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restwhenyoudie
Oct 4, 2005, 2:27 AM
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Name: Chris
Age: 19
Location: Ames, IA
Both
do_______ (yes/no):
Trad: not yet but want to try, soon
Sport: yeah
Aid: no
fav. food: Mexican, or Italian
level (lead climbed): 5.9
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): rope, basic
fav. website: summitpost.org
weird fact about yourself: i was in a band, quit to climb
random comment: I someday wish to rent a storage shed and fill it with all my dreams and aspirations.
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stabla
Oct 4, 2005, 2:33 AM
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Name:Blake
Age:20
Location:St. Paul MN
Trad:yes sir
sport:bolts aren't all that bad
Gear:FULL trad rack, aliens, tri-cams, micronuts, powercams, nuts & hexes, full ice climbing rack, lookin to start building an aid rack when i build up to it
Trad:onsight 5.9
Sport:onsight 5.11C
Fave Food:seafood and pasta
Fave Beer:miller light
Fave site: i really enjoy this one
Fave Band:hmmm the decemberists right now
Fave quote:eat, drink, and be merry
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lewis1350
Oct 12, 2005, 2:21 AM
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Name: Brian
Age: Under 18
M/F: M
Location: NW Indiana
indoor, outdoor or both: both, i guess
do_______ (yes/no):
Trad: plan to
Sport: nope
Aid: nope
Top-Rope: Yup
fav. food: Pizza, hot dogs :) im so healthy
level (lead climbed): none yet...but ive top roped 5.9 highest
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): just harness and stuff,,,my brother has the other stuff planning on buying more by next summer
fav. website: nowhere yet...probably here soon
weird fact about yourself: um...
random comment: WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!
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fender13
Oct 13, 2005, 11:52 PM
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Name: Rob G
Location: Cole Harbour NS
Indoor and outdoor
Trad: No
Sport: A little
Aid: No
fav. food: Cold pizza
level (lead climbed): 5.8
gear Just shoes and a chalkbag :wink:
fav. website: www...i-am-bored.com
weird fact about yourself: I've eaned 5 dollars in bet by eating things in the past 2 months
random comment: Cheese
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rujoking
Oct 14, 2005, 11:26 PM
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Name: Chris
Age: 23
M/F: M
Location: Virginia
I've only been climbing a few times, and so far indoors was better for me. But I'm more disappointed in my performance on "real rock," so I definitely want to go out and get it down pat.
Trad: There weren't any bolts on the routes I toproped. ;)
Sport: If a climbing gym with bolts on top can be considered "sport climbing..."
Aid: Not yet, except for some caving about 10 years ago.
fav. food: Spaghetti
level (lead climbed): Ask me in about 3 years, and /then/ we'll talk about lead climbing.
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): A BD harness, and maybe some shoes here in a bit.
fav. website: Somethingawful.com, Crank.net and (of course) RC.com
weird fact about yourself: I once climbed a 50-foot tree using prusik knots; this was when I was around 12, so naturally everyone was freaked out.
random comment: Pi is yummy, but people tell me that my love for it is irrational.
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swirve
Oct 20, 2005, 4:38 AM
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Brendan
Age: almost 19 haha
State: NH
school: UNH
Town: Durham
mm just got started, but already i have a feeling, this sport is gonna change my life. definatly happy to be a part of the community
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girlyoutalkto
Oct 20, 2005, 8:03 PM
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Name: Kayleigh
Age: is just a number :-P
M/F: F
Location: Boston
I've only done indoors so far, and the best I've been able to do is a 5.8 on toprope and a v1 bouldering... I try and concentrate more on just getting better, though, and not the numbers. I've been at it for about a month and a half.
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snowleopard
Oct 29, 2005, 2:13 PM
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Name: Dan
Age: 32
M/F: M
Location: Northern Virginia
I just started climbing. TR'd in the New River Gorge and Great Falls, VA. My climbing partner is an old hand who wants to get back into the game but is having some health probs so I am climbing in fits and starts. Some gym work, which struck me as only a means to an end and a training tool. I'm stoked to learn the skillz to lead trad.
Trad: How I want to roll.
Sport: Once.
Aid: Not as of yet.
fav. food: Sushi
level (lead climbed): Some day I'll lead.
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): I'm a gear fanatic with all the other activities I do. So obviously, I'm a noob w/ tons of gear (decent rack, dynamic and static ropes, shoes, harness, etc...
fav. website: Hmmm, there seem to be new ones everyday that offer something.
weird fact about yourself: Dude, you have no idea.
random comment: Pen and Sword in Accord.
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trirmk
Oct 31, 2005, 11:02 PM
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Name: Ryan
Age: 25
Location: Scranton, PA
indoor, outdoor or both
do_______ (yes/no): only indoor right now about 3-4 days per week. i do some bouldering outdoors, but just recently stepped up my climbing. i used to be a 2-3 time per month newbie, never getting beyond many 5.7 top rope routes indoors. worked up to climbing 5.10s and hoping to learn how to lead sometime in the future. also would like to go outdoors one of these days. looking forward to learning more about the sport from other members here as well!
Trad: nope
Sport: i don't think i do
Aid: a couple quick times in adventure races
fav. food: peanut butter
level (lead climbed): 5.10 indoors (not leading)
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): stuff to ascend in AR's, and the basic top rope stuff
fav. website: RC.com of course
weird fact about yourself: too many to list
random comment: the water keeps moving when i type
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giddonah
Nov 1, 2005, 2:25 AM
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Name: Josh
Age: Old enough to vote
M/F: M
Location: NY, Orange County
Ok all the rest of that stuff doesn't make any sense to me yet. I'm getting married to a girl who likes to climb. I also was just at a camp last weekend that had a 40' wall and climbed for the first time (I've been rappelling though). I think I might be hooked.
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hendew
Nov 1, 2005, 3:03 AM
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Name: Mike (harry hendew)
Age: 28
Location: SW, OK
indoor, outdoor or both
do___both____ (yes/no): yes
Trad: Can't wait until I have the money
Sport: Love It
Aid: Not for Me
fav. food: Pizza shop food
level (lead climbed): 5.8
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): basic
fav. website: www.jambase.com
weird fact about yourself: I like to cook
random comment: "A dream it's true
But I'd see it through
If I could be
Wasting my time with you" PHish
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brownbear
Nov 2, 2005, 11:02 PM
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Name: Brown Bear
Age: 40 Male
Location: Calgary, Alta
indoor, outdoor or both
do__Both___ (yes/no):
Trad: Yes
Sport: Yes
Aid: Yes
Ice: Yes
fav. food: Everything
level (lead climbed): 5.9 Trad 5.10 Sport A1-A2
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): Geared up
fav. website:
weird fact about yourself: Darn bear claws get in the way when doing pocket climbs
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jeffrogers
Nov 3, 2005, 1:23 AM
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Hello my name is I live in AK I climb, hike, ice not a lot of rock but that is just because of the area
Glad to share some and get some info
Jeff
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dbrown000
Nov 3, 2005, 2:14 AM
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Dustin
age 22
Steamboat Spgs CO
I rock climb outside
trad: f-yeah
sport: yeah
aid: mmm A1 i suppose
food: avacado, pretzels,
level: im a 5.9 climber
gear: rack, 2 ropes, all sorts of gizmos and extra harness/shoes for my friends
strange fact: tea at the crags is the best part of the day
quote: a rope, a rack and the shirt on your back
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wolfeman
Nov 3, 2005, 2:15 AM
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Name: Erik Wolfe
Age: 43
Location: Bellingham WA
indoor, outdoor or both: both
climbing 18 years
Trad: yes
Sport: yes
Aid: not any more
fav. food: sushi
level (lead climbed): trad 5.11, sport 5.11
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): full rack & rope
fav. website: don't have one
weird fact about yourself: I have fat fingers and love thin crack climbing
random comment: I love IPA!
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siamunatemu
Nov 8, 2005, 10:51 AM
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Rachel
21
College Place, WA.
both indoor, outdoor.
Trad: Yes.
Sport: Yes.
Aid: Not Yet, but interested!
Mexican food
lead: 5.9
Highest climbed is 5.9 with a 5.10 section
gear: helmet, harness, shoes, locking biner, ATC (Christmas is coming...!)
A favorite show: America's Next Top Model
weird fact about me: hearing impaired from birth but speak like a normal person - people don't know I'm deaf unless I tell them.
random comment: "L'etat c'est moi" ("The State is Me" - was said by Napoleon, I believe.) Even if, in reality, I don't really want to be a totalitarian dictator, reading about Hitler and the Holocaust is interesting. Totalitarian tendencies don't seem completely incompatible with rock climbing interests. Obsession can rock!
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siamunatemu
Nov 8, 2005, 10:52 AM
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awesome random comment
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johngchrist
Nov 8, 2005, 2:31 PM
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hi
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nh_ranger
Nov 8, 2005, 7:20 PM
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Name: Nick Nelsen
Age: 15
Location: Farmington NH
indoor, outdoor or both: both
climbing 3 Years
Love: High Angle Technical Rescue ( What a Rush)
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musicman1586
Nov 9, 2005, 3:17 AM
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Name: Kyle Kirk
Age: 19
Location: Austin, but at school in San Antonio until next semester.
Indoor or Outdoor: both, although I don't really have a group to go climb with outdoors right now, so my chances doing so have been very slim so far.
Time spent climbing: only been climbing a few months now, but since the gym is on campus I do it on a pretty much daily basis.
Anybody in the Austin/SA area who wouldn't mind taking a noob out with you on trips feel free to send me a message, it would be much appreciated as I'm too much of an outdoorsman to spend the rest of my days indoors.
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celty
Nov 9, 2005, 11:28 AM
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Name: Lorna
Age: 25
M/F: F
Location: London
indoor, outdoor or both: indoor
Trad: not yet
Sport: not yet
Aid: no
fav. food: McDonald's chicken burger and strawberry milkshake
level (lead climbed): n/a starting climbing tonight!
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): n/a
fav. website: www.runnersworld.co.uk
weird fact about yourself: both my thumbs are double jointed
random comment: Would be happy to find a climbing partner, indoors, for after the Christmas hols.
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gonz
Nov 9, 2005, 7:09 PM
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Hey Everyone,
As a first post I thought it appropriate to give a quick intro. I've been climbing for about 15 years, and with the exception of ice, I've been obsessed with all other types at one point or another. I started out 100% trad, not even knowing what a bolt was for about 3 years. (Thank you Gunks!) Then eventually discovered sport climbing, and then the gym. I started climbing in the Gunks, then moved out to MN after high school, and that's where I found bolted climbing at Red Wing. After college I got a job up at Nicros in St. Paul, then started working at VE as well. After 3 years at VE, my wife and I moved out to Vegas for her residency, where I like to think we climbing everything worth climbing within a two hour walk from the car. And I discovered I enjoyed bouldering. Then we moved to Denver, and at the same time I did a 6 month gig out in NYC working for De La Guarda (where I worked at the RIO in Vegas). I climbed over at Chelsea Piers 2-3 times a week, and up at the Gunks again every Monday and Tuesday. Then back in Denver I stated routesetting again at Rockn&Jamn, then actually was crazy enough to go full time as a manager with Chris, then had enough of that (and a baby (well, my wife had the baby)) and went back to just setting (under the same alias "Gonz") until about a year ago, when we left to come back to MN for my wife's work. And now I'm a stay at home Dad with a killer 2 year old, and I don't get a chance to climb much anymore since we're about 1.5 hours from VE, and 2 year olds are not conducive to climbing. Routesetting was probably my favorite part of climbing at the gyms, and for a while I was really into it, did alot of setting for Nicros at their Lifetime walls, as well as setting comps for all three VE's, and the both R&J's in Denver.
I also enjoy telemark skiing, working on our house, and fine cigars and scotch. And look forward to living/climbing vicariously though this website. And sharing any knowledge I've accumulated over the years.
Thanks!
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deserteaglle
Nov 9, 2005, 7:35 PM
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:boring: Yawn...ya know there is a thread for introducing yourself already.
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gonz
Nov 9, 2005, 7:55 PM
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Your right, but I put it here anyway just to piss you off! :lol:
Actually, I figured if there was a specific thread just for newbies it would have been here, or there would be an actual sub-forum just for such intros, and since I didn't see one I posted here. I would not have assumed it was in the "begginer" forum, since I'm sure not all new members here are beginners.
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blueeyedclimber
Nov 9, 2005, 8:11 PM
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That's a nice personal. Too bad you're married or I would ask you for a date.
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