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Apr 14, 2024 Thank you Rprops. Much appreciated  View Message

Apr 14, 2024 When buying the entry pass on Rec.gov, the earliest entry / time slot is 0800. Gate opens at 0600. Anyone know if you can get in at 0600 as long as you have an entry ticket??&n… View Message

Dec 21, 2023 An overused trope: 'best' climber, surfer, musician etcetera... The one enjoying themselves most Everything else is derivate  View Message

Dec 21, 2023 What kind of rock is it? Looks fun. First I've ever heard of Ohio climbing. Wonder if that's where John Sherman ticked Ohio on his quest to climb in all 50 states.  View Message

Dec 8, 2023 John Clark wrote: How can you possibly justify this? If FAs really do have dominion over “their” routes, then they also have the responsibility to make them ac… View Message

Mar 9, 2023 I wear a bike helmet sometimes skiing... Who gives a crap about others / a laugh. You'll be laughing last with a well protected brain. I recently was heckled for exce… View Message

Mar 9, 2023 Totally reasonable and smart. I've seen horrible head injuries in the gym during my 30 years of climbing. Frankly, the worst gym injury I've ever witnessed was a foot that… View Message

Oct 11, 2020 We're still talking about bolts?? Don't like them, don't clip them.  View Message

Jun 25, 2019 Another Red Rocks potential victim! I have thought of white paint instead of tape...  View Message

Jun 21, 2019 Vik, one more unsolicited rec: be very careful climbing in the sun during the 1st year after the healing - the new skin, even if it looks fully healed, is not as 'strong' as th… View Message

Jun 20, 2019 It took my heals a good 5-6 weeks. I work in a hospital and at around the 2 week mark i saw one of the wound care specialists who debrided all the dead stuff off which helped.… View Message

Nov 14, 2018 Alec and Jason, Thank you for the quick responses. So from abq it's an additional 45min... Ugh. Sounds like for a day trip from abq for winter cragging, it's socorro, Diablo, o… View Message

Nov 13, 2018 Any idea on how long it now takes, using a typical high clearance suv, to get to the tower the long way around once you get to the original turn off? Thx View Message

Oct 5, 2018 Climbed Jubilant Song recently ... full south face / 80F ambient.Big (6-7cm diameter) and extremely painful partial thickness burns on both heels.Had my feet stuffed into Mocas… View Message

Sep 9, 2015 Matt Davis, a TX surgeon recently died climbing in CO. Anyone know the route or circumstances? Thanks View Message

Jul 15, 2014 First and only time at Tahquitz: got on Sahara Terror 3 yrs ago. My wife leading the pitch with the wide crack (p.3?) - stepped on and dislodged a suitcase size piece of grani… View Message

May 15, 2013 Hi, My Honda Pilot with two cargo boxes atop it (one Yakima & one Thule) was stolen from in front of my house in Albuquerque on 5/9. In one cargo box was a full trad ra… View Message

Feb 1, 2011 Hi! my wife and i are headed to JT Natl Pk for some climbing with friends; we have twin 3 year olds and want to find someone willing to spend days with us to help care for… View Message