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Mar 23, 2025 Petzl Bolsa Rope bag. Unused. $30. Shipment based on zip. Please DM! View Message

Oct 3, 2024 Mitchell Hodge wrote: Received rope exactly as described. Shipped immediately.Thanks! View Message

Sep 30, 2024 I will let you know shipment once I have your zip code. No shipment cost if you pick up from PA Berks. Please DM.Petzl Bolsa Rope bag. Unused. $30 View Message

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Nov 4, 2023 Henk H wrote: Great seller!Thank you! View Message

Oct 29, 2023 Clearing my gear closet. All prices do not include shipment. I will let you know once I have your zip code. No shipment cost if you pick up. I am in PA Berks. Please DM.Evolv V… View Message

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Mar 23, 2023 Clearing my gear closet. All prices do not include shipment. I will let you know once I have your zip code. No shipment cost if you pick up. I am in PA Berks. Please DM.Evolv V… View Message

Mar 8, 2021 Hi Mike! Just found the coolest and most stocked store in Burlington, Vt today: Outdoor Gear Exchange. Lots of inventory, including ice. Also used gear. It was a full 8 hour dr… View Message

Mar 8, 2021 I started climbing outdoors and “transitioned” to gym later. I recommend the company I’ve started with (Valleytosummit.com) that runs intro classes. They are… View Message

Mar 6, 2021 Maybe life’s hard enough now. No need go looking for more excitement. Prehistoric folk only climbed for mammoth, not entertainment.  View Message

Mar 2, 2021 Edit (see below). My husband and I just purchased two pairs. He is 5’8” and 200lbs and skis more aggressively. I am also 5’8” but 145 lbs. We got him Al… View Message

Feb 2, 2021 I had a T12 to L3 fusion twenty years ago. I wasn’t a climber then. Got hit by a car biking. I still feel it, but it does not bother me when I climb. Mostly everything he… View Message

Jan 11, 2021 I haven’t climbed since forever and my partner bought a horse, so ... View Message

Dec 25, 2020 simplyput . wrote: It would probably be helpful  to mention what your little device is and how it works...Tomcat Live Catch Mouse Trap. Put a bait inside. Mouse goes… View Message

Dec 24, 2020 To all the mouse ninjas out there: it does not have to be this way. They are cute little buggers as long as they don’t poop in your kitchen drawer or chew up everything i… View Message

Dec 10, 2020 I want to second the drier sheets method. Get a good name brand which have more smelly stuff on them and scatter around. Mice don’t like the smell and stay away.  View Message

Dec 2, 2020 I recommend seeking informed medical opinion from a specialist you can trust.  View Message

Apr 26, 2020 The 3 sets of whatever core routine I am doing stuck at home now is probably not going to preserve the “core of steel” (only half kidding) I’ve build from cli… View Message

Apr 26, 2020 Learning how to climb without partners, gardening, and getting myself scared through readings and our hospital’s grand rounds’ reports from ICU. This is the la… View Message

Apr 25, 2020  It seems like micro trux backup is most commonly use but also most expensive. Any reason Camp Lift  or Rollnlock can’t be used as backup?  View Message

Apr 4, 2020 Darn! Just drank my last bottle!  View Message

Apr 3, 2020 Imagine finding yourself in a solid relationship, perhaps getting married. Now fast-forward that a few decades. Do you think that once in a while you may want a break?I’v… View Message

Apr 3, 2020 We all know who is the top dogMichelle doing Kitchen Cabinet before climbing kitchen cabinets was a thing View Message

Apr 2, 2020 Dearly missing those liqueur stores, but I cant figure out for the life of me how the beer distributors are still open.  View Message

Mar 29, 2020 Not to derail the thread, but if you want real maraschino cherries for your old fashioned...https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ted-allen/real-maraschino-cherries-recipe-2102576 View Message

Mar 29, 2020 For my two cats who are oblivious to current situation For my partner who is still healthy despite  front line jobFor my kids who don’t have front line jobs For… View Message

Jan 11, 2020 I am not familiar with Champion, but in my experience with soft shell, they are not particularly good at anything but stretch. Poor as rain gear, poor in wind resistance. I do… View Message

May 10, 2019 I just stopped by the Frontage road at Birdsboro parking lot to check out the Hay creek crossing. Does anyone know what the second crossing looks like these days? View Message

Mar 4, 2019 Update: the ski trip I mentioned above went well. Skied blues gaining confidence over 4 days of skiing but avoiding black of bump runs. I am two weeks short of 1 year anniversa… View Message

Feb 12, 2019 I loved the Age of Ondra, but I thought the speed climbing piece was the most amazing. People spending years climbing the same exact route, omg! And if you skip a hold you get… View Message

Feb 9, 2019 There was a point in my very slow and frustrating recovery when I questioned the decision to do the surgery. I feel much better about it now, 11 months out. I was back to gym c… View Message

Jan 11, 2019 Your second question is nonsensical. As far as the first, maybe you can go to grad school, study that, and let all of us know.  View Message

Jan 9, 2019 The OP is on to something. It’s “differences” but these are not likely to be differences in intelligence but more likely personality. Here are a few of these… View Message

Dec 12, 2018 I had exactly the same bouquet! ACL, MCL, multiple LCL tears and avulsion fracture of fibula, miniscal tear, small tibial plateau and patella fructures. I was hit by an out of… View Message