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spokewrench
Mar 16, 2005, 7:48 PM
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Name: drew
Age: 24
M/F: Male
Location: Charlotte,NC
indoor, outdoor or both: both
do_______ (yes/no):
Trad:
Sport: yes
Aid: no
fav. food: mexican
level (lead climbed): ive only ever top roped and bouldered, but ive done 5.9's and gym climbs that were rated much higher but im sure it wasnt cause outside ive never gotten higher than a 5.9
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): some: basic, top ropes gear, 3anchor set up equalized with a cordellete
fav. website: www.catfishcatfish.com
weird fact about yourself: my main hobby is riding bikes
random comment: getting back into climbing after not having climbed in short over 2 years
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spongie
Mar 19, 2005, 10:22 PM
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Name: Ben
Age:24
M/F: male
Location: Broomfield co
both indoor and outdoor
Trad:yes
Sport:yes
Aid:no
fav. food: italilan food
level (lead climbed): 5/7 top roped
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope):
fav. website: www.intrusionsec.com (my own)
weird fact about yourself:
random comment:
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echorider316
Mar 21, 2005, 2:02 AM
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Name: Logan P
Location: Eastern MA
indoor, outdoor or both: Both
Trad:
Sport: Don't really know enough to answer any of these.
Aid:
fav. food: Pulled pork sandwitch with cole slaw on top. There is nothing better.
level (lead climbed): absolute beginner, hoping to get into this sport.
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): All I've got is shoes.
fav. website: www.bustedspoke.com Good forum for any mountain bikers out there.
weird fact about yourself: Apparently I have a green spot in the corner of my left eye.
random comment: When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.
I'm really looking forward to getting into climbing. I know online forums can be a good resource, and so I signed up here.
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jcbrackett
Mar 21, 2005, 2:19 AM
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Name: Joe
Age: 25
Location: Hudson NH
indoor, outdoor or both : Both
Trad: yes
Sport: yes
Aid: nope
fav. food: steak
level (lead climbed): 5.10c is the highest ive done
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): full rack, 2 ropes
fav. website: this one
weird fact about yourself: i can fit my fist in my mouth
random comment: Its not the fall that kills you, its the sudden stop at the end
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rockclimbingchik_8
Mar 21, 2005, 2:45 AM
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Name- Dee
Age- 12
gender- female
Fav food - Ceaser salad
indoor outdoor-well bin doing indoor all my life but this summer I am clmbing my first real mountain.
umm well As you can see im new to this. So if anyone wants to give any advice please feel free to do so. :D
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ld
Mar 21, 2005, 10:13 PM
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Name: Lance
Age:32
M/F: male
Location: Somerville, MA
indoor
Trad: w/ guides only
Sport:no
Aid:no
fav. food: What are you cooking?
level (lead climbed): None. TR 5.7/5.8
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): Some...mostly for TR Anchors
fav. website: uh....
weird fact about yourself: Where to start...
random comment: Gunga galunga.
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climb_mt
Mar 21, 2005, 10:55 PM
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Name:
Age: 18
M/F: Male
Location: Michigan, attending MSU in Bozeman in the fall
indoor mostly, a few days of ice on the Kennicott Glacier in Wrangell St. Elias NP in Alaska over the summer.
Sport: Indoor at planet rock mostly and the few days in AK
fav. food: undecided
level (lead climbed):Novice
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope):Basic (shoes, harness, chalk bag(oh boy) ATC. )
weird fact about yourself:Im still in high school.
random comment:
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forjoke
Mar 24, 2005, 5:45 PM
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Name:forjoke
Age:
Location:Beijing, China
indoor, outdoor or both
do_______ (yes/no):both
Trad:5.9, my most favorite
Sport:5.11
boulder:v4
Aid:not yet, want to try though
fav. food: chinese
level (lead climbed):
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope):full rack, share slcd with partner.
fav. website:
weird fact about yourself:
random comment:when i asked one of friends how to improve my english, he said go to your favorite climbing forum and post as much as you can, until you be kicked out, so here i am.
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kitarra
Mar 24, 2005, 6:25 PM
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Name: Kit
Age: 22
Location: Minnesota
indoor, outdoor: I volunteer at a rock gym to get deals on gear so that I can climb where it matters - outside!
Trad: Yes
Sport: No
boulder: Rarely
Aid: No
fav. food: Thai
level (lead climbed): I've seconded up to 5.9, toproped up to 5.10b, and led up to 5.5
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): rope, full passive rack, and a handful of cams in the mail right now!
fav. website: Don't have one
weird fact about yourself: I have double-jointed shoulders, which is completely useless for climbing
random comment: A wise man once told me: "When I get nervous about my cams, I reach for my nuts."
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bootstrapbill
Mar 24, 2005, 6:57 PM
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Name: Nick
Age: 20
I climb inside and out, just started.
Location: western wisco
Trad: haven't yet
Sport: yes, not outdoors yet
Aid: no
fav. food: blue berries
level (lead climbed): nope
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): basic
interesting fact: I'm a tool
I climb for the ladies
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yetanotherdave
Mar 24, 2005, 7:04 PM
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Name: dave
Age: Aged to perfection ;)
M/F: Male
Location: Vancouver, BC
indoor, outdoor or both: both
Trad: Yup
Sport: That too
Aid: a little
level (lead climbed): sport onsight: 12a, trad onsight 11c
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): tons o' crap :)
Back climbing after a few years off, started climbing 16
years ago (damn I'm old)
Anyone looking for a partner for long routes in squamish
PM me.
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gargrantuan
Apr 1, 2005, 1:43 AM
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hi everyone!
i am new here.
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gochubug
Apr 1, 2005, 5:45 PM
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After 16 pages, I don’t know if anyone is still reading this, but here goes anyway:
Name: Rick
Age: “old enough to know better and too young to care”
Location: Puget Sound
indoor, outdoor or both: both
Trad: yes
Sport: yes
Aid: not yet, but interested
fav. food: anything with green chile
level (lead climbed): currently: trad lead 5.8; sport lead 5.9; tr 5.10
gear: have everything now but cash
fav. website: it’s a different one every day
weird fact about yourself: I’m a climbing classical composer
random comment: “I’ll think of something”
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chogori
Apr 1, 2005, 6:38 PM
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I highly doubt anyone is going to read this... but you never know. A litte optimism never hurts.
Name: Jesse Vernon
Age: 19
Location: Pittsburgh, Pa
indoor, outdoor or both: both
Trad: yes
Sport: yes
Aid: yes
Alpine: hell yes!
fav. food: Sushi, but it's too expensive, so ScoobyDoo shaped macaroni and cheese
level (lead climbed): 5.11
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): full rock rack and some ice
fav. website: http://www.tcs.hut.fi/~helger/crypto/link/public/elliptic/
weird fact about yourself: I like math. That's weird, right?
random comment: "Look, I ain't huggin' no damn mummy!" Frylock, Aqua Teen Hunger Force
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vawwyakr
May 16, 2005, 12:37 AM
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Name: Mark
Age: 26
M/F: M
Location: Waynesboro VA
indoor, outdoor or both: Both prefer outdoors
Trad: 5.9
Sport: 5.10
TR: 5.11b
fav. food: hhmm Sushi perhaps.
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): Full Rack
fav. website: rockclimbing.com of course!
weird fact about yourself: I am currently sitting here waiting to see if I have an allergic reaction to the massive amounts of poison ivy I trudged through today while visiting a new crag that's been high on my tick list. I've never had a reaction before in my life and my mother says I used to play in it as a kid...but I'm still rather worried at the moment.
random comment: I need to find more partners...and more places to lead climb!
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kel_e
May 16, 2005, 4:07 AM
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kel
female
canada
outdoor
lead 5.9 sport/5.4 trad
some gear
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sick_climba
May 16, 2005, 4:50 AM
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Name:Chris
Age:
M/F:m
Location: New Castle, Colorado
indoor, outdoor or both:Both like out doors betta tho
Trad: Not yet
Sport: 5.10b/c... on toprope...
Aid: Not yet
fav. food: ... mmm food
level (lead climbed): 5.8 and as high as EASY 5.9
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): Shoes lol thats all i got right now
fav. website: http//www.illwillpress.com
weird fact about yourself: Well I am told i don't look the climbing, or outdoorsy type allthough I very much am.
random comment: We should totally go hijack a crying clown and ride on its shoe so we can use it's tears to atract a chocolate covered cloud with pink leprecaun flavored cotton marshmellow filling!
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kdizz
May 17, 2005, 12:26 AM
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Name: Keith
Age: 31
Location: central mass
indoor, outdoor or both
do_______ (yes/no): Indoor walls- outdoor Trees!
Trad: not yet
Sport: not yet
Aid: not yet ( but I'm optimistic!)
fav. food: anything and everything EXCEPT cauliflower-broccoli and lima beans!
level (lead climbed): 5.8-5.9 indoors
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): none as of yet- need to change over all my arborist gear for rock gear( hoping this is the place to start to gain some insight to this sport!)
fav. website: rather be outside
weird fact about yourself: I once had a pussy willow surgically removed from my nose( i was 9)
random comment: it ain't gonna get done by looking at it
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meganella
May 17, 2005, 12:32 AM
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Name: Megan
Age: 21
Location: San Francisco (from Colorado)
indoor, outdoor or both
do: BOTH!
Trad: not yet
Sport: yessss
fav. food: Hamburgers
level (lead climbed): 5.10b/c Tope rope.
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): basic, rope, draws,
fav. website: this one and that damn facebook
weird fact about yourself: I was born Friday the 13th
random comment: Don't cue me to be random, it has to come naturally.
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jandalsgirl
May 17, 2005, 12:52 AM
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Name: Betsey
Age: 21
Location: Australia for a bit, then back to good ol' Indiana
indoor, oudoor or both : both, but prefer outdoor
Trad: YES!
Sport: when I can't find trad
Aid: not yet
Alpine: some day
fav. food: Pizza and root beer
level (lead climbed): 14 trad, 18 sport, 21ish top rope
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): basic - everything I need to second
fav. website: this one and apod - astronomy pic of the day
weird fact about yourself: I'm not weird - I'm perfectly normal!
random comment: Anyone feel like joining me in banging their head against a brick wall?
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lambert0311
May 17, 2005, 1:50 AM
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Name: Nick
Age:24
M/F:Male
Location: Oxford/MA (same road as Purgatory Chasm)
indoor, outdoor or both Both
do_______ (yes/no):
Trad: yes
Sport:no
Aid:no
fav. food: Buffalo Ceasar Salad (you can make anything buffalo these days)
level (lead climbed): never lead climb 5.9s
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): basic, and rope
least fav. website:www.weatherchannel.com
weird fact about yourself: I get paid to sleep in the back of an ambulance (good thing my boss doesn't climb and doesn't go on this site)
random comment: I hate the weather channel. According to them we were going to have biblical thunder storms in MA that would wash away all of society and drown the mountains. So we canceled our climbing plans. Real weather last weekend sunny and 65. :evil:
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txtechclimber
May 17, 2005, 2:34 AM
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Name: Russell Turman
Age: 21....(well 21 in like 2 weeks :? )
Location: Lubbock, TX
indoor, outdoor or both
do_______ (yes/no): so far just indoor but hopefully that will change alot this summer
Trad: not yet
Sport: not yet
fav. food: im in college i live off the dollar menu
level (lead climbed): 5.8-5.9 indoors never lead
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): pickin up some shoes this week but thats it so far
fav. website: www.collegehumor.com
weird fact about yourself: all my friends say i look just like napoleon dynamite haha
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dynamo_
May 17, 2005, 2:12 PM
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Name: Ben
Age: 24
M/F: M
Location: Alabama
Outdoor Only
Trad: When I build my trad rack
Sport: Yes
Aid: No
fav. food: Mexican
level (lead climbed): 5.8
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): Some (Bouldering, Top Roping, Sport Gear - share with my younger brother), working on a trad rack.
fav. website: The Lightweight Backpacker
weird fact about yourself: .......
random comment: .....
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speedywon
May 17, 2005, 3:11 PM
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Name: speedywon
Age: 27
Location: Olathe, KS
Climb indoor 2-3 times a week and outdoor on the weekends
Trad: I've done a little, and looking to do more as my rack grows.
Sport: I climb mainly sport when outdoors.
Aid: A few times when I was too much of a wimp to pull a hard move, but wanted my climbing partner to be able to finish the multipitch.
fav. food: the liquid kind :wink:
level (lead climbed): I've lead a few 5.10s, but consider myself a 5.9 climber.
gear (basic, some, full rack and rope): draws, set of nuts, and a few random hexes and cams.
fav. website: RC.com (of course)
weird fact about yourself: I was terrified of heights before climbing.
random comment: "Have you ever wondered . . . "
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skinnyclimber
May 17, 2005, 3:18 PM
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Name: Robin (Male!)
Age: 25
Location: Albuquerque, NM
I climb indoors and outdoors, but like outdoors better
Trad: Hopefully very soon
Sport: Yep
Aid: Maybe someday far in the future
Alpine: Arguably
Favorite Food: New Mexican with lots of GREEN CHILE
Lead at: 5.9 outdoors (sport obviously)
TR at: easy 5.11
Gear: basic setup plus a rope, a set of draws and a double set of nuts
Favorite website: unknown
Weird fact about me: I enjoy long approach hikes
Random comment: "bad hair equals good science"
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