Sweet! That's cool. what's the grade?

I see what you did there.

suppose I ought to write up my weekend's climbing.

been a while since I've actually written a TR. tough to get back into that.

Jeremiah has two in the works, though.

but in the meantime, back to playing translator alligator. it's surprising how well one remembers words.

I think I'll do the thing that Double D wanted me to do real quick.

What in the world is that?!?!?!?!?

learning spanish tool

I think I'll do the thing that Double D wanted me to do real quick.

I see what you did there.

Cool thanks.

No problem. The one magnus wants me to do is going to take a long time.

I'll log on tonight to take a look at it.
Dang work filters block the photobucket.

Just had a bowl of chicken noodle soup! It was good!

Just had a slice of lemon pound cake. It was also good.

that stinks. Phototbucket is a very useful tool. Use a proxy?

Just had a slice of lemon pound cake. It was also good.

Ha ha, no way. Purposely subverting the firewall will get you canned like a tuna so fast it would make your head spin.

Just had an Ice Cream Bar. It also was good.

Yummm. This sudden talk of food is making me think it is time to eat some more!

And then go do some endurance training.

Alright there you go.

Hopefully the weather is halfway decent.

Here's hopin'.
Planning on heading back to Back Bowden. We'll see how starving myself to cut weight has worked.

Good morning everyone!

Think I might go climbing at Smith Rocks for a day this weekend.

Good Morning

OK very nice.

OK very nice.

Indeed it is. I don't think the weather is supposed to be that great there this weekend though.

If the Good Lord smiles on me once more I'll be off to Sespe Gorge and Pine Mountain over the weekend of Oct 10/11.

My marine buddy Time from church is jonsing to go. Didn't take even a sec to say yes to a weekend of climbing. He was so excited, he invited Hector, our mutual freind from church. And Hector is jonsing to go. So it kind of all worked out, as I had to tell my wife that I kind of have to go now, the guys are really excited. I like Hector, he's a real good guy, but he's never done multi pitch. I've also never shown him how to rap. We'll see how he does. But this way Tim will have to drag the second rope behind him to bring up Hector.

Anyrate, I'm excited to head out.

Sweet. Sounds like a good time. It's always fun when you get out with folks you haven't climbed with for a bit.

Yes, and we're camping w/o the families to boot. I think I'll make it Tim's job to bring the beer.

A pic from RC.knob showing Sespe Gorge, sometimes called the Black Wall

that you on the 5.5?

Could be.
Hopefully will be on the 10th, as our first climb.

I did tree root 5.5 about 18 years ago. Looking foward to doing it again. I believe it was my first multi pitch. With a 50M rope it was 3 pitches. Last pitch being short.

Two years ago I did Ending Crack, 5.7. A great finger to hands crack, but with foot holds on the face.

Anyrate, none of the pitches are short enough to rap with one rope, so I'll break out my lightly used but old Mammot 11 for the tag line and bringing up the 3rd.

If the Good Lord smiles on me once more I'll be off to Sespe Gorge and Pine Mountain over the weekend of Oct 10/11.

My marine buddy Tim from church is jonsing to go. Didn't take even a sec to say yes to a weekend of climbing. He was so excited, he invited Hector, our mutual freind from church. And Hector is jonsing to go. So it kind of all worked out, as I had to tell my wife that I kind of have to go now, the guys are really excited. I like Hector, he's a real good guy, but he's never done multi pitch. I've also never shown him how to rap. We'll see how he does. But this way Tim will have to drag the second rope behind him to bring up Hector.

Anyrate, I'm excited to head out.

Edit since I couldn't spell Tim's name right

A pic from RC.knob showing Sespe Gorge, sometimes called the Black Wall

I did tree root 5.5 about 18 years ago. Looking foward to doing it again. I believe it was my first multi pitch. With a 50M rope it was 3 pitches. Last pitch being short.

Two years ago I did Ending Crack, 5.7. A great finger to hands crack, but with foot holds on the face.

Anyrate, none of the pitches are short enough to rap with one rope, so I'll break out my lightly used but old Mammot 11 for the tag line and bringing up the 3rd.

Hopefully he's cool with mutipitch. It can be frustrating to get all geared up for a day of climbing but not be able to go beyond the first pitch because of a member of your party.

It's happened to me in the past and it sucked staring up at all that unclimbable rock the whole day.

Just a hazard of introducing new people to the sport though.

11mm??

Good lord man, how old is that thing? I just checked their site and they don't even sell them anymore.

Oh, that shouldn't be too bad. Looks like mostly two pitches with bolted anchors. I'm sure he can handle that.

Yea, I've thought about it though. It is easy to lower off the first pitch. We can even lower him from the second pitch to the first anchor. Heck the face is unbroken, such that if we had a 300 foot rope we could lower him from the top of the second pitch to the ground easy. The problem will be if he freaks on the second pitch, then if we lower him, he will have to tie into the anchor on the top of the 1st pitch by himself. So perhaps I'll have him second instead of third.
I'll have to think about it all.

Around 15 years old, so its only 50M. I got it on sale at REI before I really needed a new rope. Its a dry treated rope and was only lightly used. But at the time I decided a 2nd rope was a good idea. So its in really good shape. However, since its so old I don't lead on it. Since I don't lead on it I don't climb on it, as most of the climbing is lead to an anchor and TR off that.
Plus, my brother bought another Mammut dry 50 shortly thereafter. So I really have two hardly used 15 yo 11mm 50M ropes.
My origonal rope is a Chounard non dry, way fuzy and well used 50. But I cut into two for mountainiering. Although it only saw a couple of uses at that. I'd get a new rope if I needed a mountain rope now.
Anyrate, I'd love to have another 60M Axis, except in blue to contrast with my red one.

Yea, thats my thoughts.

Yeah you definitely want the least experienced person in the middle. Especially when it comes to rappeling, it always makes me nervous to either send an inexperienced person down first, or to leave them alone at the anchor. If a third person is available, I much prefer to have someone by their side the whole time for their first series of multipitch raps.

I've never even used an 11mm before but I've got a mental image of trying to stuff a well used one in to my atc being like trying to rapp off a garden hose.

My first rope was a 10.2 but it's been 9.8's since then. Not too skinny, not too fat, but just right. IMO of course.

From the look of that cliff, it should actually be pretty much the idea place to learn the in's and out's of multipitch. Have fun.

Around 15 years old, so its only 50M. I got it on sale at REI before I really needed a new rope. Its a dry treated rope and was only lightly used. But at the time I decided a 2nd rope was a good idea. So its in really good shape. However, since its so old I don't lead on it. Since I don't lead on it I don't climb on it, as most of the climbing is lead to an anchor and TR off that.
Plus, my brother bought another Mammut dry 50 shortly thereafter. So I really have two hardly used 15 yo 11mm 50M ropes.
My origonal rope is a Chounard non dry, way fuzy and well used 50. But I cut into two for mountainiering. Although it only saw a couple of uses at that. I'd get a new rope if I needed a mountain rope now.
Anyrate, I'd love to have another 60M Axis, except in blue to contrast with my red one.

15yo????
AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *runz away*

Maybe not TR solo though. teeth = bad

15yo????
AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *runz away*

I'd TR it in a heartbeat.

Thats it.
Tthey are in good shape, not beat up at all, hardly climbed on heavy 11mm.

I wudn't leadz t3h leed on it, tho.

I wouldn't worry about that rope at all. I'd worry about belaying it though. I don't think I've ever even belayed an 11mm outside of some gym ropes, and perhaps 10.5s that've fuzzed out to 11mm.

How about a really fuzzy 11?

that'd be a nurple to the durple double dawg

Yea, I don't lead on it.

I wouldn't worry about that rope at all. I'd worry about belaying it though. I don't think I've ever even belayed an 11mm outside of some gym ropes, and perhaps 10.5s that've fuzzed out to 11mm.

Wakester has an iPhone now.

cool. ya digging it?

How about a really fuzzy 11?

hip belay ftw.

I really wanted to get one for a short while, until I realised how quickly I'd lose it.

cool. ya digging it?

I really wanted to get one for a short while, until I realised how quickly I'd lose it.

I'm in the same boat but instead of losing it, It'll be destroyed at work within a few weeks.

I've only ever found one phone that can last longer than 8 months in my possession.

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I really wanted to get one for a short while, until I realised how quickly I'd lose it.

I was all geared up to go climbing this weekend but then I started to feel like I might be getting sick and I was supposed to crash with a friend who has two kids so called it off.

Turns out I wasn't getting sick at all. Now I'm bored with nothing to do all weekend. Fuckin hell.

I actually did go climbing yesterday but it's just the local spot so it doesn't really count. Might have to go back for a second helping tomorrow despite that fact. Whos counting anyway, right?

or not pay for it

I almost got to go sport climbing today, but got bailed on. I was all stoked too. Now I'm chillaxing at Leigha's softbqll tournament.

my dad had that phone before we got new ones. They are crazy strong and water resistant.

Need to get back out to Smith Rocks and climb because the style of climbing is really hard there for me.

I like the looks of your local spot. looks fun. It's the one with the huge stone blocks, right?

I almost got to go sport climbing today, but got bailed on. I was all stoked too. Now I'm chillaxing at Leigha's softbqll tournament.

I've seen 1 or 2 female softball games over they years. They go all out with that shit.

Much better than watching those pansies in the MLB on TV.

Whats the typical style of route there? Vertical face climbing?

I split a tip today. shit.

I split a tip today. shit.

That does suck though. Take care of it now or it'll be months in the healing.

Lesson ^^ I learned the hard way as a bricklayer back before I even started climbing.

there is every kind of route there. The climbing just requires you to find the right places to put your feet instead of climbing straight on. It's hard because most of the footholds on more moderate and harder routes are really small.

That does suck though. Take care of it now or it'll be months in the healing.

Yeah, I've got some ClimbOn! bar coming in the mail tomorrow/today so that should help.
It was really annoying, though. I split my middle tip and flapped the inside of my ring finger knuckle both in one slap.

Should of got the cream, then put in a bandaid and leave on over night full of cream. Best way Ive found for using Climb on!

When I ordered the stuff I didn't know I was going to give myself a front and back split and a flapper of a jug sloper. Still confused how it happened, too.

Less grip .... more rhythm....