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boredwolf
Oct 16, 2006, 12:29 PM
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Did my first Trad lead on Sunday. I placed 1 nut and 3 cams in 100ft on Washboard (5.6) at Moore's Wall in NC. I also learned that climbing isn't about being fearless; It's knowing how to control your fear so you can get your butt up the next 30 feet for a bomber placement. Anyway... This post is here for anyone to let me and some of the other RC.commers read about their significant or (in my case) not-so-significant feats during the weekend.
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gritstoner
Oct 16, 2006, 12:38 PM
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i finished decorating the bathroom. oh and i finally got the gf out onto gods own rock and following me up a few routes that i solo'd. She didnt do bad at all for only her 2nd time on real rock and 3rd tiome climbing.
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piton
Oct 16, 2006, 1:20 PM
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put up 2 new routes with a gunks local who has putting up new routes in the gunks for 31 yrs.
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I free-soloed my porch while I was painting. (Does that count) Oh, and I proudly polished off a 24 pack of beer.
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granite_grrl
Oct 16, 2006, 1:30 PM
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Sat around and watched too much TV, went book shopping, meet some friends for dinner, and played playstation. I'm starting to get really good at being a homebody.....and I'm also starting to get really bored!
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stonefoxgirl
Oct 16, 2006, 1:55 PM
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I was feeling a bit under the weather Thursday night so I called up my doctor, Mr. Oswald, Mr. Orange Oswald and he said he could fit me in on Friday, tee hee! I'm feeling much better now!
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micahisaac
Oct 16, 2006, 2:03 PM
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Went to Indian Creek!
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sthcrag510
Oct 16, 2006, 2:15 PM
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I lead 5, 5.9 trad routes at lost wall. It was my second time ever leading trad so it was pretty awesome. Got to place almost all my gear once. Made my rack look less shiny. So all in all it was good weekend. Oh yea Auburn beat florida....War Eagle
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sonso45
Oct 16, 2006, 2:18 PM
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Did North Face of Castleton for my first trip up the tower! Happy to finally get on it after a couple failed attempts to even walk up to it. Manny
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microbarn
Oct 16, 2006, 2:22 PM
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got married
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jonqdoe
Oct 16, 2006, 2:26 PM
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Congrats! That's what I'm doing this weekend!
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jgloporto
Oct 16, 2006, 3:21 PM
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In reply to: Congrats! That's what I'm doing this weekend! For that route you should bring lots of extra protection... fortunately you don't need as much rope. (Just kidding) Good luck!
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caughtinside
Oct 16, 2006, 4:34 PM
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Did an obscure 7 pitch route on an obscure piece of granite, didn't see another person all day. Sunday, rode a century on the bike with some friends. Good weekend.
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granite_grrl
Oct 16, 2006, 4:40 PM
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Congrats! I remember getting all mushy over your engagement pic on this site earlier. I think you may be the winner for having the best weekend here! :D
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j_ung
Oct 16, 2006, 4:42 PM
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Climbed a few routes at the Bridge Buttress, including a couple I'd never done before and rafted the Upper Gauley on Sunday. Fun stuff! :)
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heiko
Oct 16, 2006, 4:53 PM
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Spent two days in Val di Mello with the other EuroFreaks, and climbed exactly three single-pitch trad routes :lol: But had a great time, and loads of fun.
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atpeaceinbozeman
Oct 16, 2006, 4:56 PM
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Put up a some new problems with friends....then we stumbled into the motherload...even in the Butte Batholith I've never seen a concentration like this....orange patina everywhere...so many problems to do there, it's insane[/spray] I'll post some pics sooner or later
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deltav
Oct 16, 2006, 5:19 PM
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Guided a group of 5 on Sat and did some climbing in Linville Gorge on Sunday. All around beautiful weekend, but no comparrision to getting married.
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deltav
Oct 16, 2006, 5:19 PM
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jpdreamer
Oct 16, 2006, 5:21 PM
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Snake Dike on Saturday under initially blue skies with only one other party on the route. Last belay was chilly as there were a few clouds moving through at that level, but a couple minute on the slabs above put us above the clouds for an incomparable view. Stirred up the resolve to climb again on Sunday and went up the Grack, center. Sweeeeeeet route with a second pitch that is pure joy, especially as we were the only ones on the route.
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chanceboarder
Oct 16, 2006, 5:36 PM
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Gave my dog a bath! :D
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lovesclimbing
Oct 16, 2006, 5:48 PM
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Ran up Bottleneck direct, fun easy 5.10 frist pitch is the only thing that makes that route any good, and the pro was so good it was like sport climbing
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zeke_sf
Oct 16, 2006, 5:51 PM
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finally sent a sandstone route I've been projecting before key holds break off saturday! sat on my backside almost all of sunday.
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valygrl
Oct 16, 2006, 5:52 PM
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caughtinside, did you do the foxy or the riverbank? I did the riverbank.
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fredo
Oct 16, 2006, 5:56 PM
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In reply to: Put up a some new problems with friends....then we stumbled into the motherload...even in the Butte Batholith I've never seen a concentration like this....orange patina everywhere...so many problems to do there, it's insane[/spray] I'll post some pics sooner or later ahh Butte, what a great place to be. I only got there a couple of times to climb this summer, kinda bummed about that as I LOVE the town. My weekend..North Trapper Peak, what a place! And I even took the easy way up!
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caughtinside
Oct 16, 2006, 6:03 PM
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In reply to: caughtinside, did you do the foxy or the riverbank? I did the riverbank. I did the foxy. It was lots of fun, but I froze my butt off! Where was the riverbank?
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angry
Oct 16, 2006, 6:19 PM
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Attempted to FA a hard new offwidth and failed.
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Oct 16, 2006, 6:41 PM
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spent saturday feeling like SamIAm: no, No, NO! I do not like slab. I will not try slab. But I must? To find that pro? To see that wall? okay, SamI Am. I will try slab, I am. hey! Sam, I like this slab. Forget that cam. I'll come back to climb that crack, but first I'll nab that slab! okay so I am not original.
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ihuang
Oct 16, 2006, 7:18 PM
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Indian Creek and Eldo on the same weekend
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gandolf
Oct 16, 2006, 9:29 PM
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I was hoping to get to Granite Mtn for some longer trad routes but was unsure of the weather. So my partner and I took a group of 3 indoor climbers to climb on some real rock for their first time. We went to Queen Creek and did some easy to moderate sport routes. Overall had a great weekend.
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slablizard
Oct 16, 2006, 9:49 PM
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ALmost sent my project, I do have the sequence now. peeled my hands in the process went to the library with the kids
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jcrew
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burried my hound dog on saturday in the rain. the poor guy was struck and killed by a car sat. a.m. sunday, went lurking (as usual) around horsemen's center, chumming for partners. ended up discovering an awesome bouldering circut and bumming a couple TR burns.
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alpinismo_flujo
Oct 16, 2006, 10:23 PM
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Got some Friday night...and then climbed at Joshua Tree Sat & Sun. Met up with the CMC..good times.
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bodyboarder
Oct 16, 2006, 10:28 PM
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i had a hold break while i was about to clip the anchors and took a 20 ft whipper.
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paganmonkeyboy
Oct 17, 2006, 12:54 AM
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peeler direct in little cottonwood - http://www.rockclimbing.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1462703#1462703
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jimdavis
Oct 17, 2006, 1:29 AM
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Spent Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday of this past week in North Conway. Did 2 routes on Cathedral, and 1 on Whitehorse. Then this Saturday and Sunday, I went bouldering at Pawtuckaway. Yahoo! Jim
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Check out my weekend LOL... 2 weeks ago I asked my supervisor if I could leave around 12 for my first Homecoming at my school as an alumni. Last Tuesday I reminded him about this and he had no problems with it... b/c afterall he was leaving to go on a week long cruise for his bday the next day. Friday: At 12 after all my work was done for the week and after sitting around and doing absolutely nothing all morning with my supervisor (b/c we had no work to be done) I let him know that I was about to take off... he says that I was not alowed to take off early b/c he had shit for me to do. Although I was annoyed at his comment I said nor did anything about his response. Immediately after, we left to take an hour and a half lunch b/c it was my supervisor's bday. Afterwards we went to another of our offices to pick up some stuff (that we were going to get on Monday). From the office my supervisor split (b/c its ok for him to leave and not I for some reason :roll: ) leaving me and another worker to take the crap back to our office 25 mins away. By the time I got off work it was pushing three(we start work at 6 and end at 230-3). I went to get on the hwy to commence my 7.5 hour drive to my school only to be stuck in traffic. After waiting 45 mins and not moving more than 3 miles I decided to call it quits, since there was no other way out of town thanks to some severe flooding earlier in the week. So I turned around and headed for home. I ended up missing my first homecoming. Monday: It gets better! :D I come in monday to find out that my supervisor's boss wanted to see me in his office. I walk in and he says that we're gonna have to let you go b/c you are not a smart investment for this company at this point and you are "difficult to work with" according to some employees. For the few of those who know me I am about as mellow as they come. That pretty summs up my weekend... did anyone have one better than I?
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Oct 17, 2006, 2:24 AM
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road tripped to smith and bumped my onsight grade
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Oct 17, 2006, 2:41 AM
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Saturday I swung leads with Ihategrigri's on a neat 7 pitch route on Cascade mountain in Banff. Then went to a kick ass climbing slideshow on Saturday night. The weather was shitty on Sunday so my wife and I went to the climbing gym.
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Oct 17, 2006, 2:48 AM
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Sunday went out with my climbing partner, practiced our multi pitch changeovers on local rocks, broke in his new rope on our fav 5.10, and are all psyched for a trip next week for 5days to City of Rocks!!!
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atg200
Oct 17, 2006, 3:26 AM
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caught some nice trout while fly fishing with streamers on the green river below flaming gorge in utah. great fun - never been on such a big river where you could see every fish. my tapwater isn't as clear as the water there.
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Oct 17, 2006, 4:20 AM
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I ate around 8 candy bars and little else, neglected much of my homework, and listened to music all weekend.
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In reply to: Did an obscure 7 pitch route on an obscure piece of granite, didn't see another person all day. That was fun! Next time you get to link the runout crux pitches ok?
In reply to: Good weekend. Definitely!
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rwalt85
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Got pumped clipping bolts on Saturday. (60 F and sunny) Repeated this on Sunday. (66 F and sunny) Now it's cold and snowing and it's not going to let up.
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Almost achieved the magic sequence an Campus Punks at Rocktown. I've only been falling off of the damned slab for the past six or seven years. I promise I'll send it next time.
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kricir
Oct 17, 2006, 5:40 AM
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I went to Indian Creek, and pulled a muscle in my neck on the first climb! My current goal is to be able to climb again before the end of the month. :cry:
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Oct 17, 2006, 7:32 AM
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had some bouldering fun.... accomplished some problems i've never been able to send before...... ate tofu....mmm tofu
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Friday was my bday, got rather hammered. Went to the PDX ice fest/gear demo/drytool comp hungover on saturday.. Almost flashed the M8 comp route and placed second... my first time ever drytooling (I guess it's not really a flash on TR though). Now I've gotta save up and buy myself a pair of nomics. Camped outside of vancouver, woke up to pouring rain, thought it would ease up, 10 minutes later I started packing up in the ensuing torrential downpour. Made it from Vancouver to seattle in ~2 hrs 40 minutes including stops for gas and burger king. Sadly doesn't come close to my buddy's Seattle-Bellingham record of 48 minutes.
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got heli-rescued from a north face as failed in weather forecasting, speed and rappelling :oops:
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soillscuz
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I went to carbondale and climbed at drapers on sat. sun i went longboarding all day.
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I went to spain... well, it was for a month, not just last weekend, but it was awesome, even at 3 month pregnant! I managed to do a 7a+ (on TR) with one fall, which I think is pretty good for a pregnant lady! :wink:
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I drank..layed in bed..and touched myself.
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In reply to: got heli-rescued from a north face as failed in weather forecasting, speed and rappelling :oops: OMG, what happened?? Are heli-rescues free in Europe? ;)
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Two glorious days of cragging at S-Town. Sunny and 68 both days. Walked out in the twilight on Sunday after making absolutely sure that my arms would be completely useless for another 5 days or so...
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One FA, one great slideshow, and two pitches of another new route. Oh, and a heluvalot of Trundeling :lol:
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Oct 17, 2006, 6:13 PM
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No climbing :cry: this weekend it was -4c and snowing but the ice is starting to form :lol: cant wait, I want to put up a couple mixed trad climbs this winter in the Northern Rockies.
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Lamented the fact that I wasn't climbing....
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Was at Horse Flats this sunday! Everyone thought that the weather sucked everywhere! It did actually! Was raining at LA County! Half way up the Angeles Crest Hw, you pass all the rain clouds and the weather was perfect! No clouds at all since there way below you! Perfect climbing/bouldering! :) http://i90.photobucket.com/...k256/obnoxice/12.jpg
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Was at Horse Flats this sunday! Everyone thought that the weather sucked everywhere! It did actually! Was raining at LA County! Half way up the Angeles Crest Hw, you pass all the rain clouds and the weather was perfect! No clouds at all since there way below you! Perfect climbing/bouldering! :) http://i90.photobucket.com/...k256/obnoxice/12.jpg
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Almost got killed by some facker who ran a red light while I was crossing. :evil: Even worse, a climbing buddy blew me off. :evil:
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Oct 18, 2006, 4:23 AM
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That guy is wearing a SUPERMAN shirt!!!! I only ever climb in a batman shirt. If I'd choose the all powerful kryptonian over the closet homosexual millionaire, I could climb harder too.
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In reply to: That guy is wearing a SUPERMAN shirt!!!! I only ever climb in a batman shirt. If I'd choose the all powerful kryptonian over the closet homosexual millionaire, I could climb harder too. Bwahahahahaha, gold angry, gold.
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I set a goal for myself to climb every day for the month of October. This weekend was sort of my midpoint and I had a 3 day weekend to spend climbing. Since I don't have a climbing partner I spend most of my climb time bouldering. I was a little tired on Saturday. I'm not exactly sure why but my forearms wore out quicker than they normally do. I spent most of my time trying to climb easy routes through the burn but didn't get many attempts on new routes. I was able to tough through an hour and a half of climbing but I didn't feel very good at all. Sunday I almost didn't get to go climbing. I babysat my girlfriend's daughter for most of the day while she worked and she didn't get back until an hour before the gym closed. I rushed to the gym and spent my time working on 3 "project" routes. I lost a lot of skin off my fingertips that day. Monday I arranged for a different babysitter and got 2 hours of climbing in. It was probably the best day of climbing I've had since this month started. I strained a muscle by my elbow right off the bat so it was aching the whole time but I managed to make 2 of my "projects". I also was able to on-sight (is that possible in a gym?) a route that I didn't even think I would be able to start. I took Tuesday off climbing to let my elbow rest a little bit. All said I had a decent weekend climbing. I wouldn't consider myself that great of a climber but the routes I finished were definitely testing my skill and strength. I'm very happy with the progress I have made in 2 weeks. If things keep going this way I may just extend my climbing goal to include next month too. Now I just need to find someone who can help me learn lead and I'll be set. My gym requires two people to take a lead class and the one co-worker that I've climbed with lives about 45 minutes away and goes to another gym. I'm just really bummed that I got serious about this late in the season. Now I have to play roulette with the weather before trying to plan a trip to Smith, Broughton, Beacon, etc.
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In reply to: I set a goal for myself to climb every day for the month of October. My suggestion: don't. I had that mentality once, and it did me no good. If you don't give your body a break of at least 48 hours, you're going to greatly increase the risk of injury. My ability plateaued around 5.9/5.10a, and I thought that was because I didn't climb enough. I didn't improve until I stopped climbing every day, and did something else that wasn't finger and forearm-intensive. Be kind to your body, and it will reward you. Run it into the ground, and it will only make you climb worse.
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Oct 18, 2006, 7:46 PM
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My 4 day weekend ended yesterday. Sport and trad climbing at Jackson Falls Saturday and Sunday with a little PBR enhanced night bouldering. Spent a rainy Monday climbing on Dave Chancellor's monster garage woodie. Spent a few hours getting worked at yet another set of secret SoIll pebbles. d.
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lovesclimbing
Oct 21, 2006, 8:13 AM
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not the weekend but headed to grassi and top roped in boots just for the training
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sungam
Oct 21, 2006, 10:39 AM
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Sent my first ever V6, fuck yeah! Oh, I also did Tryfan's south ridge, finishing with the compulsury adam and eve leap of faith. -Magnus
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the_climber
Oct 23, 2006, 3:39 PM
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Went Ice hunting saturday... Watched some backcountry skiers get some good lines. Sunday, Ice hunting again.... Climbed ice, hiked out, drank beer in celebration.
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epoch
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Oct 23, 2006, 3:42 PM
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I painted my porch some more.... Yeah for me!!! (I really dislike ornate French mouldings...) :evil:
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jcrew
Oct 23, 2006, 4:52 PM
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killed my tips on some actual sport-type routes at margerittaville.
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redlegrangerone
Oct 23, 2006, 5:02 PM
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Did a three pitch and two two pitch routes in the Stronghold with a new partner. We had a great time. I love watching the eagles and hawks from above.
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jpdreamer
Oct 24, 2006, 1:29 AM
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Was the last party to start climbing on Cathederal Peak and the first to the summit. Absolutely perfect weather all day - blue skies and a minimum of wind. That last 20 feet certainly left me impressed with John Muir's ascent.
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wandering_redneck
Nov 1, 2006, 11:05 AM
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I had a great weekend climbing my first 5.10a and making it to the top. It was only about 30 ft., but the downside was walking down the back of the hill. I got halfway down, lost my footing and twisted my knee and my ankle at the same time. After that I had to walk a half mile to the bus stop. That was in May and my knee is still giving me crap. :evil:
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boredwolf
Nov 1, 2006, 12:43 PM
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In reply to: I had a great weekend climbing my first 5.10a and making it to the top. It was only about 30 ft., but the downside was walking down the back of the hill. I got halfway down, lost my footing and twisted my knee and my ankle at the same time. After that I had to walk a half mile to the bus stop. That was in May and my knee is still giving me crap. :evil: I believe this qualifies as an 'epic'
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epoch
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Nov 1, 2006, 1:17 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: I had a great weekend climbing my first 5.10a and making it to the top. It was only about 30 ft., but the downside was walking down the back of the hill. I got halfway down, lost my footing and twisted my knee and my ankle at the same time. After that I had to walk a half mile to the bus stop. That was in May and my knee is still giving me crap. :evil: I believe this qualifies as an 'epic' No. Getting lost while doing a valley cirque in Ogawayama and having to bivvy on a ledge because you and your partner forgot your headlamps and it is too dark to safely make your way to camp. The rain starts, the bugs bite, and you can only dream of hot food and a warm bed to sleep in.... The whole story is too much for here, but that my friend is an epic..... Twisting your ankle on a 4 foot wide path is hardly an epic...
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alexmac
Nov 1, 2006, 1:58 PM
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In reply to: No. Getting lost while doing a valley cirque in Ogawayama and having to bivvy on a ledge because you and your partner forgot your headlamps and it is too dark to safely make your way to camp. The rain starts, the bugs bite, and you can only dream of hot food and a warm bed to sleep in.... The whole story is too much for here, but that my friend is an epic..... Twisting your ankle on a 4 foot wide path is hardly an epic... I feel for the dude that wrecked his leg but I completely agree 100% with you. Having to bivvy and lost and camping over night as a surprise is epic. Staying lost and wandering the woods even more so.
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boredwolf
Nov 1, 2006, 4:39 PM
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*sigh* The internet is such a poor medium for humor...
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