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LilaBiene
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 29, 2013 - 10:17pm PT
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I went to the store to buy this (and only this):
...and came home with, well, this!!!
When the landlord comes looking for my rent on Friday, can I send him your way?! ;D
Thanks so much, again, GLEE, for the NH and Gunks guides -- you are incredibly thoughtful.
Here's a small reminder of how much fun there was to be had @ Facelift 2012. Looking forward to this fall already!
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MisterE
Social climber
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Jan 29, 2013 - 10:19pm PT
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Nice, LilaBiene!
THAT GUY! Crashed our reception in 2011 at The River House...
with nice gifts.
He was cordial, too - not at all like the "Wedding Crashers" I had come expect from the movie.
;)
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Jan 29, 2013 - 11:17pm PT
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Bouldering Guide, Cam, nuts, draws and Ascenders.. Well, you are pretty much covering the whole spectrum of possibilities aren't ya :)
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LilaBiene
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 29, 2013 - 11:47pm PT
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Now I just need to figure out what to do with them... :D
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jan 30, 2013 - 12:02am PT
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Plenty of folks here that would love to show you how. Welcome to the dark side....there is no going back.
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john hansen
climber
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Jan 30, 2013 - 12:17am PT
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Just find a rock with some cracks in it, and fiddle around with those small stoppers. put em in with a biner or a sling attached and pull on them from different directions. You will start figuring out how they work.
You dont even have to climb , just practice on what you can reach from the ground. Placing protection and being confident in it is one of the most important parts of climbing. You have had good teachers so far in Ken and Ed.
Just remember you have a child and you should be very careful.
Practice makes perfect.
Now you got to get a cam...
Aloha
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Fletcher
Trad climber
The great state of advaita
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Jan 30, 2013 - 02:15am PT
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Oh that insidious, glee... gotta love his treachery! Ha ha!
I remember those days of coming home from the climbing shop well... wait a minute... they still happen!
Eric
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Pollock Pines, California
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Jan 30, 2013 - 08:56am PT
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as my ship rockets
downward neath the economic sea,
i just smile with glee,
and howl my song along
the dolphins sonic wind
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Jan 30, 2013 - 10:03am PT
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Go GLEE!!!
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LilaBiene
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 30, 2013 - 11:18pm PT
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You guys have me in stitches!
The big something soon to be associated with my very own newly acquired ascenders is an enormous tree in my mom's backyard. I'm convinced I need to learn how to get myself out of trouble above all else...know thyself...or so it goes.
Go ahead. Laugh. :D
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Jan 30, 2013 - 11:57pm PT
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Laughing WITH you. Fact is, too many climbers these days don't know basic self rescue. They are 'Gonna die fer sure'.....
Getting up, getting down, moving around. You need them all.
Probably(!) make some good disco lyrics, too.
Rock on, DoltishLady. Hehe.
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LilaBiene
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 31, 2013 - 10:19pm PT
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HA! LMAO, Skully!!!
It's going to be an interesting weekend...
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GLee
Social climber
Missoula MT
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Thanks for the email, Lila. Didn't lurk into this one on the Forum...
Looks as though you'll be ready for Anders/Ed (the Dark Side) & the Mad Bolter (even Darker Side), for sure!!! Chuckle, Chuckle....
Yeh, send me your rent bill!
Climb SAFE & OFTEN Audrey (& Muppet and Husband, maybe)!!
Probably a few Old Timers (i.e., Vulgarians, even though they are from NYC, THE HORROR!!) that met/knew your Dad... & would love to meet you....
PS: MisterE/JTM, I was just going to bring my gifts to the Chapel, then leave. But one thing lead to another, so I rode with Ed to El Portal for a GREAT TIME!! What a LOVELY COUPLE!! Thank You again for your understanding & my reprieve!?!?!...
GLee
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tinker b
climber
the commonwealth
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lilabiene
hey i am occasionally in your area. my folks live in southborough...a few miles down route nine past framingham. i am here now for a few more days and the weather looks like shite for climbing (due to extensive stays in cali i have become soft), but i will be back in the end of may.
sooo...if you are looking for a climbing partner, i am occasionally around.
peace,
j
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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You don't have nearly enough sling material (and that is relatively cheap).
Plus yer gonna need to sling those ascenders correctly (see Jello's vid).
But the stuff should have warning labels about the addictive nature of adrenaline....
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Well, Lila, you've been duly warned! But as you already know, the SIDE OF LIGHT, (not to mention "The Range of Light!") will always OVERSHADOW THE DARK SIDE! (Thanks for the "Rewind..." recommendation!) I remember trips across L.A. to the Sport Chalet spending all our extra $ just as you have! Then we worked a Chouinard's Skunkworks to earn our hardware. Ahh! The addiction!!
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LilaBiene
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 3, 2013 - 04:32pm PT
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There's more that I've been squirreling (as Ben so aptly phrased that!):
I'm trying to avoid buying a bunch of stuff I'll never use, so I've bought a handful of things with the idea of playing around with them and trying to establish some kind of color-coordinated system and materials preferences so that I don't sink the proverbial financial boat.
GLEE: :D
tinker b: Hey, that'd be awesome!!! Weather should be better in May, though it is NE...lol.
BooDawg: Here's the thing about the dark side...I'd have to give up the Ring.
Mr. Villain: Eh-hem. Your warning is a tad LATE, don't you think?! I am SO screwed.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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This made me laugh--Good on you and tough for the VISA
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Depends. Since the cure (a crater) is worse than the disease.
The good news is that some people have lived full and satisfying lives with a climbing addiction by avoiding "the way of the gumby". Some climbers have even dabbled in gumbyism a bit and escaped unscathed,... (well OK, most of us did), but this is not advised.
But get some sling material, you don't want to be cutting up those sewn ones.
(and please, its Toker not Mr. Villain, aren't we still friends?)
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LilaBiene
Trad climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 3, 2013 - 05:01pm PT
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Oh, but I liked Python R so much better! :D Just yankin' yer chain a bit...
Here's a doofus question (and for anyone that considers making fun of me, I have no fear of asking stupid questions because of the alternative to NOT asking them):
What, precisely, does "sling material" mean?
Edit:
Thank you, Ben H.! ")
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