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I'm really hoping to get down for Rocktoberfest (plus maybe a couple days before or after), but don't have a dependable car. I'm in Toronto, but could get myself to anywhere else in southern Ontario. If you're going and have room, let me know.
Norma

Just logged on for the first time in forever to see about mooching a ride down there for Rocktoberfest. Yup, I miss those old days.

Y'all are forgetting one of the best reasons to go to the Red: bourbon! But seriously, I think the biggest reason folks from Ontario (and New York) are going there in droves is advertising. Magazines, word of mouth, youtube videos, etc. In the last 2 weeks, I've had 4 separate Ontarians email me or ...

Neither driving long distances nor being Canadian has anything to do with the issue of climbers top-roping or lowering through the anchors. When I was there at Easter, I spoke to two separate groups who were top-roping through the anchors - one group from Ann Arbor Michigan, one from Louisville. I s...

Just wanted to point out that's the 2nd weekend in October, which is usually Rocktoberfest weekend.

Way to go!!

Yay!!!!! Congrats!

3 months with tendinitis in my foot. In the next 2 months, I improved from doing two 5.7's in an evening to doing four climbs 5.9 and under. Then I sprained my ankle and was out for another 2 months. Took me a year to get decent mobility back in my foot/ankle. Three years later, I still don't redpoi...

When I wrote "book-learned" I had two former students in mind. They were both excellent at learning in a manner traditional to classrooms (reading, learning from lectures, etc). They were also very good at assessing what they did and didn't know, in written tests or classroom discussions. ...

It's an interesting idea to test risk assessment. But there are a lot of folks out there who are good at book-learning and judging what they do or don't know about book-learned things. Book-learning does not necessarily translate into active skills. And I'd argue this test does not necessarily trans...