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Nov 2, 2020
The line in your photo looks to be within a few feet of what I remember as Standard Route. View Comment
Nov 2, 2020
Hey Joel, I'm not around the area these days but climbed at Joe's a fair bit ten or so years ago. I would r… View Comment
Oct 16, 2019
I think this is easier than Sodbuster or Lonesome Buffalo(unless you use the tree), if you find it harder t… View Comment
Oct 26, 2017
I haven't been to Joe's in a while, but this description sounds like the route "It's All B… View Comment
May 5, 2017
There was a big rockfall at some point this spring between standard route and brass balls.… View Comment
Sep 7, 2016
Yes it is. The tail is just run back through the tie in loops and the bottom of the knot. View Comment

Forum Messages View All 58

Regional > Northeastern States
Reply: What's up with Rumney Hinterlands!?
Oct 8, 2020 "Knights in White Satin" at Cathedral is a play on words of the names of the first ascentionists Barbara Knight and Brad White and is an extremely dirty slab climb as well as a… View Message
Gear > Climbing Gear Discussion
Reply: R value of rope/backpack
Sep 24, 2019 Heat transfer is not linear, I didn't say it was. R value is linear(it is one axis of your graph). It is a measurement that compares heat transfer through an insulator to the t… View Message
Gear > Climbing Gear Discussion
Reply: R value of rope/backpack
Sep 23, 2019 R value is linear R-1 is equal to the insulation value of 1 inch thickness of a soft wood such as pine R-2 is 2 inches etc. View Message
Gear > Climbing Gear Discussion
Reply: Another tie-in knot discussion
Dec 5, 2017 Hang on one tied to your harness and bounce on it a few times see how it unties, then do the same with a figure 8... as to your concern about ring loading. I think a retraced b… View Message
Gear > Climbing Gear Discussion
Reply: Another tie-in knot discussion
Dec 5, 2017 A butterfly is definitely not easier to untie than a figure 8 when it has been loaded and weakens the rope more than a figure 8. It is useful as a tie-in for the middle climber… View Message
Regional > Northeastern States
Reply: Rumney Dynos?
Aug 26, 2017 I think that is sculptured rocks about a 20 minute drive south of rumney in hebron  View Message
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