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xkellyx
Jun 16, 2006, 4:26 AM
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Name: Kelly
Age: 28
Location: Denver, CO
indoor, outdoor or both: Indoor mostly, since I don't have a car. Hoping for more outdoor though.
Trad: not yet
Sport: yes
Aid: not yet
fav. food: popsicles
level (lead climbed): uhhhh... haven't done much yet...
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): basic
fav. website: uhhhh...
weird fact about yourself: I'm here because my friend and I want to find climbing partners, but she's afraid to go "on the online" so she never did anything after signing up for this website months ago.
random comment: Me? Random?
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geobum
Jun 16, 2006, 6:07 AM
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paul
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indoor and outdoor bouldering
just bought a harness to start getting on the wall
i've bouldered V3 indoors and outdoors
i study geology and love to just get outdoors and move on rock, regardless of grade. my favorite climbing partner is my wonderful girlfriend (literaturebum).
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jim23
Jun 16, 2006, 5:08 PM
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Name: Jim
Age: 33
Location: Cambridge, MA
indoor & outdoor- rock, ice, snow...
I prefer multi-pitch trad climbing and bouldering outside, but I am up for the gym anytime when the weather is good, or before or after work, just to socialize. :D
fav. food: pizza, Indian, ice cream :lol:
level (lead climbed): depends on my physical condition- formerly 5.11- trad, but it's been several years since I climbed at that level...
gear: everything lol- but not the latest stuff (10-15 years old)
fav. website: I am addicted to video games (hence the deterioration of my climbing skills ><), so many sites related to the games I play =P
weird fact about yourself: I used to mow lawns for a living, now I'm a budding neurobiologist...
I think the thing I miss most about climbing is being high in the mountains for several days at a time- I'm hoping to make some new climbing friends out here in the East and maybe go on some fun expeditions anywhere!
I lived in Colorado for 10 years and used to do all sorts of great trips in the mountains of the west, and in Latin America before I went back to school- those were the days!
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warlordblade
Jun 16, 2006, 5:45 PM
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Name: Aaron
Age: 27
Location: Suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah
indoor, outdoor or both: both
do_(yes/no): Definitely! :P
Trad: not yet
Sport: not yet
Aid: probably not
fav. food: Steak
level (lead climbed): I've been indoor a few times but I have no idea what level!
gear: Shoes and a harness right now... working on it!
fav. website: This one right now... I've got too much to learn!
weird fact about yourself: I really CAN lick my own elbow...
random comment: "Sometimes, when you are a man...you like to wear stretchy pants...in your room...it's just for fun." - Nacho Libre (FUNNY MOVIE)
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ryannremtp
Jun 16, 2006, 7:51 PM
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Hi, I'm Ryan and I'm 30 years old.
I climb 5.8s-5.10s in gyms.
I climb 5.5s-??? outdoors.
I live just outside of Waco (Wacko) Texas and I enjoy bouldering, sport climbing, toprope and gym climbing. I do want to learn lead climbing in the future.
Odd fact: I'm a paramedic here in Waco. I also enjoy rope rescue.
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starkmann
Jun 19, 2006, 12:59 AM
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NAME: Mike
AGE: 26
GENDER: Male
STATUS: Married and gladly
LOCATION: Baltimore
TYPE: Indoor bouldering so far but I'm new and patient. I wouldn't mind doing some outdoor stuff eventually.
I don't know what TRAD or AID climbing are, I think I'm SPORT
FAV. FOOD: My mom's lasaugne (sp?). I make some great breakfast burritos too.
GEAR: nothing, considering shoes
FAV WEBSITE: Gripboard.com
WEIRD FACT: umm, I'm watching voyage to the bottom of the sea as I type this.
RANDOM COMMENT: I'm new. I'm trying to take up some climbing for a new kind of workout. I've been working on my gripstrength for a while with limited success.
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c4c
Jun 19, 2006, 1:34 AM
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Name: Todd Paris
Location: Adirondacks
indoor, outdoor or both: both-mostly outdoor
Trad: yes
Sport: yes
Ice:yes
Alpine:yes
Aid: some
fav. food: free
level (lead climbed):
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): rack (rock/ice) and rope
fav. website: http://www.climbingforchrist.com
weird fact about yourself: I am going to live forever.
random comment: the Truth will set you free
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easports
Jun 19, 2006, 1:47 AM
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Name: Eric
Location: Anchorage, Ak
indoor, outdoor or both: mostly indoor till now, trying to get more "into" outdoor climbing
Trad: just learned, Indian Creek!
Sport: yes
Ice: someday!
Aid: none yet...
fav. food: the filling kind
level (lead climbed): 5.11 gym, 5.10a sport, 5.9 crack
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): basics, rope, a few cams, misc.
fav. website: is this a test question? Rockclimbing.com of course! *phew*
weird fact about yourself: Once I ate 10 McDonalds double cheeseburgers in one sitting, and then proceeded to puke EVERYWHERE.
random comment: "But I'm no supergenious. Or are I?"
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pierredestcroix
Jun 19, 2006, 1:51 AM
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Name: Pierre
Age: 27
M/F: Male
Location: Dublin, CA
indoor, outdoor or both: both
do_______ (yes/no):
Trad: yes, 22 years and counting
Sport: yes, a few times
Aid: some, mostly A0
fav. food: mexican
level (lead climbed): lead 5.10 TRAD
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): full rack, many ropes
fav. website: www.google.com
weird fact about yourself: i like to smell things i shouldn't
random comment: "looking for partners, indoor/outdoor, pm me"
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thelockdude
Jul 4, 2006, 10:42 AM
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Name: Dan
Age: 38
Location: Long Island, NY
My first climb was when I was 18. That was a multi-pitch trad climb with a guide and 3 friends. After that, I did mostly bouldering sporadically until about 5 years ago. Then started top-roping and buying more gear. I'm still acquiring a rack. Have everything else. Have extras of some things.
I've climbed indoors, but not in a while. I really don't care for it too much. I try to get to the gunks 6-8 times a year. Hoping to do more this year. I'm climbing about 5.7. I just started leading (two 5.2's). I think I'll be sticking to trad, not sport or aid.
fav. food: Gnocchi or Indian (baingan burta)
weird fact about yourself: I'm pretty OCD. Or methodical. Or anal-retentive. Depends on who's applying the label to me. (And yes, it has a hyphen.)
random comment: Already have a small group I always climb with, but I'd like to make more friends to climb with or just chat with online.
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alpie
Jul 4, 2006, 2:49 PM
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Name: Jordan
Age: 23
Sex: M
Location: Sherbrooke Quebec Canada!!!!
Indoor/Outdoor:
Trad: WHERE IT'S AT
Sport: When I am limited for time and can't Trad all day
Aid: Once
ICE: = GOOD
Fav food: Beer. + Moss on Melbatoast. JK
Level: 5.9 Trad, 5.11 sport with lots of cursing, W3
Gear: Full Rack and Doubles, Basic, 2 Ropes, And Ice Gear
Fav. Web site: RC
Wierd Fact: ????
Random Comment: YOUR MOM THINKS I'M SEXY, SHOULD I SEND FLOWERS, OR LINGERIE?
OK IS ANYONE STILL READING THIS???? Shout out to any CANADIANS.
What is the purpose of this, are people suppost to choose amongst this list people to chat with???? PICK ME, PICK ME......Ahhh sadmemories of being picked last for other sports......
Hello, Anyone there?
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ktboundary
Jul 5, 2006, 3:32 AM
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Name: Kyle
Age: 23
Location: Spearfish, SD... or ND, MT, WY... really wherever there is oil to be drilled
indoor, outdoor or both
do_______ (yes/no): all?
Trad: soon
Sport: soon
Aid: soon
Bouldering: So far, this is all I have done. Working on it, you know.
fav. food: steak, mexican, anything made when drunk
level (lead climbed): none
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): basic
fav. website: ESPN.com
weird fact about yourself: I am a geologist drilling for oil.
random comment: If I find the oil, I can use as much of it as I want, right?
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hiyapokey
Jul 7, 2006, 2:36 AM
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Name: Chad
Age: 34
Location: Mesa Arizona
indoor, outdoor or both
do_______ (yes/no): Indoor so far, will probably stay inside for a while
Trad: Alpine, Spelunking or trad climbs like Devil's tower interest me
Sport:
Aid:
fav. food: gyros
level (lead climbed): Haven't done it yet
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): Harness, shoes and carabiner
fav. website: Google
weird fact about yourself: I tie my own flies for fishing.
random comment: The potassium in bananas can help to ameliorate cramps.
Really just looking to learn something and get strong. It'd be nice if I could loose some weight from it, but it looks to me like my body is just adapting to being able to pull my weight around rather than shedding it.
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jocaamm
Jul 7, 2006, 6:16 AM
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Name: Greg
Age: 20
Location: Johnstown, PA
indoor, outdoor or both going to be mostly outdoor, closest gym is 2 hours away
Trad: eventually, need to find someone to teach me.
Sport: see above
Aid: see above
fav. food: anything that will fill me up
level (lead climbed): don't know. haven't lead anything
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): minimal (Rope, ATC, Harness, webbing, and some biners)
fav. website: depends on the day
random comment: i have the acrylic, now all i need is a whole in my side
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shaunfink
Jul 7, 2006, 8:09 PM
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Name: Shaun Fink
Age: 23
Location: Pretoria, South Africa, yeah baby!!!
Definately Outdoor
Trad: yes
Sport: yes
Aid: as little as possible
fav. food: Lamb
level (lead climbed): 5.8
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): Most of the time it's rentals. I'm fairly new at this so I still need to get some gear!
fav. website: www.mio.co.za
weird fact about yourself: Traveller
random comment: One's never alone with a rubber duck...!
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jager
Jul 7, 2006, 8:46 PM
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Name: Coffey
Age: 26
Location: Raleigh, NC
Outdoor/Indoor:
Prefer outdoor of course. But do both. Living 2 hrs away from the closest crag sees me climbing outdoors about every weekend and indoors atleast once a week to work on technique and strength.
Trad: Just starting (two leads so far)
Sport: not yet, going to start since our posse seems to be growing
Aid: not yet, would like to start to help with quickly spotting and setting pro.
fav. food: pretty much any kind of chinese food
level (lead climbed): 5.7-trad
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): rope, some stoppers and tricams, working on the rest.
fav. website: speedzilla.com
weird fact about yourself: like riding motorcycles fast around tracks when I'm not climbing
random comment: 'avoid the clap, jimmy dogen'
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blankslate
Jul 7, 2006, 9:33 PM
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hey ya'll
age: black label
gender: is a construct...
location: el bronx
trad: yes
sport: yes
aid: someday
alpine: a little bit in ecuador. i'm planning on a trip back to the andes (peru, or ecuador) and looking for travelling pardners.
fav. food: steamed crab
level: 5.9trad, 5.10sport
gear: rope, trad rack and bouldering pad
fav. website: washingtonpost.com (i know, i'm a bore)
weird fact about yourself:
random comment: i learned many skillz from friends and from awesome guide/instructors up in squamish, bc. i daydream about living in BC or Colorado. i think i may have jumped on lead too early, but i'm getting safer with time. this is the most eye-opening thread on beginning leads that i've read at rc.com:
http://www.rockclimbing.com/topic/89245
note to self: practice downclimbing more...
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jacobg
Jul 10, 2006, 2:46 AM
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Name: jacob griffin
Age: just old enough to get a drivers license
Location: next to joshua tree
indoor, outdoor or both
do_______ (yes/no): yes
Trad: yes
Sport:yes
Aid:no
fav. food: anything that i make myself
level: used to trad lead 5.10
gear: shoes and chalk bag cause i sold the rest
fav. website: www.motocross.com www.google.com
weird fact about yourself: i love cooking fish, but i cant stand eating it
random comment: "ill tell you whaat" its an inside joke
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moditup
Jul 10, 2006, 4:05 AM
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Name: Tom Abeles
Age: 21
Location: Davis, California
Indoor, but I want to get out
Trad: not yet
Sport: not yet
Aid: not yet
fav. food: Burritos from Guad (Davisites know what I'm talking about)
level (lead climbed): :( I'm a gym rat, but I can top rope a 10a on good days.
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): harness, atc, chalk bag, crash pad
fav. website: www.moditup.livejournal.com
weird fact about yourself: Restoring a 1977 Moped
random comment: There is no spoon
Anyone here in Yolo County? I'm looking for someone to teach me trad and take me sport climbing. None of my Davis friends are into getting outside, they are happy at the gym. Not good enough for me.
I'm also going to Yosemite July 14-16th for bouldering/Half Dome hike. Let me know if anyone from here is going and let's put our pads together or something.
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justthemaid
Jul 10, 2006, 4:43 AM
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Crap.
The last thing I remember is a midget and a nearly empty bottle of tequila.
Where the hell am I??
Is this some kind of AA meeting??
Could someone just point me at Community so I can get the hell out of here?.
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pyrosis
Jul 10, 2006, 4:51 AM
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Name: Tavis
Age: 27
Gender: M
Location: I'm from Cali, now live in Flagstaff, AZ
indoor, outdoor or both: Outdoor
Alpine: oh yes
Trad: Heck yeah
Sport: Yep
Boulder: Mmm hmm
Aid: Only on big walls above my free climbing ability
fav. food: Thai
level (lead climbed): trad 10c, sport 11d, boulder v6, big wall grade VI
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): everything
fav. website: www.homestarrunnner.com
weird fact about yourself: I can bend my fingers REALLY far back. My thumbs can touch my forearms when I bend them BACKWARDS.
random comment: "I believe that with the advent of acid, we discovered a new way to think. It had to do with piecing together new thoughts in your mind. Why is it that people think its to evil? What is it about it that scares people so deeply? Even the government fears it, and its because theyre afraid that theres more to reality than they have confronted. That there are doors that they're afraid to go in and they dont want us to go in there either because if we go in we might learn something that they don't know... And that makes us a little out of their control." -Ken Kesey
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dirtineye
Jul 10, 2006, 11:32 AM
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In reply to: Crap. The last thing I remember is a midget and a nearly empty bottle of tequila. Where the hell am I?? Is this some kind of AA meeting?? Could someone just point me at Community so I can get the hell out of here?.
Sorry, I'd make some witty comment but I don;t think I am supposed to post in here.
You get bonus points if the midget had a relative who performed in The Wizard of Oz though.
Gotta love those flying monkeys.
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jgoolia41
Jul 13, 2006, 11:02 PM
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Name: jgoolia41
Location: Columbus, OH
indoor & outdoor
Trad: want to learn
TR: mostly gym, some outdoor
fav. food: Screw ham sandwiches, Cliff bars are the way to go! :D
level (lead climbed): so far only TR and bouldering
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): basic, but am in the market for ropes
fav. website: backcountry.com, moosejaw.com, RC.com, uutah.com -> love slot canyons
random comment: 1st person in family to rock climb
fav. quote: "Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast...a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it is still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, encounter the grizz, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, that lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much: I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk bound people with their hearts in a safe deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this: you will outlive the bastards." - Ed Abbey
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frito
Jul 16, 2006, 10:23 PM
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Name: Matt
Age: 19
Location: Near Boulder, CO in the summer. In Stockton, CA in the fall/winter/spring.
In the end, I just like climbing. I suppose I prefer outdoors (it's free! and it's outdoors!) but both are good.
Trad: I have had some experience with trad with some of my friends. This is probably my favorite type of climbing that I've done so far and the one I am most interested in learning more about.
Sport: If you consider TRing sport climbing, then I've done a fair bit. I still enjoy it and would be interested in getting into sport leading.
Aid: I haven't done it yet but would love to try it.
Fav. Food: Either Italian, Mexican, or In'N'Out.
Level: I have never truly led, so I suppose I don't have a max-lead level. I TR around 5.8 or 5.9, so I guess I would feel comfortable leading around 5.6 sport. I don't think I have enough experience placing pro to lead any trad unless there was a perfect 1.5 cam crack rated at 5.6. Learning how to place pro is my primary goal in climbing right now.
Gear: I am a poor college student slowly trying to acquire gear. Right now all I own is a harness and am borrowing from a friend all the biners, slings, rope, and webbing to set up TRs. I borrow shoes too; I probably should get my own (I have different size feet, so I'm looking for a shoe buddy. I need someone in the 10.5-11.5 range whose right foot is slightly larger than their left; PM ME!).
Fav. Website: Without a doubt, my favorite website is Wikipedia.
Weird Fact: I first skied before I could walk. My dad held me up between his legs on the bunny-hill.
I read a lot about climbing, both in books and on this website, and I think I've read enough now where it's time to put it all into practice. I guess I am looking for partners in the Boulder area to lead up trad routes and maybe teach me something about pro placement. I get off work every weekday at 1:30, so that leaves plenty of time to climb in the afternoon. Weekends are also good! PM me if you want to go climbing!
I've been "lurking" on the forums for some time now and this is a great website; I look forward to becoming an active part in the community!
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flyrodderdh
Jul 17, 2006, 6:17 PM
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Name: David
Age: 21
M/F: Male
Location: Buckley Air Force Base Aurora, CO
Trad: would like to learn
Sport: yep
Aid: uh never
Fav Food: My girlfriends Mannicotti
Level: Sport 5.8-5.9 TR ive done a couple of 5.11 but mostly 5.10
Gear: ha very little so lets see bout 80' of webb (TR'ing), harness, a few biners, a doz. QD', rope so basicly just a bare min
Wierd Fact: I ate a red robin 1 time when i was a little kid. a few friends and i killed and cooked it
Random Comment: dont pee on the electric fence
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