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Feb 5, 2021 oh no, terrible, terrible news.    clark had been such a nice guy, for so fuckin long.  condolences to his family. View Message

Nov 7, 2015 easy to see why ASCA won't give you any more hardware View Message

Jun 1, 2011 For the northern areas, take the train to Bois-le-Roi. For the southern areas, get off at Avon. You can rent a bicycle in Fontainebleau. And you'll want one-- most of the a… View Message

May 6, 2011 Different skill sets, as we can see in the angst over Bacharcracker. Watching folks do new guidebooks to areas I helped to develop back in the 1980s, you can see the way that… View Message

May 6, 2011 It just seems like a grade explosion because bouldering, despite it's history, is still in relative infancy. If you look at sport climbing, it has advanced what, 2 letters in 1… View Message

May 3, 2011 Well, yr going to be a long way from decent trad let alone ice, so make the most of the trail running, bouldering, and gym scene while yr in town. Generally speaking, north… View Message

Mar 26, 2011 "If I move to Ann Arbor, where can I climb?" Hell. There'll be a door straight there in your basement. Comes with each house in Ann Arbor. You'll appreciate it in Fe… View Message

Mar 8, 2011 heh. good try. one word of advice: there are at least three kinds of backcountry bouldering. level one is basically roadside, like the best-known areas in tuolumne, an… View Message

Mar 7, 2011 The best known areas are those in Tuolumne and Mammoth. There's guides for both, although not comprehensive. I was never that much into Way Lake, but lots of folks love it.… View Message

Apr 5, 2010 tuolume offers a lot more choices in yr grade range. the way this season has gone, there might well still be a good deal of snow left on the bud lake approach to matthes, so p… View Message

Apr 2, 2010 Pat Ament is bringing his film, Disciples of Gill to NoCal. Stanford University will host at 8 p.m. on Monday April 19. Bridges Rock Gym will host at 8 p.m. on Thursday A… View Message

Mar 19, 2010 Well, not to take anything away from yr larger point, but big aid walls began in the Dolomites well before the Sierra Clubbers had learned how to order pitons from Sporthaussch… View Message

Feb 9, 2010 That is true in a few places I climb as well. Idk if PP is like that or not. But the anti-TR thing is religion, now, and I see folks in sensitive access areas building out la… View Message

Feb 9, 2010 I've been beating that drum for years, but it does no good. The groms neither know nor care about Gill, Murray, etc. TRs don't get scored at 8a.nu. Even Verm is running an… View Message

Feb 4, 2010 hey chris-- Tucson is great, but getting around is not as easy as it might seem, so you have to be very careful where you live in order to have decent access to both mt. lem… View Message

Feb 3, 2010 There's bouldering right on the outskirts of Munich-- a historic area, although not destination quality. There's killer sport climbing right outside of Innsbruck. There's a… View Message

Feb 3, 2010 Go back to Ohio, college boy View Message

Feb 28, 2008 Yeah, that's on the money for US books, especially, and my guess is that the Kor would be one of them. But there is a collector's market for certain books, i.e., I don't see th… View Message

Feb 28, 2008 The recommendations so far for manuals-- Twight, FOH, Long, and Self-Coached Climber--are all quite good. Those three alone will serve a longtime as reference works. So far… View Message

Feb 26, 2008 Ok, that's a bit scary as the last time I was in Chamonix they told me that the AC rescue coverage actually applied there. Who told you that wasn't true? Did anyone ever put… View Message

Feb 25, 2008 No sweat. It's just between MP and everyone who can use Google. I'm sure Micah doesn't ego surf. View Message

Feb 25, 2008 So now we all know what you were doing in the bathroom. View Message

Feb 25, 2008 The AAC Library is amazing. They will mail out books that any decent research library would never allow out of Special Collections. The collection is the best in the US, and… View Message

Feb 15, 2008 I don't coach anymore, but the gyms I am familiar with still use passive and active stretches during warm-ups. Typically a light aerobic warm-up, followed by handstands or eas… View Message