General Climbing Discussion

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HEX 7-Apr-2005 5:27:25 PM	--------------------------------- > I much prefer this one ... the one in the Rock editorial is a very strange choice indeed ... ---------------------------------
HEX 7-Apr-2005 5:50:36 PM	------------------------------- Hexyz Open Forum/Post on : ' Historic Bolts - chop or not ' Best all-round solution would be to digi-photo them, ala Philbyz classic ' Tibro Tat ' photo , so the heritage can be added to this cyber-museum, prefferably with route details included : http://www.safercliffs.org/code/network.html Then carefully, if possible, remove the bolts/pinz/gizzmoz & give them to someone 'responsible' to look-after ... antiques , 22/09/2004,JCP : >im interested in starting a bit of a collection of 'historic' or interesting bits of gear... Someone shoulda had the 4sight to digi-record the graffiti at Araps... The times/climbs/Pines theyarachangin' ... ----------------------------------
HEX 7-Apr-2005 6:08:04 PM	----------------------------- Another glimpse into the future of climbing ... '...Climbers from all over Europe tested the limits of their power at the No Foot Contest VI in Strasbourg, France. Held annually at the Rock en Stock climbing gym, this brutal event features a series of contests testing crimp, campusing, pull-up (one- and two-arm), and lock-off strength. The final round was a no-feet-allowed onsight lead on the gym´s impressively overhanging 60-foot cave...' 7,000 metres of very fixed rope on Everest ? ... Thingz are becoming very mediocre/politically-correct/letz include everyone ... ...just cut ya legs off now and head for the Euro-gym ... you'll probably win with less body-weight to haul up the over-hang.....................................;-) ---------------------------------
HEX 7-Apr-2005 6:14:11 PM	---------------------------------- JJ 7/04/2005 >For me it is (was) Mark Morehead. He was da man! (RIP) swissCRACKERS >how come???¿¿¿ Because he eluded/shrewdly-avoided the aussie-tall-poppy-thingy, by under-grading his world-class-grade-28s, by 2 or 3 grades ... ------------------------------
HEX 7-Apr-2005 6:25:05 PM	----------------------------------------- On 15/03/2005 HEX wrote: >Anyone got any (good) news on Bryden Allen's recovery ? ... Topic Date User 551m or Balls to you Thursday, 7 April 2005, tnd : >I suspect they're using Dick's name as he is well known (he's put a lot of effort into >getting that way). No doubt he'll be talking up his own involvement at the expense of >Bryden and Co. who actually did it first. >I spoke to Bryden Allen last night and... ...and how is he ? ----------------------------------
nmonteith 7-Apr-2005 6:32:02 PM	On 7/04/2005 HEX wrote: >Best all-round solution would be to digi-photo them, ala Philbyz classic >' Tibro Tat ' photo , so the heritage can be added to this cyber-museum, >prefferably with route details included : >Then carefully, if possible, remove the bolts/pinz/gizzmoz & give them >to someone 'responsible' to look-after ... > Have no fear Hexy. I have hundreds of the things in my garage at home. I want to mount them on a board with names/locations ect in the near future.
HEX 7-Apr-2005 6:44:09 PM	hex-TROLL 24/03/2004 8:18:56 PM >Neil---you're a 'gentle-dude' ; Thank you ; Over&out. >Luv , HEX. .................. :-))) -------------------------------
HEX 7-Apr-2005 8:25:50 PM	------------------------------- Mike 18/08/2004 Another Update: Louise Shepherd and Gordon Poultney have also agreed to an interview... adski 18/08/2004 >Excellent work Mike! You're really racking them in now. >Can't wait to hear what they have to say... Just re-checked-out the simey interview & I'm mentzlasanything for more !! Howz it goin' with Gordy, Mike ?... Kim Carrigan is a must ! ... contact him here : http://www.iceage.com.au/web/index.asp?p=14,14,, In a 1997 interview, he spoke passionately about winning the rat-race in 5 years ( 2002...), and then getting right into climbing again --- including a soul-saving-ascent of The Ring Route(31)... ...the interview process might be just the thing to re-focus him ... Please Mikey Please !!! ... before he chops off his fingers in a fruit-blenda or sumfin' ... Luv HEX ... ------------------------------------
adski 8-Apr-2005 1:52:18 AM	That's hilarious Hexy! Does anyone else see the irony in one of Australia's leading rockclimbers selling icecream? In the photo he still looks lean, i reckon he can still crank eh.
Dave C 8-Apr-2005 8:03:23 AM	On 7/04/2005 HEX wrote: >Kim Carrigan is a must ! ... contact him here : >http://www.iceage.com.au/web/index.asp?p=14,14,, I suggested Kim to Mike a while ago but I had no idea where he'd got to! Selling ice-cream??!! >In a 1997 interview, he spoke passionately about winning the rat-race >in 5 years ( 2002...), and then getting right into climbing again --- including >a soul-saving-ascent of The Ring Route(31)... Glad to hear he finally got up the Ring Route, I was taking pics the day he fell off the last move in early '85, oh the language!!! Must scan those pics & try and improve them a bit (they're really too dark as they are) then get them off to Mike I think. Dave C
manacubus 8-Apr-2005 9:45:11 AM	> That's hilarious Hexy! >Does anyone else see the irony in one of Australia's leading rockclimbers selling icecream? >In the photo he still looks lean, i reckon he can still crank eh. He climbs at my local gym occasionally. He still looks fit and well, but his climbing is certainly at a more moderate level these days. I was just impressed he is still climbing and enjoying it.
BA 8-Apr-2005 12:38:48 PM	On 8/04/2005 adski wrote: >Does anyone else see the irony in one of Australia's leading rockclimbers >selling icecream? Umm, no. I can remember a climbing mag called Screamer and one of their most pouplar guide inserts (mine is pretty well worn) was where to find the best ice creams in Melbourne. It came out when Kim was king, maybe it is all the fault of Dulux/Angel Black/Hero Fukutu/ ... ?
Rich 11-Apr-2005 10:25:38 AM	On 8/04/2005 BA wrote: >On 8/04/2005 adski wrote: > >>Does anyone else see the irony in one of Australia's leading rockclimbers >>selling icecream? > prob more correct to say manufacturing ice creams? a quick glance at this post and i thought he was mr whippy!
Eduardo Slabofvic 11-Apr-2005 3:24:38 PM	On 8/04/2005 Stuck in UK wrote: >>In a 1997 interview, he spoke passionately about winning the rat-race >>in 5 years ( 2002...), and then getting right into climbing again --- >including >>a soul-saving-ascent of The Ring Route(31)... Even if you win the rat race, it still means your a rat.
Dave C 11-Apr-2005 6:59:33 PM	On 11/04/2005 Eduardo Slabofvic wrote: >Even if you win the rat race, it still means your a rat. Oooh, bitchy!!
HEX 12-Apr-2005 5:16:50 PM	********************************************************************* ********************************************************************* ********************************************************************* ********************************************************* BUMP ! LittleMac : >In the absence of a current spiritual leader within the forum... Nevafear, The HEX is lurking near........mwahahahahahaaaaaa;-) ...BUMP ! ********************************************************** ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** **********************************************************************
James 18-Apr-2005 10:16:50 PM	just *bumping* the cauldren back to the front page...
HEX 26-Apr-2005 7:11:16 PM	Some funky front page news ... Topic Date User The Future of Climbing Wednesday, 30 March 2005 , Nick Kaz : >Hmm, I dont know about trad taking a back seat ... There is some wicked stuff >happening in the backcountry that is taking the spotlight from the sports climbing >buzz that we have seen in recent years... 25 APR 2005 : '...A multinational team has free-climbed the El Capitan-sized wall to the left of Angel Falls in Venezuela, using no bolts for protection. Britons John and Anne Arran, Miles Gibson, and Ben Heason, along with Alex Klenov from Russia and Venezuelans Ivan Calderon and Alfredo Rangel, climbed the 31-pitch route over 19 days, with 14 nights on the wall. Fully half the pitches were 5.12 or harder, and nine were rated E7 (dangerous 5.12 or better-protected 5.13-). The team onsighted most pitches and redpointed the remainder with preplaced traditional protection. The Angel Falls wall has four other routes, including a shorter free line spearheaded by the late José Luis Pereyra in 1996, but only a Spanish aid route had ascended the steepest and biggest wall, just to the left of the world’s highest waterfall; the free route follows part of this 1985 climb...' Tres Impressive !! & herez a good way to get back down in a hurry ... http://voicebyduffy.com/angel.htm ---------------------------------------------
Onsight 26-Apr-2005 11:03:53 PM	Yes, mighty big one by Ben and co that one eh Hex! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Good to hear from you Hex. So where ya been; school hols or something? I was beginning to get worried. Had even started psyching up to write your cyber-obituary and all.................
IdratherbeclimbingM9 27-Apr-2005 9:06:38 AM	I am a glasshopper of faith (knew s/he would be back). Angel Falls in Venezuela. Must look up an epic I once read where some aid climbers got trapped behind the falls curtain in a flood, and post the details here ...

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