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chummer

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Jan 13, 2008
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Jun 29, 2026
I onsight free soloed this route up to where it gets wide and then back down back in 1997. Funny enough I w… View Comment
May 4, 2026
I love this rig. It feels like 3 12b/c's back to back-to-back. The finishing crux is a bit sketch, and if y… View Comment
Mar 19, 2026
I find the descriptions to locate this traverse confusing. It's basically directly below the big overhangs… View Comment
Jul 17, 2025
Bummer it's closed. That route looks awesome. View Comment
Jun 18, 2025
Sharp but fun. The moves felt trickier than the Kind for me. youtube.com/shorts/559rBvp1…. View Comment
May 27, 2025
My First 11a. 1992. Afterward we were almost assaulted by the locals at the old "Pit stop lounge" in Lansin… View Comment

Forum Messages View All 92

General > Trad Climbing
Reply: Trad climbers solid at 5.11 and up
Aug 5, 2026 I've been thinking on this very topic. My absolute peak year of fitness AND skill for climbing was when I was 34 and on YOSAR and spent most of my climbing that season free sol… View Message
Regional > Southern States
Reply: Benchmarks for the grade? NC and other areas?
Jun 29, 2026 Those grades aren’t consensus? Seems right to me. Cornflake could be 11b if you link pitches. but alone def 11a. Just a normal trad grade compared to eldo, yose, t w… View Message
Regional > Southern States
Reply: Benchmarks for the grade? NC and other areas?
Jun 29, 2026 Electric Kook Aid Acid Test for 12d. Predator is a classic 12c face climb tho it prob doesn't get done. But it should!Hanging Chain for 12b. Haven't seen it post brea… View Message
General > General Climbing
Reply: Murder-Suicide - the Case Against Simul-rappelling
May 30, 2026 Agreed. I don't care for the simul-rap. An necessarily complicated way to rap and unlikely to be the best option in most circumstances.  View Message
General > Training Forum
Reply: New paper about low load hangs- comments?
Mar 28, 2026 No hangs are cool and are much like a rehab protocol. But there is no miracle workout. The best finger training protocol is the one you do regularly week after week for years.… View Message
General > Injuries and Accidents
Reply: Peroneal Tendonitis/Tendon Subluxation?
Mar 19, 2026 8 month post op follow upMy surgery was mid July and its March now so its around 8 months at this point. Finally climbing and hiking (mostly) regularly again. But it hasn't bee… View Message
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