised he wasn't totally clear on back clips, z clips, and keep your heel out from behind the rope... So he climbs up no problems till he tries to z-clip the second bolt, I explain what's going on and he face palms. He makes some awesome moves with his magical polish technique, then he was in a position you could just tell was out of balance and just barely on. He clips the draw. Then he back-clips it, and falls off. Of course since he is about level with it there was no death unclipping of deemz to be had. I told him it was back clipped, but he was way to sketched to unclip it, cuz he was kinda far above the bolt below and the route kinda went slab-bulge-slab and he was right on the lip of the next slab, so he would kinda splat onto the slab below. There was also a big ledge halfway up the buldge that he might hit. Anyways, I tell him to just clip a draw above the first one and clip that one normally. so he clips the draw, and grabs both so he can pull some slack and clip the top one. He back clips that one, too. So I shout up that he should unclip the second one and clip it right. He screws around and is having trouble unclipping the top one, and somehow BOTH draws come unclipped and he has a gallon of slack in his hands. I saw him start to unclip the second draw and I was just about to shout "don't unclip that!" when his foot popped and he took the ride. So he starts falling, there is a LOT of fucking slack out, so I start running backwards and try to yard some slack through the grigri. All this really does is cause me to elbow Joe really hard and almost fall over cuz he was standing right behind me. So I didn't get much slack in. M hit the ledge with his right foot after around 5 feet of falling, and inverted. then he fell another 15+ feet upsidedown, straight into the slab. In my head the distances are further, but I'm not sure if that is memory growth, so I'ma go with conservitive guesses. Some people from the other group at the crag started to run over to see if he was okay when he started laughing really loud. He was like "whoah, what the fuck happened? hahahaha!" we talked about it and laughed a lot, then some dumbass from the other group tried to lecture us on helmets (he was belaying his son on TR from a single bolt and doing all kidas of other stupid shit). So then I decided I wanted to try to OS a 7a+, and I fell all over it. In fact I got so flamed out I couldn't finish it. I got to the last bolt but couldn't make the sloper moves to the chains (oh for a stick clip!). So we left the rope hanging and M said he wanted to finish of the 6b he whipped on. So he jumps back on it and whips at the same place, but without the slack. A pretty casual fall. He jumps back on gets a little higher and tries to clip from there. He pulls through a little slack to clip and his foot pops. Having clearer a path behind me I take a couple steps back, not wanting him to hit the slab again (cuz I was pretty sure his lucky-o-meter was nearing empty). But he didn't fall, he kinda barn doored way out and flagged deeply to stop it (that magic natural technique). It was actually pretty cool, except his leg was way the fuck behind the rope. So he moved around a little, got his feet straight, and tried to go even higher, but he fell - right when I was going to tell him to get his foot out from behind the rope. So he flipped and was kinda half sideways as he glanced off the ledge again, hurting his elbow, and he smacked into the slab upside down again. Again he was fine except his hip hurt a little. So he did the 5+ and cleaned the draws from that. There were a few more small whips in there somewhere, but I can't really remember them. Anyways, I thought it was fracking hilarious when he fell the first time. How did his foot pop only once he had BOTh draws unclipped and a fuck ton of slack?? bwahahahah! Wow crazy day dude. Glad to hear everyone is more or less fine. But on question arises. What is Z clipping? Everyone I asks says, "I think its back clipping." You use both terms, and make them sound different. edit speilink OMG, YGD nOOb! Apparently. Hangs head in shame. turns in belay card. HA! Don't worry, you are in good company. I've temporarily lost belay privileges at my gym at least once. I'm currently on a boiuldering ban You climbed higher than your own height, didn't you.
I'm 5'2"
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Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: donald949 wrote: notapplicable wrote: donald949 wrote: sungam wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: sungam wrote: Well, my man Michel took a bunch of gnar inverting clip-blowing whips into a slab start today. Somehow all he has is a sore elbow and a kinda ouchey hip. The man is like a fucking lepricon or something, SO lucky. He hit a ledge one time and just kinda glanced off it (making him invert) and another inverting fall he took (rope behind heel) he narrowly missed the ledge while upsidedown. what the hell? Okay, I was kinda tired last night so here's the full rundown, because it was fucking HILARIOUS. So here is the crag: http://scottishclimbs.com/...h_Berwick_Law_Quarry M had only lead in the gym, and I guess that was last term. I thought he knew about z-clips and back clips and all that fun stuff. So first all 4 of us lead the (wild iris) 5+ warm-up thing, it was pretty easy, then me and M went over and did law and disorder, a 6a+. I OS'ed it and M flashed it on TR in GREAT form, since he had topped out at 6a+ last term, this was a plus (he has good technique but he was weak as all hell and over the summer he did a bunch of pull-ups on a bar and repeaters on a door frame). Then he wanted to lead a different 6a+, so he jumped on Darkness Falling, which he did very smoothly, though he got a tiny bit off route halfway up, but he noticed and got back on route. After that he decided he wanted to lead a 6b, and old lawbreaker was right there so he jumped on it. This is when I realised he wasn't totally clear on back clips, z clips, and keep your heel out from behind the rope... So he climbs up no problems till he tries to z-clip the second bolt, I explain what's going on and he face palms. He makes some awesome moves with his magical polish technique, then he was in a position you could just tell was out of balance and just barely on. He clips the draw. Then he back-clips it, and falls off. Of course since he is about level with it there was no death unclipping of deemz to be had. I told him it was back clipped, but he was way to sketched to unclip it, cuz he was kinda far above the bolt below and the route kinda went slab-bulge-slab and he was right on the lip of the next slab, so he would kinda splat onto the slab below. There was also a big ledge halfway up the buldge that he might hit. Anyways, I tell him to just clip a draw above the first one and clip that one normally. so he clips the draw, and grabs both so he can pull some slack and clip the top one. He back clips that one, too. So I shout up that he should unclip the second one and clip it right. He screws around and is having trouble unclipping the top one, and somehow BOTH draws come unclipped and he has a gallon of slack in his hands. I saw him start to unclip the second draw and I was just about to shout "don't unclip that!" when his foot popped and he took the ride. So he starts falling, there is a LOT of fucking slack out, so I start running backwards and try to yard some slack through the grigri. All this really does is cause me to elbow Joe really hard and almost fall over cuz he was standing right behind me. So I didn't get much slack in. M hit the ledge with his right foot after around 5 feet of falling, and inverted. then he fell another 15+ feet upsidedown, straight into the slab. In my head the distances are further, but I'm not sure if that is memory growth, so I'ma go with conservitive guesses. Some people from the other group at the crag started to run over to see if he was okay when he started laughing really loud. He was like "whoah, what the fuck happened? hahahaha!" we talked about it and laughed a lot, then some dumbass from the other group tried to lecture us on helmets (he was belaying his son on TR from a single bolt and doing all kidas of other stupid shit). So then I decided I wanted to try to OS a 7a+, and I fell all over it. In fact I got so flamed out I couldn't finish it. I got to the last bolt but couldn't make the sloper moves to the chains (oh for a stick clip!). So we left the rope hanging and M said he wanted to finish of the 6b he whipped on. So he jumps back on it and whips at the same place, but without the slack. A pretty casual fall. He jumps back on gets a little higher and tries to clip from there. He pulls through a little slack to clip and his foot pops. Having clearer a path behind me I take a couple steps back, not wanting him to hit the slab again (cuz I was pretty sure his lucky-o-meter was nearing empty). But he didn't fall, he kinda barn doored way out and flagged deeply to stop it (that magic natural technique). It was actually pretty cool, except his leg was way the fuck behind the rope. So he moved around a little, got his feet straight, and tried to go even higher, but he fell - right when I was going to tell him to get his foot out from behind the rope. So he flipped and was kinda half sideways as he glanced off the ledge again, hurting his elbow, and he smacked into the slab upside down again. Again he was fine except his hip hurt a little. So he did the 5+ and cleaned the draws from that. There were a few more small whips in there somewhere, but I can't really remember them. Anyways, I thought it was fracking hilarious when he fell the first time. How did his foot pop only once he had BOTh draws unclipped and a fuck ton of slack?? bwahahahah! Wow crazy day dude. Glad to hear everyone is more or less fine. But on question arises. What is Z clipping? Everyone I asks says, "I think its back clipping." You use both terms, and make them sound different. edit speilink OMG, YGD nOOb! Apparently. Hangs head in shame. turns in belay card. HA! Don't worry, you are in good company. I've temporarily lost belay privileges at my gym at least once. I'm currently on a boiuldering ban You climbed higher than your own height, didn't you. I'm 5'2"
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donald949 wrote: donald949 wrote: Kartessa wrote: Greg, if you fly to Morocco and cross to Spain by sea, you'll have to get your entry visa before boarding the boat. Don't forget he has to stop at the Canaries on the way from Moroco. The other option is to fly to Scottland, drive from there via the Chunnel.
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notapplicable wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: btw - did I mention the bolts here are as follows: bolt #1: 7-15 feet off the ground bolt #2: far enough above bolt #1 to leave you just about tapping the ground if you fall (with rope stretch) bolt #3: same as bolt #2 There's one route that starts on a boulder, and the top of that boulder is about 20 feet above the ground. You have to step out over the void into a layback corner to start the route. The first bolt is about 25 feet off the ground (or about five feet from the top of the boulder, making an easy clip if one didn't have to lean out five feet just to reach it). The second bolt is about 12 feet above the first bolt. The third bolt is about 20 feet above the second bolt. The fourth bolt is even further from that. Thankfully the crux is only a few feet from the third bolt. This is sport climbing here. Spicy! It's actually kind of strange how rare a properly bolted sport route really is. I don't know if people are over thinking it or under thinking or what but I've seen some strange bolt arrangements at just about every sport crag I've visit.
I think the reason here is that bolts are expensive. Brasilians are certainly wealthier than Chileans, but the climbing companies outrageously take advantage of the fact. Brasilians make less than Americans and spend more than double, it seems, on climbing gear. Whereas in Chile, the bolts are often donated, and Chileans don't make that much less than Brasilians (less, yes, but so much less that bolts are donated vs. double the US price? no way).
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Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: I'm currently on a boiuldering ban You climbed higher than your own height, didn't you. I'm 5'2"
Nelson says:
you can't top out!
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sungam wrote: donald949 wrote: donald949 wrote: Kartessa wrote: Greg, if you fly to Morocco and cross to Spain by sea, you'll have to get your entry visa before boarding the boat. Don't forget he has to stop at the Canaries on the way from Moroco. The other option is to fly to Scottland, drive from there via the Chunnel. Yesh, Greg! Come to Scottland!
It's in the plan. Now we just have to figure out how much cash we're (she is) going to get for the time abroad.
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sungam wrote: I came very close to climbing a 7b in the gym last night... gud thymes! Slopey as foook with some wild shapes. This whole losing weight + getting stronger thing is working out pretty damn well.
I did a 6x8 in the gym last night. I felt like dieing after the last set. v2+, v2, v3, v3, v4, v2, v3, v2. 6 sets of that are really miserable. Bring on the fitness.
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johnwesely
Sep 28, 2011, 1:49 PM
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sungam wrote: Well, my man Michel took a bunch of gnar inverting clip-blowing whips into a slab start today. Somehow all he has is a sore elbow and a kinda ouchey hip. The man is like a fucking lepricon or something, SO lucky. He hit a ledge one time and just kinda glanced off it (making him invert) and another inverting fall he took (rope behind heel) he narrowly missed the ledge while upsidedown.
Some people are just like that. They take nasty fall after nasty fall and it is just a normal day for them.
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johnwesely
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Gmburns2000 wrote: I fucking hate colds. coughcoughsniff. wtf?!?! 
I hate em too. 3rd graders gave me one that lasted an entire month. In august. 
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johnwesely
Sep 28, 2011, 1:55 PM
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sungam wrote: erisspirit wrote: Also went to temecula and drank wine Chilling out after a long day is gud.
Chilling out is for the weak. At the end of the day, I do 2 hours of calisthenics followed by one hour of stretching.
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johnwesely
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notapplicable wrote: Listening to The Brothers Karamazov on audiobook at work and I'm loving it. Never new Dostoevsky could write with such humor. Irony, yes, but no genuine levity. I find myself laughing quite a bit.
I cannot remember if I started reading that book and stopped, or if I thought about reading that book and read War and Peace instead. This may bother me all day.
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johnwesely
Sep 28, 2011, 1:56 PM
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Kartessa wrote: To go to Yosemite this weekend
Go to Squamish and climb with my friend Sonny.
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johnwesely
Sep 28, 2011, 2:00 PM
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donald949 wrote: Never been a member at a gym. But a couple of guys noobs at work started climbing at the gym. I've been out with them a couple times this spring. So we are planning to start climbing in the gym on a regular basis. I guess now I'll have to get belay certified.
You will become stronger than you ever imagined! Your shirt will literally melt off your rippling pectorals and washboard abs!
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Gmburns2000
Sep 28, 2011, 2:02 PM
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johnwesely wrote: donald949 wrote: Never been a member at a gym. But a couple of guys noobs at work started climbing at the gym. I've been out with them a couple times this spring. So we are planning to start climbing in the gym on a regular basis. I guess now I'll have to get belay certified. You will become stronger than you ever imagined! Your shirt will literally melt off your rippling pectorals and washboard abs!
yah, I need money so that I can hit the gym and train more. honestly, i'm fatter than hell right now.
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