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The thread on belaying, and then the yell of 'rope' and then all the answers of 'duck' got me thinking:
Unless I am wearing a helmet, and sometimes if I am wearing a helmet, I ...
...trail and explore those climbs they are the best. There is lots of bouldering. It is a trad leading/top rope area. Be ready for the access trail it is 300' verical feet up to get to the climbs. S...
...aken in gyms (Fort Collins) require that you lead a 5.9 while they watch for back-clipping, letting the rope run between your legs in a way that you would flip over if you fell etc....
...:
What he said. And if you use a euro death knot with long tails, be sure to set up your rap on the rope, not the tails!
Hey Allen, can you make it to City of Rocks weekend after next? and whe...
... to cite the history of fatal errors on each climb as you load their pack full of water, #4's, and rope...
G- 'Hey, where're you going, the trail's this way!?'...
Threw about a 25 foot bite of rope (50 ft total) and tossed it over the block. Stretched it tight, tied an overhand knot, attached a couple of biners, and tied it in to some slings on our side.
Ca...
... is entertaining and informative. It covers a diverse range of topics (self-rescue, anchors, technique, rope handling, etc).
I think that Performance Rock Climbing by Dale Goddard and Udo Neumann ...
...ners (We have been bouldering alot the past year and have taking some beginners course in climbing with rope).
We are searching for a place were you can get to without car and were camping is chea...
...the sharp end put in sometime placing pro while on the ground then progress to placing pro while on top-rope. Hang, jump-up and down, wiggle, slither on your pro with full body wait to get an beginner...
...m. He escaped the belay, then descended, leaving the client to die. All I saw was a body hanging on the rope.
I dunno. Anybody have the copy that covers the winter of '80?...
Newbie here too, at least to the formalized side of the sport. If I understand right, shoes, rope, and to a lesser degree, slings and some chocks are essentially 'consumables'; periodic repl...
...icey sandstone areas with sandbagged ratings and 'no gear' ethics on the trad routes. Knotted rope balls and webbing is OK to use for pro, but frankly, I'm not interested in dying on my...
...en time is a factor.
2) If we're going to be there a while (nobody waiting to lead it, many topropers in line, etc.), I'll do this: place a biner through each bolt hanger. If there are t...
...urgent emergency was that his cell phone had somehow gotten unclipped off his belt and clipped onto his rope on the route next to mine. He asked me to bail off my route, and return his cellphone to hi...
...nd time in August, with my buddy ray. Alfred Kwok and Jay Tanzman (both r.c's) followed on another rope. Jay declared it 'not very interesting', but later recanted a bit...Alfred was so...
...e friends for a while, but I'll be reachable by email if any of you want to grab a beer or share a rope or something.
Bob...
New year resolution realized. A trip report of my mother's first climbs. Pylone Crag, Quebec City July 1st, 2000
It's late evening on Friday, June 30th and I didn't find anybody to ...
...h, as in about 5-7 feet from the base, so as to keep the anchor close to the tree, and the angle of the rope high enough to keep it from abrading over the edge.
The idea is to be able to stand in ...
...grade (I guess I better get used to what grades really mean, as opposed to perceiving grades with a top rope state of mind).
My regular climbing partners are all beginners like me. After several a...
...he steps have not filled in.
Oddly enough my first time up the Dyke I did it by staying in the Dyke roped up & simul-climbing. Difficult snow climb chest deep with the threat of an avalanche. ...
...t gear. The ledge ends and you move up into a sort of alcove - this was the crux. Many people get their rope stuck in the horizontal as they turn the corner - you can stuff your gloves in there or pla...
... I had the idea to get an income in some kind of freedom. The result was 9 years as a church-painter, a rope access worker and then 9 years with a small factory, manufacturing harnesses and rescue equ...
...acks Inhale jams Occipital-Mandible bridges Rack-towing Pack-towing Long-bight tie-in knot Portable top rope
and combinations thereof.
I recommend board-lasted high-top uppers, kneepads or Ace...
...is self determined and always based on the highest # you can obtain no matter if it is trad or on a top rope in the gym. YDS only please and use only the # to the right of the decimal.
minus
H...
...b an easier route, then downclimb or lower quickly and then climb it, or another easy route on the same rope, immediately. Don't let the gym start creating the body-expectation that exertions onl...
Here are some local links from Georgia that might be of some help:
Title: Atlanta Rocks! URL: http://www.atlantarocks.com/
Phone: 404.351.3009 Category: Gyms Location: Georgia Description: R...
I've been debating whether or not to post this information here, but my reasons for not doing it were all bad ones. Namingly, I wanted to escape public ridicule, avoid getting angry at harsh crit...
Well, it's been more than 24 hours since I left the small meadow across from the Pat and Jack Crag, where we enjoyed the fine food provided by Brutus of Wyde, and no one else has yet to post a re...
Try these links for more information:
Title: Climbing in the Baltimore, Maryland Area URL: http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/Climbing/Guidebooks/
NorthAmerica/Baltimore/
Phone: None Listed Categor...
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