Jan 7, 2026 I love this thread, great question. Was testing out whether a red totem would hold on a mixed (trad and bolts) route I was putting up. I was using my left hand, as the placemen… View Message

Dec 29, 2025 Merry Christmas to you too, but for all you know I'm Jewish! or Buddhist! (Dude, the preferred nomenclature is "Happy Holidays.") PS: Good guess, because although my famil… View Message

Dec 29, 2025 I feuded with Eric on some other thread years ago, as our politics are pretty polar opposite. But I'd rather get a beer with Eric than many of my fellow liberals here who, yes,… View Message

Dec 18, 2025 I've enjoyed 7-10 beers a week the past 20 plus years. I recently cut that consumption to about half - 33 beers in 43 days, I track it with pen and paper - once I weighed 200 p… View Message

Dec 18, 2025 I just turned 50, been climbing nonstop since 1999. Like Salamanizer above, I've had injuries but always climbed around them. I tore my rotator in 2003 and never got surgery -… View Message

Dec 11, 2025 10d Reason To Be, short, stout and classichttps://www.mountainproject.com/route/105806903/reason-to-beWell, this says 11a, it was 10d when i did it View Message