Go lighter.

[mudworm]

I have heard it and others

The question is have you told Caleb that story, or not? If not, what kind of mentor are you???

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what kind of mentor are you?

Tormentor   Unlike Waldo who is a fine, respectable citizen and mentor who speaks so softly.



Mudworm, Kyqueener told us of your lead attempt on the left side of POD wall. Bravo.

[mudworm]

Mudworm, Kyqueener told us of your lead attempt on the left side of POD wall. Bravo.

Huh? Something got lost in translation. There was no *lead* attempt from me. It was all Kyqueener. He led POD, Foreplay, and then onsighted Tailspin. I fell off at the crux of Tailspin.

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I fell off at the crux of Tailspin.

I would have fallen off the beginning, middle, and never made it to the crux. Well he was impressed by your effort on follow then.

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Aaron asked me again last week about considering climbing a wall. Looking at a TR by J-tree on the second ascent of Jericho I had to laugh at this excerpt,

With the weight of the pack, I was only able to go about 20-30' at a time before I needed to rest. Ryan had long since left me behind because he was obviously in much better shaper that I was. The final insult came towards the top of the hill when I had to ask Ryan to carry my bag the remainder of the way if he wanted us to start with any light left in the day. My role as "more experienced leader" was quickly being replaced with "whiney wimp." My only consolation was that Ryan was getting a sneak peek at my honed-to-perfection aid technique of whimpering and sobbing while on lead.

Blubbering is an older term  (1. To utter while crying and sobbing.)

 Aaron, are you ready, to deal with this? Do I want to endure vertical camping again? Or can I be the steadfast prow of a ship, parting new seas of discovery. Hmm. Laura is cooking up an egg breakfast. I will eat and contemplate.

 Topo's make everything look so doable.

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More description from J-tree,

Before long, he was at the tree belay and calling off belay. I had wanted to be the gentleman and carry most of the rack for him to make the freeclimbing easy; after all, I'd be doing the pitches on toprope as a second after all. Within moments of starting up the pitch I realized that the traversing nature of the route combined with 2 pieces of protection for the 180' feet or so meant that I would def not be treating this as a simple toprope. More whimpering ensued. Bigwalllesson#162: Don't try to be a gentleman.

[Aaron McDonald]

Clink,

At least you are thinking about it. Does this mean you are committing?

[Yo-so-mighty]

"So you're saying there's a chance..."

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Chance of meatballs.

[F4?]

You probably have not heard my skinny dipping in the reservoir story.  lol

I'd give you $10 for you to do it again!