General Climbing Discussion

Author	Havachatwithhexy...
HEX 9-May-2005 9:31:31 AM	---------------------------------------------- Poll: How long does it take YOU?!! JCP 8/05/2005 >how long does ittake you to polish off a tin (333servings size) of international >roast? Excellent poll question for AFL players :P ----------------------------------------------
HEX 9-May-2005 4:50:17 PM	------------------------------------ rhinckle 9/05/2005 >i can see the relevence of smoking, as an environmental issue, but coffe drinking >does seem a bit off the point... Tomo Cessen propelled himself up the South Face of Lhotse with not much more than a 4 litre flask of coffee --- maybe thatz why he ... -----------------------------------
HEX 9-May-2005 5:16:00 PM	--------------------------------------- Phil Box 9/05/2005 >Sorry bob, I was a bit harsh there mate. Please don`t feel put off by my abrupt >manner or ahem, flames. I`ve just hung up my flame thrower never to get it out to >you again bob... Topic Date User THE AUSTRALIAN RE, RETRO-BOLTING OPEN FORUM Wednesday, 4 February 2004, Dalai : >Go to rockclimbing.com and start a flame war there. You will fit right in! Time you gave this ' advice ' to ya mod-mate :P The constant strain and constraints of moderating the political correctness on RC.com must be getting to poor Philby ... ----------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
HEX 10-May-2005 9:27:50 AM	-------------------------------------- http://bb.bbboy.net/cragx-viewthread?forum=3&thread=122 Adski da man of vision ... --------------------------------------
HEX 10-May-2005 9:34:04 AM	-------------------------- Bore water at araps ? Gotta be better than drinking Piggyz boar water at Araps :P (pee) hehehe ... --------------------------
Onsight 10-May-2005 9:50:19 AM	Cheers for the links Neil! Awesome. (You onto this already eh?). On 7/05/2005 bne wrote: >ever had a photo anchor fail, or almost fail? No. If I can I tend to be rather (overly) cautious with anchors. >what was the most dodgy >rig you have set up? Can’t think of any that particularly stand out. Certainly there have been anchors that have given me cause to worry... but maybe that is just me. Sometimes you have to trust the available fixed gear and other times there’s not as much time, gear or possible placements as I’d like. I like about half a racks worth of anchors, then I can get on with it. Basically I’m aware there are enough traps in this game without taking unnecessary shortcuts with anchors. The photo-fame rig is really safe though because you’re on a totally independent rap line (actually I haven’t used the frame for many years – it rarely helps). “hey sidneeey!!!”
HEX 10-May-2005 10:21:29 AM	On 10/05/2005 Onsight wrote >The photo-fame rig is really safe though because you’re on a totally independent >rap line ... Awwwwriiiiiight ! --- very good Simey --- Hexy woz wondering/worrying about that ... -----------------------------
HEX 10-May-2005 10:40:33 AM	------------------------------- Topic Date User Best excuses of all time Saturday, 9 April 2005, JCP : >yer....im pretty guilty when itcomes to bleeding on holds, espcially since im allergic to the adhesive in finger tape (and hell...i walked in so ill be damned if a >little bloods gonnastopme climbin)... With all the chat about gym-climbing, I am etc,etc,etc that no one in Australia has ever raised the issue of contracting horrible,life-threatning vivuses from gym-holds smeared with plasma & blood ... gotta be a MAJOR issue now with the number of ppl using humid-bacteria-virus-thriving gyms, eh ?... Outdoors ? --- ever had the second arrive at the belay ledge with a silly-grin and blabbing-on about cutting their finger and " aw sorry about the blood on the carabiners, mate:-) "... AID climbing is a minority sub-sport, practiced by leppers using leapers, so they tend to be safely isolated from the broader climbing community ... but with 20,000+ ppl in Australia carry-ing HIVAIDS, you really need to start wondering who is lined-up in front of you on that next gym-climb ... Luv HEX & da grim reaper ... Muhahahahahahaaaaaaaaa ! ... ----------------------------
HEX 10-May-2005 10:55:25 AM	+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ SHOCK-HORROR-THE-DEBATE-WE-HAVE-TO-HAVE-DENIAL-ZONE +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
HEX 10-May-2005 10:56:42 AM	But wait ... therez more ... http://www.thebody.com/cdc/news_updates_archive/mar29_02/hiv_prevention.html
dalai 10-May-2005 12:13:14 PM	On 9/05/2005 HEX wrote: >--------------------------------------- >Topic Date User >THE AUSTRALIAN RE, RETRO-BOLTING OPEN FORUM Wednesday, 4 February 2004, Dalai >: >>Go to rockclimbing.com and start a flame war there. You will fit right >in! > >Time you gave this ' advice ' to ya mod-mate :P Maybe Phil and I have already had a chat via PM's... Ciao Dalai PS by the way your PM inbox is full Hex... edit - fixed typo
HEX 10-May-2005 3:49:17 PM	On 10/05/2005 dalai wrote: >your PM inbox i[s] full Hex... Peter Costello is finding a similar situation with John Howard :P ----------------------------------------
HEX 10-May-2005 4:05:28 PM	---------------------------- Topic Date User Rubbish Collection at Arapiles Tuesday, 27 July 2004, HEX : ' ... dishevelled climbers with backsides torn from trousers reinforced local speculation that all climbers had tapped into the dole to sustain a senseless existence of drug-induced debauchery. Understandably, this was viewed as a lack of respect for the local community... Retaining a firm grip on reality held little comfort as the mohawked inhabitants of ' the Pines ' thrashed wildly in the mud, blood and beer to the throbbing pulse of the Dead Kennedys... all manner of unpleasantness and the odd local illness have been attributed to climbers--- the latter being along the lines of "it's those bloody climbers, they bring back those weird diseases from overseas !"... The fact that we escaped being rounded up and shot by enraged , white-hooded locals brandishing burning crosses and screaming "death to the weird !!!" , astounds me to this day...' (Glenn Robbins , 1995) ....................................... Soooooooooooooo --- the next time some friendly-visiting-Euro,e.g. asks you to go and do a route (ah-hem) with them , explain that the reason you are wearing surgical-gloves while climbing, is to protect the environment from etc,etc,etc ... Hepatightrz is probably of much more concern than HIVAIDS ... ----------------------- SQEAMISH- DENIAL-THIS-IS-TOO-INTENSE-TO-CONSIDER-ZONE ----------------------
HEX 10-May-2005 4:18:57 PM	nmonteith 9/05/2005 >You will have no problems hooking up with partners at Camp4 in Yosemite. The notice >board will be full of keen players... But what is lurking in their lymph/blood stream ... the least you can do is take your surgical gloves in case one of you has to first-AID on the other ... especially on multi-day big-walls ... Gym-holds probably not as ' dangerous ' as crowded boulder problems, where finger-tips are being worn-down quickly, exposing humanoid-fluids to the next keen punter eagerly awaiting their turn ...
Phil Box 10-May-2005 4:36:54 PM	My my, look at that, 1100 something posts of drivel. Of course it is drivel that I cannot resist reading. Resistance is futile. I feel myself being assimilated by the HEX.
nmonteith 10-May-2005 4:45:29 PM	I'm not sure why you are pushing the point Hex. Some people have diseases + they could be climbers = you could catch the disease whilst climbing. Big deal. We get it. There is plenty of other things that could happen that could hurt you as well. Apparently ATM machines are full of evil human killing germs - if you believe Today Tonight.
HEX 10-May-2005 5:09:16 PM	On 10/05/2005 nmonteith wrote: >I'm not sure why you are pushing the point Hex. Some people have diseases >+ they could be climbers = you could catch the disease whilst climbing. >Big deal... = the good 'ol aussie ' easy come, easy go ' attitude ... The HEX , as usual, is waaaaay ahead of the indifferent mob , on an issue that is too horrendous to contemplate ... all those socially-intimate-relationships built-up over many years of camping & climbing together at crags ... of loyal bonds based on trust and respect ... itz not just degenerate-fags/junkies-from-the-alleys who get AIDS ... prefectly sweet middle class types can aquire it medically ... who ARE you climbing with ... is it really a good idea to casually ' hook-up' with globally-roving strangers for a one-day-stand of rock climbing ? ... This is an important issue & has NEVER been addressed in Australian climbing in an open & rational manner ...NEVER been addressed at all , cos many would stick to soloing/bouldering at VERY remote crags ... or stop climbing all-together, if they REALLY had a good think about it ... we really HAVE ? moved irry-trive-ably beyond the dayz when ' sex was safe & climbing was dangerous(oh the irony) ...maybe ...
nmonteith 10-May-2005 5:17:34 PM	Sorry, I can't stop and chat - I am off to the gym to share bodily fluids. See ya tommorow. I'll let you know if my results come back positive.
HEX 10-May-2005 5:28:02 PM	Hehehe ! --- sweet dreamz lil' buddy --- don't let The HEX bugs bite --- all this will be clear in your mind, when you wake in fright, in the morning, grass-hopper ...also,you will have to wait 3 months from the time of your last 'exchange ' before having a test ...
HEX 10-May-2005 5:29:17 PM	----------------------------- anthonyk 10/05/2005 >...generally we keep our own australian standards at the National Measurement Lab in >Lindfield which is based on the international ones, but i don't know if we've got an >official australian standard for the onsight as yet... ............................... Hexyz sexy quote that has featured favourably on several threads ... >Seems to me that the issue here is ONSIGHTFLASH ascents : >Some dude rocks-up to Araps ; grabs his/her boots,rope,trad-rack,chalk-bag ; walks >up a gully ; goes " sak-ra-blur !!! --- what is dis magnificent line ?! " ; a >bumbly ,bouldering near-by , says " I'll giveya' belay, dude --- all I know is that it's >called Cobwebs and it's about USA 5.12d --- go for it !" >Dude then climbs smoothly, confidently, all the way to the top, bearly stopping to >place the occasional runner... >Chalk-marks are par for the course these days... ...............................

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