Bad Couple of Days on Longs Peak

Glad you're recovering well. Not to derail this too much, but I think the below may be a bit of an urban legend. I've had to buy my own health insurance for many years, have a policy through Kaiser, had a few claims related to climbing accidents and injuries--no problems.
You may be able to find some policies that don't cover climbing accidents--obviously don't get such a policy if you're a climber!

(I don't necessarily recommend Kaiser, for other reasons).

Christian Mason wrote:I didn't have medical insurance, but my understanding is that a lot of policies don't cover rock climbing or "adventure sports".

JPVallone wrote: I can pitch the North Chimney out with a partner faster then I can solo it with a partner. The rope doesn't slow me down, In fact it speeds things up in that situation for me. If you think that all the things you claim are dangerous about using a rope in the NC are true, then I might speculate that your rope management skills and technical systems could use some work. If folks are gonna simul climb in the NC with a running belay, I really don't think that is a bad thing, but IMO the terrain is not the place to stretch out your rope and be 60meters apart. Just not the right application in that terrain to be that far apart for so many reasons.

Any beta on the Smear of Fear if it is in or not?

Charles Perry wrote:Any beta on the Smear of Fear if it is in or not?