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Jul 17, 2011 Sounds right, connected to the pizza shop in Jasper, AR. This is the classic amazing small town cafe that you will never find outside of the midwest/south. Reminds me of home.… View Message

Jul 17, 2011 Good luck buying the beer in AR. That place is half dry counties. AR has the best single pitch sport and trad climbing of my life. I use to live 3hrs from the climbing there… View Message

Jul 17, 2011 I would not call a C3 simple. I mean it is simple but not simple in comparison to what we always thought of cams. That was a pretty new innovation from BD and look how it turn… View Message

Dec 4, 2010 Camp Quartz CRLink View Message

Jul 17, 2010 Looking for a SLC area partner. I am available in evenings or most weekends. I have quite a bit of experience, use to lead 10b. Had knee surgery and never got back in shap… View Message

Feb 24, 2010 Oh, and bring a good headlamp, night climbing can be very fun there. Yes, bring your toilet paper!! And I highly recommend bringing a big jug of water so you can put off drin… View Message

Feb 23, 2010 It is a dry county!!!!! Buy your beer well before you get there, for me coming from Missouri the last place selling beer is the gas station in Missouri on the state line!!!!… View Message

Feb 22, 2010 Be thankful you have this issue in Colorado. Try it in Missouri. I can't tell you how great a feeling it is to just point your car west in hopes you will never turn around ag… View Message

Feb 11, 2010 I might consider Arkansas. Believe it or not but they got some pretty great stuff. Wanna climb 200 routes and walk less than half a mile? Edit: And hiking or paddling in… View Message

Feb 5, 2010 You have two guidebooks: Missouri Limestone Select A Guide to Midwest Metamorphic Forms Where are you at? Much of the climbing around Columbia requires a more covert acce… View Message

Jan 11, 2010 Road cuts in Missouri form the best seeps which freeze. Post up what you find though! View Message

Nov 30, 2009 "I've lost control over my life. I'm obligated to social standards, friends and family, employers and employees. I'm not free. I'm perpetually in servitude to others. When I cl… View Message

Nov 16, 2009 Just out of curiosity are these set up with screws holding the lobes in place so I can easily convert them into offsets? View Message

Nov 12, 2009 Has anybody every tried the DIY 5.10 resole kits or the stealth paint? I don't have time to send my favorite shoes out before a trip... View Message

Oct 20, 2009 That webbing appears to be stitched by an individual rather than a company. The main thread concentration is at the center verses equally distributed about the width of the we… View Message

Aug 14, 2009 Scott, Do the M11's work well for mountaineering or just strictly waterfall ice? I hear the Nepals are best for mountaineering but can dabble in moderate waterfall ice. View Message

Aug 2, 2009 Robert, Remember, the same issue exists with the larger sizes too, watch your placements. I feel that any unusual torquing or non normal cam placements can cause this. Alt… View Message

Aug 2, 2009 http://www.rockclimbing.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2183828;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;page=unread#unread View Message

Jun 14, 2009 So I am in the market for new boots while I can get them cheap before the fall/winter rush. Looking for a boot for spring and fall mountaineering and moderate ice, perhaps win… View Message

May 28, 2009 Love them, although I would rather have more long stem ones. Also you can get them for like $40, check spadout. Not sure if they are long or short stem. View Message

May 10, 2009 I can get you as far as Elko, NV for free by the 26th of May, probably later than you want... View Message

May 6, 2009 What is your time frame? I have over 5 rolls of 6x7 slides but won't have the money to develop them for like a month. View Message

May 4, 2009 On my month and a half long solo road trip I always sought out used book stores, buy three books then sell three books at the same time. Would have been better though if I had… View Message

Apr 17, 2009 I think it is a killer pic, head wounds just bleed terrible. AL View Message

Apr 15, 2009 I am excited, now I don't have to make my own cam hooks or logan hooks for myself and other people... It ends up being a bit cheaper myself but that is if I figure 5 bucks an… View Message

Apr 14, 2009 I second forset safety products. They did great work and fast turn around. Also they were willing to put doubled loops on my master cams, unlike mtntools and yates. And they… View Message

Apr 9, 2009 um integrating over an area doesn't give aceptable units for a number of FA's :) but 2 last and a lot more coming up, just found a new area! View Message

Apr 9, 2009 "I suggest going out to the nearest pub and getting completely, and utterly, wasted. Make sure you smoke at least 1 pack of unfiltered Camel's. Get the full ashtray, pour a dri… View Message

Mar 30, 2009 As far as near St. Louis goes you have several bouldering options. Your best areas will be SoIll... Johnsons shut-ins isn't too far but it is still closed for cleanup after t… View Message

Mar 28, 2009 For trad I usually take my 15-20 cm draws with me, but I don't bring many. Normally I just buy quickdraws because they are often the same price as biners then take the biners… View Message

Mar 28, 2009 Another thing it seems people never do is when buying carabiners it often costs the same to buy quickdraws as it does to buy two biners, just take them off the dogbone and thro… View Message

Mar 28, 2009 Or instead of the peanuts you could wait a few months for the dmm versions of the old hb brass offsets. I like tcus over C3's, C3's placed nicer but some people have durabil… View Message

Mar 27, 2009 Some nice rides here. Anybody have an opinion on tubeless? Been want'n it for the fisher, tires and rims are all ready for it... View Message

Mar 27, 2009 Been too rainy here in the midwest to do anything, climb, bike, etc... and I gots cabin fever. So what is everybody riding? I know there are a lot of climbers out there who… View Message

Mar 9, 2009 thread I just had a bunch done with the forest safety products. They do great work with fast turn around. They were the only place I found which would put doubled slings on m… View Message

Mar 8, 2009 Alloy Offset (only larger sizes?) * Brass offsets, not available yet. You want those, brass ones are the smaller sizes and the aluminum ones are larger. HB used to ma… View Message