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Reckon I'll get the an ATC (XP maybe) and then the shunt, and then more gear, and some more stuff, and then there'll be something I just can't live without... But what about if I don't get the goods right away and I'm stuck with the old figure eight for a while longer? Has anybody heard of or tried ...

I'm planning to use it as a backup device for rappelling. It also sounds like a good method for stopping and checking out the view hands free, picture-taking etc. I'm getting back into climbing after a couple of months in which I've been pursuing ultra-light backpacking. As far as rappelling...I als...

I'm thinking about getting a Petzl Shunt. Does anyone have experience using one and what do you think of its performance? Any opinion or advice is welcome.

-shoes

Where is Eagle's Nest? Is it the same thing as Eagle Point Buttress? I've only been out to that area once and I'm not real familiar...

My thoughts go out to the family and friends of John Peter Jackson.

Twelve to fourteen! Dang! Climbing gets expensive. I was hoping six or seven would do for now...


...now, where's my Visa card?

http://www.backcountrystore.com/store/product_group_results?pg_id=183& Only 10.97! (Plus Free Shipping) Haven't seen them this cheap. Anyway, I'm putting a rack together and thought I'd take advantage of this offer. But the sale ends Sunday. What's a good number of quickdraws to start out with?

Fruit-of-the-Loomers


My momma can whip yer momma cuz she don't like nobody!

No, not a troll. Not a gumby, at least I don't think so. It says it under my name. I just don't get it. Why is everyone picking on me?

Unders


What happened was: I edited and deleted a message but it made me type in something to do so. I don't know why, I'm not very smart, but I'm not a troll. Sorry for the inconvenience and the confusion.

I recently purchased a petzl basic ascender and it worked really well. I backed it up with a prussik that I pushed up along the rope as I climbed. I bundled the rope at the bottom to weight it. The rope fed thru the ascender with no problems.