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chummer

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Sep 27, 2026
● Birchman, Add some rap bolts up there! View Comment
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

Forum Messages View All 94

Regional > Colorado
Reply: Hauling the scenic cruise
Oct 24, 2026 Might not be worth it on the Scenic Cruise if you're moving quickly on 5.10. Reminds me of the old adage if you bring bivy gear you will bivy. That said if something goes sidew… View Message
General > Injuries and Accidents
Reply: Lingering elbow pain
Aug 22, 2026 You need to load the tendon and strengthen them . Start with iso holds. He doesn't recommend wrist curl iso holds in the vid but others do and they work for me. Remember It tak… View Message
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
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