General Climbing Discussion

Author	The official stoked thread!
IdratherbeclimbingM9 7-Sep-2009 2:40:47 PM	On 7/09/2009 dalai wrote: >As of yesterday, current Victorian Masters MMAS2 Road Time Trial champion... > >In three weeks time I'll be up in Canberra for the Australian Masters >Road Championships! Stokedforyadalai! Is this also the start of a new round of interstate rivalry to make the climbing forays into yonder territory pale into insignificance? Heh☺ On 5/09/2009 Phil S wrote: >I'm unbelievably stoked that my beloved Kawasaki ZX9R is finally fixed >- exactly five weeks since we got clobbered by a silly motor(car)ist who >thought that spontaneous lane changes do not require use of mirrors (or >it wouldn't be spontaneous... or something). StokedforyatooPhilS! Having the bike out of action is more than inconvenient eh! ~> It is not the destination but the journey one takes to get there ...
MonkeyBoy 7-Sep-2009 4:12:36 PM	"it really really really reallllllly helps if you aid >up a climb on top rope while learning to trad climb" Hey Olbert, so on the weekend I was climbing with a lead rope and a second rope through a top rope anchor to my belayer. Placing gear and clipping in as if my belay was on the lead rope. I didn't aid or weight any of my placements, but what your saying is set the same thing up again and the actually pull myself up the climb using the gear I just placed ? I suppose to give me confidence in my placements. Cheers for the advice. O
ambyeok 7-Sep-2009 4:53:08 PM	On 7/09/2009 MonkeyBoy wrote: >actually pull myself up the climb using the gear I just placed ? Yes, this is a great trad training technique that I have seen even very experienced climbers do... mind you, I am yet to determine why they always seem to choose to test the quality of their gear placement right at the crux (edit: heh heh ;) or some such)
D.Lodge 7-Sep-2009 5:07:14 PM	>Me, well I'm stoked to have had an enjoyable rogaine on the weekend, despite >not being able to complete our loop back quite the way we had intended... >Vic champs in one and a half months. Nice one Cruze, my girlfriend, her sister and husband did that one on saturday as well. But she lost a good lightweight rain jacket and her headtorch, guess this could go on the gutted thread but i did have a weekend to myself hehehehehehe
Olbert 7-Sep-2009 10:12:12 PM	On 7/09/2009 MonkeyBoy wrote: >Hey Olbert, Well I can hardly claim that I invented the technique myself, I read once when mikl(Mike Law) posted about doing it. I actually first used it cos I was so terrified whilst climbing a route that I almost spewed. I managed to climb two thirds of the way up it before my terrifiedness got the better of me. I sat on my gear, for the first time ever testing a piece placed on lead. I then proceeded to aid my way up resting/pulling on every subsequent piece. None of them pulled! Subsequently I came back and crushed that route with much less fear! I have now even taken a proper lead fall!!
ajfclark 9-Sep-2009 3:52:47 PM	Stoked that my cousin can make it down from Brisbane for a week at Araps in November.
gordoste 9-Sep-2009 5:34:42 PM	AirAsia is good for short-haul, who cares when you're only on the plane for 2 hours?
JimboV10 10-Sep-2009 9:23:14 AM	Stoked that I am going bouldering, on REAL ROCK, for TWO DAYS!!! Stoked!
BoulderBaby 10-Sep-2009 9:48:42 AM	Is stoked that she can grit.
Sarah Gara 13-Sep-2009 8:56:16 PM	I'm stoked that I finally after much procrastination (last two visits and about an hour racking up) led horn piece. scary, even more so after I dropped half the wires half way up... phew. Loved it can't wait til next time. x
ajfclark 13-Sep-2009 9:17:19 PM	Nice work Sarah.
egosan 13-Sep-2009 11:45:40 PM	Congo Rats, Sarah. Big ones!
foreverabumbly 14-Sep-2009 12:01:07 AM	thats exciting, I love that climb, one of the best 13's around
climbingjac 14-Sep-2009 4:46:48 AM	Stoked we are finally in Kalymnos doing a month's "hard time" climbing !!!!!!!
Sarah Gara 14-Sep-2009 12:13:10 PM	On 14/09/2009 foreverabumbly wrote: >thats exciting, I love that climb, one of the best 13's around Thanks guys. Yeah I really enjoyed it -well afterwards anyway... what next? I was feeling brave about trying a 14 but then fell several times (on 2nd) on 2nd pitch of D Minor so kinda scared me again... suggestions for this coming weekend anyone? something that requires little or no upper body strength? x
Eduardo Slabofvic 14-Sep-2009 12:16:04 PM	10 more sleeps untill I've got 3 months climbing in China and Laos. Warmth, tropical fruit, and all the limestone I can eat.
gfdonc 14-Sep-2009 2:46:53 PM	On 14/09/2009 Sarah Gara wrote: > suggestions >for this coming weekend anyone? something that requires little or no upper >body strength? x Take Five? At least you don't have to worry if you drop your wires again.
Sarah Gara 14-Sep-2009 3:55:37 PM	On 14/09/2009 Eduardo Slabofvic wrote: >10 more sleeps untill I've got 3 months climbing in China and Laos. Warmth, >tropical fruit, and all the limestone I can eat. Oh so jealous... gfdonc wrote: >Take Five? >At least you don't have to worry if you drop your wires again. take 5? are yyou implying that i need to rest? (hope not - did i mention that Robinvale is dull? apart from the windmill -granted. and Araps is all the excitement i get?) or is that a route? not come acrooss that one - where's that? x
egosan 14-Sep-2009 4:08:45 PM	On 14/09/2009 Sarah Gara wrote: > or is that a route? not come acrooss that one >- where's that? x Get out your Araps guide, Sarah. Stoked that my hand has come around fully. Pulling as hard as I was before I put the hole in it. Stoked that I will be at the Pines this weekend. Counting down.
gfdonc 14-Sep-2009 5:05:25 PM	On 14/09/2009 Sarah Gara wrote: > >all the excitement i get?) or is that a route? not come acrooss that one >- where's that? x Right Watchtower Face. But don't take me seriously! It meets your stated criteria but has some slight disadvantages in terms of a surplus of grade and a deficit of protection.

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