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Mar 13, 2026 Good luck! Just because the Lyft app says the ride is available doesn't mean the drivers won't simply cancel the ride and wait for an easier fare.At some point y'all rich folks… View Message

Mar 9, 2026 It is a nice train ride, but Ubers simply aren't going to make this trip. It's too far and they aren't likely to get a return fare. View Message

Mar 9, 2026 There is no train from NYC to New Paltz. The closest thing is the MetroNorth train to Poughkeepsie, and that is a nice ride, but then you have to get to New Paltz from Poughkee… View Message

Feb 18, 2024 Yeah, no hate to Yann. I've seen quite a few folks out there TR soloing with no backup at all, so his videos are still relevant. View Message

Feb 17, 2024 Maybe I'm crazy, but I've seen both these videos and I'm still shunting.I've got a micro traxion backup. At least 200 falls and the backup has never been weighted beyond my tri… View Message

Jan 30, 2024 The snow/rain/cold that was keeping me from climbing has finally ended so I'm done semi-trolling here, but one last word from me:Nobody is telling anyone that they're obliged t… View Message

Jan 29, 2024 That was in reference to this:It's a case in point of the stewards of a crag being totally unfit to steward a crag. If we're claiming that secrecy is good for crags, this is a… View Message

Jan 29, 2024 I guess that's true: in a hypothetical world where secret crags remained secret, secret crags would be fine.But that hypothetical world doesn't exist. In the world which we liv… View Message

Jan 29, 2024 Work out a real access plan with the landowners so that the current situation doesn't happen. Every "ex-secret" crag you can describe is an example of my point: secrecy doesn't… View Message

Jan 28, 2024 That's not been my experience.I've been to Apartment Boulders twice: the first time I hauled out a bag of trash and the second time I left because I was pissed off by the litte… View Message

Jan 27, 2024 Because that doesn't work, as evidenced by all the people on this thread who are butthurt someone sprayed about their secret crag.If you want people to not go to a place, you'r… View Message

Jan 27, 2024 As I said, "Almost every legitimate concern people try to address by keeping secrets is better addressed by working with stakeholders to implement a real area management plan."… View Message

Jan 27, 2024 If any climbers are demanding that any climbers participate, I haven't seen it. If you choose not to participate, that's your right. All I'm saying is that if you choose not to… View Message

Jan 27, 2024 If you want credit for your work then you're going to have to tell people you did it. You seriously expect the very people you're keeping secrets from, to suddenly start helpin… View Message

Jan 26, 2024 It's certainly better for the people who get to go there because they weren't excluded. Perhaps the person you're responding to isn't only thinking of their own experience.Ever… View Message

Jan 26, 2024 Nothing about screwing some bolts into a wall makes it "your area". This is exactly the elitist bullshit I'm against.Of course nobody has an obligation to post to MP or anywher… View Message

Jan 20, 2024 So this was never posted on MP? Only ever word of mouth? That seems like an example of secrecy not solving these problems.And how were you tracking popularity to know that it g… View Message

Jan 20, 2024 Sure, there's a lot of nuance here, but...I've literally never seen any of this nuance solved by keeping an area secret. In fact, it's often not true that "If I go out and clea… View Message

Jan 20, 2024 People gatekeeping crags is one of the stupidest parts of climbing culture.If you're going to pretend it's about maintaining access, I have to ask, "access for whom?". You're n… View Message

Jan 19, 2024 Totems are stellar. C3s make a good complement, but they're no longer made.For smaller than the black Totem, I really like the Dragonflies. It's fiddly to place pretty much any… View Message

Jan 19, 2024 I'm actually curious about what's going on with those ropes. I've used them for non-climbing applications and some of them have MBS ratings on the packaging. What makes me curi… View Message

Jan 19, 2024 The bolts.   View Message

Jan 15, 2024 That must have grown since I did it.I did that route in the evening after day 2 of my NOLS WFR course with some other soon-to-be-WFRs, so if there was any comfort to be had it… View Message

Jan 15, 2024 As for routes that are actually documented:Heavy Hands at Sunset Rock. It's basically a sharp awkward V2 followed by a bunch of loose rock and pine needles which leads to a que… View Message

Jan 12, 2024 There's a 35 foot 5.10- vertical line at Powerlinez which appears to follow a crack system starting about 8 feet up. As it turns out, the crack is actually a shallow line of br… View Message

Dec 27, 2023 No idea why this thread revived, but reading my own post, I've learned a bit about creatine since then. I was taking it before I worked out previously but that's the wrong way… View Message

Nov 24, 2023 JFC View Message

Oct 14, 2023 Do you have any links to these accidents and/or demonstrated failure modes?I back up my shunt, but that's to guard against a theorized failure mode--I've yet to see any reasona… View Message

Sep 18, 2023 Yeah, I tried to go offbeat with corkboard insulation my first go as well. Typical insulation is typical for a reason...Retweet. View Message

Sep 16, 2023 I agree with Marc, but I'll add:As long as you keep your expectations realistic, living in a van and climbing can be a pretty great life. This isn't really to do with renovatin… View Message

Aug 26, 2023 I don't personally smoke, but that's what I've seen too. I don't judge anyone who chooses to smoke, and it's certainly not my place to tell you that you shouldn't smoke, but it… View Message

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Aug 21, 2023 Closing in on 7 years sober now.When I was drinking there were so many things I thought I had to drink to be able to do. Now, it's puzzling to me that I thought that. My life i… View Message

May 17, 2023 The new UP Moccs feel great, but the rubber is so soft, it wears out pretty quickly. I understand there's a tradeoff here: better sensitivity in exchange for giving up some dur… View Message

May 17, 2023 I love how I can reach the second bolt on most sport climbs by... looping a bunny ears through a tumbleweed and rolling it at the wall!Joking aside, superclip + painter's pole… View Message

Apr 24, 2023 That's stupid and I am so glad it happened. View Message