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You could attach another super short loop to your belay loop and that would reorient the Grigri to the orientation your prefer. It would place the device maybe an inch away from the built in belay loop, but it doesn't seem like that would be a big problem. Know how to tie a water knot in 1" web...

You didn't build much of a rack on gear I left behind.
Nobody was better at cleaning gear than me. I was a notorious tight wad, if my second couldn't clean something I'd rap back down and get it myself. Other than a few rap slings on trees, I left next to nothing.

"Finally I gave up and became a trad climber." I like that. Gear left on a trad route has always been fair game. It's called booty. Pull it all down and take it home with you. You have my permission. Tell 'em "Larry made me do it". If you're feeling extra special nice, you can le...

Yeah, Dakota, a long route that's all like the final pitch would be pretty cool, and likely unique for the RRG.

I'd love that, Arthur. Have fun, and be careful. You've done it, Dakota? How hard do you think the first pitch is? I thought the crux was awesome. I just don't know how hard it is. 10a? 10c?

Any of you guys like wide cracks? It looks like nobody ever does Last Day. I'd enjoy hearing what you think of it. Is it really 10c? It felt pretty hard to me, but then I didn't really know how to do off-width, I just thrashed and went at it as hard as I could.

No, they're crazy as shit. They think the government is trying to make us sick in order to enrich drug companies, or some such shit. They latch onto experimental weather modification projects as proof that they're right.

My great great uncle, Kelly J. Day of Kentucky and Colonel Lee Long of Virginia were the leaders in the effort to establish Breaks Interstate Park, way back when. I drove all the way from Montana a few years ago just to get a look at the place. It would be cool to see climbing accepted there.