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The root cause of both of these problems is inexperience and culture that has lost respect for belaying and falling. Steve Hong in a recent interview talked about how he had to work at loosing his trepidation of falling that was instilled early in his career through trad climbing. He contrasted tha...

Man, glad you guys are okay; having a kid should (or did in my case) made me a little tentative to get after it, I'm still not good with a lot of whippers and he's 2 now so I guess it might just be me; but this reminds me of eons ago when we were climbing in a big crew with a new kid (19 in this cas...

Honnold said that he does not think that the free rider would be the route to solo on el cap because of the Teflon corner or the boulder problem. He thinks that golden gate would be the better solo. I don't know, I think both would be crazy, but if any body can do it I think he is the man. Hmm, I h...

Yeah, there are definitely some bold routes in the Carolinas that seldom get repeated because they are so scary. I pretty much call shenanigans when someone intentionally "bolds it up" after virtually "bolting it up " using A1 tactix i.e. RBs then removes/fills/erases/ said A1 t...

There's an app for that...on android...not sure about iPhone

Get up earlier and you will not have that problem. Do you complain when you go to the grocery store and have to wait to checkout? . Sound advice, tho I do complain when there is not enough checkers, but I also get up early(er) if I am keen on something. Works whether you are alpine, sport, or trad ...

I thought sport climbing was declared illegal by the Carolina Trad Climbers Taliban? Boy Oh Boy, don't get me started on the former removable bolt A1 preview/preinspect/predo-- :roll: :roll: :roll: --but now 5.12 (R/X) shenanigans going on in NC...underhanded and poor form at best imo. Je ne accuse...

A popular route is a popular route, there is always the possibility of a line. If you were at the solarium, you could have walk ten feet in either direction and not waited in line :roll: or did those not have fixed gear? I refuse to wait in lines at the red, mainly because here are thousands of rou...

Then, when you're at a crag, make people feel like a**holes for potentially being a future reason for the closure of a crag. I think we have a right to call people out and 'be that guy', especially if they are risking access. I know that not everyone who ventures to the Red will have taken the time...

eat toad shit, or eat shit, toad? lol..... funny how this thing turns into a dog banning, parking fee, and entrance fee thread. none of these appeared in the original complaint. let me spell it out: no fixed gear. no new routes without prior approval. too many people so they are closing it to figur...