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Jeff wrote:

love it

I climb good routes. If said routes have no bolts, then I bring gear.

Redpoint:
sport 12d
trad 11c

Onsight:
sport 12a
trad 10d

Romney won because he didn't lose like he was expected to.

Sandra Fluke, a 30 year old law school graduate, believes that someone other than she and her boyfriend should pay for their condoms, by the force of law if necessary. Republicans seem to believe they can buy their owned damned rubbers. Democrats call this an "assault on women's reproductive h...

Both candidates are shit.

I'm voting for the one least likely to start a war, ban abortion, or smote gays.

Blue Flexbar and bicep stretching worked for me. And of course, long slow warmups on things 2-3 full grades below what you are setting out to do.

A nice gradual warmup dramatically increases my success rate on harder routes (and dramatically reduces my injury rate). If I want to do a 12 that day, I typically warm up with 3 routes between 9+ and 11b. A 10a at a crag full of 12's might be worth having even if it is kind of shitty.

wear a helmet. That might help. The only serious danger apart from landing on a ledge or hitting the ground is flipping upside down and hitting your head. Wearing a helmet significantly reduces the risk of anything bad happening during a fall, and it might give you the extra confidence required to t...

I'm sure his defense will be: "It's hard to see black people at night"

Pretty sure the video caribe posted is the only known failure case for the SUM. And my guess is that even with the brake hand on you would fail in that mode because there is almost zero friction.