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Apr 20, 2016 I watched the end part of the stretcher carry coming from the South End. I asked someone who was helping carry the litter, and they said it was a 70-foot leader fall. broken an… View Message

Feb 10, 2015 mountainproject.com/v/found… View Message

Dec 9, 2010 Put chemical packs on the backs of your hands on very cold days. It helps. I wear mitts at the belays and keep the chemical packs inside my punishers so when my hands slide in… View Message

Oct 6, 2010 I broke my Petzl helmet into about 7 pieces on a fall/head impact this summer. The straps and exterior plastic held it together but the foam was shattered. At the campfire th… View Message

Sep 29, 2010 Just avoid the Uberfall and you'll do OK. Pick an area, and with a a little looking around you'll find something open. My suggestion: go to the Arrow area where you'll find 4 s… View Message

Sep 3, 2010 Do what Greg D suggested. Seriously. I do this with my children all the time on multi-pitch raps at Seneca and the Gunks. I get them on rappel, put myself on rappel on a lower… View Message

Jul 22, 2010 If you liked this movie, I have a better one for you "North Face" the German movie released in 2010, English subtitles. This is a drama, a much better movie, historically accu… View Message

Jul 20, 2010 Otter captures the spirit of Acadia better because you climb right on the ocean with lobster pots below and cool ocean breeze at all times.Precipice is a great piece of granite… View Message

May 26, 2010 Ditto to what Kevin Craig wrote. I've done Shark's Tooth twice (both times in one day without bivy) but noticed the very cozy, dry cave under that huge-ass boulder. It's in the… View Message

Apr 15, 2010 . . . it takes him 4 days to tell a story, little wonder it takes him 5 hours to hike to the crag. View Message

Feb 9, 2010 Take up ice climbing. Seriously. It's awesome. Make climbing a 4-season endeavor and NEVER see the inside of a climbing gym. View Message

Nov 10, 2009 Sex is more important, but opportunities for sex are much more common than opportunities to climb. Therefore you have to choose the scarcer of two commodities when they appear… View Message

Nov 9, 2009 Go to deadpointmag.com and watch the DPM video title "when highballing goes bad" This one is way more ridiculous because the dude is "bouldering" on a sport route. Could hav… View Message

Oct 23, 2009 Bombay doors on a bomber or cargo plane open up at the bottom. I've always thought a bombay chimney is one that opens at the bottom like you have to face climb or crack climb t… View Message

Oct 9, 2009 I was at Lumpy Ridge a few weeks ago, and climbed Kor's Flake--first pitch is an easy chimney. It's kinda fun because at the top you place a big cam waaay at the back on a long… View Message

Jul 24, 2009 Barnes book is the best one. He also runs a coffee shop in town where the java is excellent. Eric Horst's book has excellent, detailed descriptions of many of the classics but… View Message

Jun 26, 2009 Kevin, How would you make a crack? That sounds interesting. View Message

Mar 16, 2009 I've done it with my wife and kids. My advice is that if you've done any rock climbing at all, you'll find it very contrived and tedious. The Indiana Jones-type bridge was kind… View Message

Aug 22, 2007 Cilmbing magazine was bought by urban climber--which appeals to the younger demographic/bouldering crowd. Why run two magazines targetting the same audience. If you have two… View Message