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I meant the holds you are using.. "Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes

looks like a 5.7 or so? Looks like some good bouldering problems are on that rock. "Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes

Yeah JT, you usually don't need one for bouldering, but you still can take a pretty nasty fall bouldering, basically they're there to make sure your feet hit first instead of your head. Can't ever be too safe like in skydiving "Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes

Yes, in the US it's called the Yosemite Decimal System. it has 5 classes. (The first number indicates steepness) It actually has 6, but I don't want to have to explain it, and it's not really relevant for beginners anyway. 1-Trail Hiking 2- Hiking over rough ground, whihc may include the use of hands for stability 3 Scarmbling that requires the use of hands and careful foot placement 4-Scrambling over steep and exposed terrain where climbing difficulty is relaivetly easy but a long fall would result in injury because of exposure. 5- Climbing on steep and exposed terrain where a fall would defiantely result in injury or death. Only the hands and feet are used for upward progess, no direct or artificial aid is employed The second number indicates the difficultly rating. This rating comes from the route's hardest move, not the whole climb in general. so a route may be easier or harder then actually rated. It ranges from 0 to 15 (so far). Also because ratings are not absolute, you can add a +/- to show that the rating may be slightly easier/harder then the "average" and becaue the rating may be unclear or still being agreed on.. Also for ratings 10 and above, you can add a/b/c to indicate different classes of difficulty. Most first time climbers can climb a 5.5-5.6 easily because the hand/footholds are large and easy to grab, as you go up in difficulty, the holds get smaller or more difficult moves such as foot/hand jams (just like what it sounds like) are required, or the the holds are very small and require skill and good technique to complete the route. Trad= Traditional, one of disciplines of rock climbing, there is a debate between people who do trad versus sport (like RW vs FF in skydiving). Trad is basically not using pre-positioned bolts to climb a wall. They use small devices called cams, among other things to climb a wall (If you've seen Vertical limit, you've seen cams in the movie) They're small spring loaded hand held devices that you compress and put in holes or cracks in the rock to attach your rope to, so you have some protection if you fall. Sport climbing uses pre postioned bolts (small o-shaped rings) pre-drilled into the rock, you use other equipment to climb this way, mainly quickdraws, which is two caribeiners which are connected by a piece of webbing. One of the "beiners" is connected to the bolt, then you attach your rope and it can hold you if you fall. You repeat until you reach the top of the route. In general, all sport climbing (with ropes) is done in pairs. One guy climbs while the the other is the belayer. He is your rope anchor. While one climbs, the other feeds the rope and controls the amount of slack in the rope at any time. If you fall, he can catch you because he is attached to the other end of the rope, and also lowers you as well when you are finished. Very important person...you have to be able to trust that belayer, your life is literally in his hands. I don't mean to sound dramatic, but it is a big responsibility. You carry all your equipment on a sling around your shoulders or on your harness. We call that a rack. Example. I have a full rack of trad gear. Translation: I have a full complement of traditional gear (cams, nuts, etc) with me. "Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes

Hey Kelli, I have the Falcon "Rock Climbing Arizona" save your money routes...let me check it out and I'll get back to you. I can lead 5.9-10, if you need me to. Addition, there are some good 5.7-9 routes, but it's mostly 10 and 11's with some 12 and 13's, some good trad routes though. Lots of bouldering for everyone too. "Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes

I can borrow stuff from the Academy club...shoes, quickdraws, harnesses, ropes...etc. I am definately going to bring the trad rack too, I also borrowed a "Climbing Arizona" book, most of the stuff that I found quickly skimming is near Phoenix/Tuscon. "Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes

Where's AggieDave?? I'm just waiting to hear his $.02 about guns..

I think it got locked..or possibly deleted....just in case..IBTL! Casie "Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes

It's me again..if htis isn't wasting bandwidth, I don't know what is.

Nope..It is I..the goldfish from hell!

oooooo....FFG is talking smack.... "Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes

Yes, I know its a random question, but I'm bored, and I'm doing my level best to keep from writing a paper on US foreign policy with respect to China, and a test on the politics of the former Soviet states. But I find that I do sing in the shower, usually some random song that has been running through my head. "Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes

Good job..that looks badass!

Well, I live in my "office", so I don't really have a choice. "Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes

216 days and a wake-up till I graduate from here. Oh yeah! Can't wait!

Vibes Michele, good luck! "Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes

so your butt is blue now? This has to be a good story about this....especially since its now green.. "Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes

I want in too, I've never done one! "Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes

What year did you graduate? "Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes

Move him to another part of the building...try to make him think he's never worked there, or have someone at his desk. Mess with his head. Could you possibly arrange to have him "fired"? Let's see what he'd do. "Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes

I stand humbly in your presence O Evil one! This truly is a joke beyond measure or description. "Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes

oooo...I know..you can switch the keys around on his keyboard. That'll drive him nuts having to figure out where each key is supposed to go. "Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes

this will take some doing....I call it the "glazed doughnut" trick. You have to have access to his house though. What you need. 1. Lots of saran wrap 2. powdered sugar.(confectioners sugar) unmake his bed, put the saran wrap down. Make sure it's tight and doesn't crinkle. The cover it with an even layer of sugar, remake his bed. When he goes to sleep his body heat will go down into the bed but be reflected by the saran wrap and will melt the sugar, it should come up thourgh the sheets and stick to his skin. He should wake up looking like a glazed doughnut.

trust her when she says this.. just watch her after i tell the duck joke near her!!!!!! Now that we definately have to get on video...a dead wingnut... "Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes

Word...great avatar Sunny! "Dancing Argentine Tango is like doing calculus with your feet." -9 toes