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by matt
Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:01 pm
Forum: Climbing Community
Topic: Lurker roll call
Replies: 47
Views: 16501

present
by matt
Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:02 pm
Forum: Sport
Topic: Burn a thon
Replies: 72
Views: 18688

Pigsteak,

Just out of curiosity, was the back home route you refer to Group Therapy.
by matt
Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:50 pm
Forum: Training/Nutrition/Injuries
Topic: Souder's crack fall Easter weekend
Replies: 2
Views: 2751

Did I mention that apparently this fella flew here on Delta and checked all his luggage. He then rented a ford escort and drove laps up and down the road to the motherlode while listening to Luncinda Williams on his IPOD the entire time. Rumor has it that the only reason he was climbing at long wall...
by matt
Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:48 am
Forum: Training/Nutrition/Injuries
Topic: Souder's crack fall Easter weekend
Replies: 2
Views: 2751

Souder's crack fall Easter weekend

The skybridge fall was posted on this site but I don't recall anything about an incident at long wall. Rockclimbing.com sites an incident on Souder's Crack at Long Wall involving a ground fall and a broken alien cam. Anyone know any details about this?? Personally, I always thought a ground fall on ...
by matt
Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:49 pm
Forum: Climbing Community
Topic: The passing of my good friend, Mason Allen.
Replies: 55
Views: 43373

some West Virginia memories: http://www.knowchaos.com/photo/drop/stew2.jpg http://www.knowchaos.com/photo/drop/stew3.jpg http://www.knowchaos.com/photo/drop/stew4.jpg http://www.knowchaos.com/photo/drop/stewy.jpg http://www.knowchaos.com/photo/drop/wv.jpg miss you Mason ~Ox
by matt
Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:40 pm
Forum: Training/Nutrition/Injuries
Topic: What's your VO2 max? Calc. your real respiratory condition.
Replies: 158
Views: 66819

sorry, i must admit that i posted prematurely before going back and reading original post which does indeed include a formula. The formula would truly be an estimate. VO2 max is dependent on cardiac output, oxygen uptake by muscle, and the blood's oxygen carrying capacity. Of course, the measuring o...
by matt
Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:46 pm
Forum: Training/Nutrition/Injuries
Topic: What's your VO2 max? Calc. your real respiratory condition.
Replies: 158
Views: 66819

chris is right about the HR and VO2 max. However, the original "calculation" is not a formula for VO2 max at all. It is simply the units used for VO2 max. You can not calculate VO2 max by simply timing your 1.5 mile run.
by matt
Fri Dec 02, 2005 10:41 pm
Forum: More climbing!
Topic: sunbeam buttress
Replies: 1
Views: 1968

sunbeam buttress

Can anyone tell me if Sunbeam butress (muir) gets sunbeams in the morning??
thanks, matt
by matt
Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:56 pm
Forum: Trad
Topic: What's the top of St. Alfonso's at Phantasia look like?
Replies: 4
Views: 3821

alfonzo's

The tree mentioned in description is about 10 feet back off the top of the climb if I remember right. Because of this, the anchor requires a fair amount of webbing/extension if you are planning on toproping. As of about 1 year ago, the webbing was all there and in fairly good shape. When I did this ...
by matt
Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:24 pm
Forum: Whatever
Topic: Climbing Rope Floor Mat
Replies: 46
Views: 879

crazy coincidence but directions for easy climbing rope floor mat are demonstrated in one of the tech tips in this month's issue of Climbing.