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5.11c trad = 5.12a sport given that you are equally good at both, the trick is being equally good at both...

"What do the religious lowererers do when the rope is running over the sharp shit?"

Cuss out the idiot who put the anchor where it makes the rope run over an edge.

As if rapping over a sharp edge is somehow better than lowering...

MacGyver:So you trust your partner to belay you but not lower you?

Most, not all but most, hard routes have manufactured holds - that could be a big reason right there why the Red doesn't have any (or more than one anyway). Look at all the rock in England, and how many 9a's are there, like 2 or 3?

Typical, quoting movies as a source of creditable facts on a subject, thats like watching CNN to get real unbiased news). I was in the Army in 93, two of my freinds were there with the 10th Mountain (UN Detachment) also I have read the Debreifings (after declassified in 2004) as well as the book wr...

So what was incorrect in my statement? ZSpider Hitler did not declare war on us before we took interest in him, personal or otherwise. WW2 started 9/1/39 with the invasion of Poland, Britain declared war on the Axis soon after, we supplied Britain materially in their war effort till 12/7/41 without...

If I recall my world history correctly, Hitler had to declare war on us before we really took a personal interest in him. ZSpider Nope. We declared war on the Axis after Pearl Harbor. We were materially supporting England through Lend/Lease for years before Pearl, though. If right wingers recalled ...

Mcrib says... Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld have never been in combat but they are willing, I'd even say eager, to send others to their untimely deaths. Again I agree, however lets not forget Slick Willies little indescretion in Somolia. whether it's 19 dead Rangers or 2k troops, one dead soldier is to...

he's actually on his second try in this vid, in France "first try" means first redpoint try, after you've already blown the onsight/flash.