Climbers?

I used to goof around a bit with a friend who was an excellent climber. I am the opposite, I am the worst climber I've ever seen. I also found that climbing wasn't like golf or sex. You actually have to be good at it to enjoy it.
 
I have been climbing for 10 years or so. Rock mostly... I have climbed a mountain or two as well.
 
I used to rock climb as much as I possibly could, some rocks I could walk to. Sierran granite is world renowned for climbing, but after my knee injury that all ended. Sold all my gear except the ropes.

BTW I highly recommend against falling and hitting the rocks. I zippered out of a vertical crack climbing in a limestone quarry, fell about 15 feet onto a boulder and then another 6-7 feet onto the ground. Nothing broke but I didn't move too fast for a week or so.
 
I don't climb a lot but I am a instructor at the local Boy/ cub scout wall. That is about the only climbing I do.
 
i have rock climbed before...a lot of cave climbing..which is VERY hard...pretty slippery...but most of that was with the scouts...and under good super vision..beside Philmont which was a death trap that im surprised i lived through..but a great one at that!!!
 
I lead Trad up to 5.10 and have been climbing for over 10 years, some ice but mostly on toprope, climbed Mt Shasta 4 times by 3 different routes (AV Gulch x2, Whitney Glacier, Whitney-Bolum Ridge) I still want to climb Rainier one day. I love moderate alpine climbs with an adventurous approach like Matthes Crest and Cathedral Peak in Tuolumne Meadows Ca.
 
I am an avid climber. I rock and ice climb, leading multi-pitch trad routes, a bit of aid climbing too. Alpine climbing is what I really enjoy the most.
 
Rock and alpine, but mainly alpine these days.
I just love those high alpine tours in the summer. It's a bit worrying at the moment though, as its been too hot for some years now and the glaciers are shrinking and cracking more. Makes it very difficult and dangerous to cross them sometimes.

/ Karl
 
i climb...:D i have been climbing for about 10-11 years or so....
i try and get to our local gym at least twice a week.... i guide some really basic beginner courses for a friends company, during the summer time.....

about 45 min. from my house, we have castle rock state park... it's an amazing place filled with huge sandstone out croppings and some world class bouldering.......

i'll try and get some pics up soon......:D

mike
 
Mike I'm curious what the guiding set up is like down there, is there one sanctioning body or association or is it just done by whoever companies think is competent?

I'm glad to see so many climbers here, I do alot of rock myself (mostly in Squamish BC, which is great trad climbing and I encourage anyone who gets the chance to come up here and give it a try) and a little ice I really want to get into more alpine though. Next question, what knife do you take climbing?

Gord
 
Grob said:
Mike I'm curious what the guiding set up is like down there, is there one sanctioning body or association or is it just done by whoever companies think is competent?

Gord
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here in where i live in ca. there are a hand full of guiding companies.... not too many....when you get closer to the more mountainess area's, you will find a whole slough of guiding compainies.....
you do have to have a permit for the location you are guiding around here.....
 
Gord,
If you want a reliable climbing guide get one that is certified by the AMGA.
The AMGA is now recognized internationally and will guarentee a qualified guide.
I have got to get up to Squamish one of these days.

Mike,
When I used to live in Palo Alto I was at Castle Rock 2-3 times a week. Now it is too far a drive. I miss it; it is a great park with cool boulders. Is Mr. Magoo's face still on the Magoo boulder? He coming off one of these days.

Bill
 
billym said:
Gord,
If you want a reliable climbing guide get one that is certified by the AMGA.
The AMGA is now recognized internationally and will guarentee a qualified guide.
I have got to get up to Squamish one of these days.

Mike,
When I used to live in Palo Alto I was at Castle Rock 2-3 times a week. Now it is too far a drive. I miss it; it is a great park with cool boulders. Is Mr. Magoo's face still on the Magoo boulder? He coming off one of these days.

Bill
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billy-- mr. magoo is still there allright... i think he's going to come off one of these days too..... that is a fun boulder..... that whole area has a bunch of great boulders around it....:D

drop me a line if you're ever in santa cruz.....:D if you do any mtn.biking, there an insane amount of trails just minutes out my front door.....:D
allscared@yahoo.com

mike
 
[QUOTENext question, what knife do you take climbing?
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Ice, trad, alpine and some mountaineering for me.....

For a group knife, depends where I'm going. For some longer trips, usually one of the group will carry a multitool, and some sort of personal blade. And it depends what kind of trip (ie fast and light, or carry lots and be comfortable.)

For me, I always carry a Spyderco Delica, plain edge in a neck rig. The cord is made of a cheap cord, that stretches about 40% then breaks. Don't want to hang myself....

This size knife is plenty big enough for all chores, too big in fact, in spite of what all the guys on here will tell you about carrying Beckers, etc. They probably haven't humped ropes, gear and food up Mt. Whitney or bushwacked thru the alders and devil's club. (I will get flamed for that....)

I used to carry a cheap 2" bladed serrated blade purchased from the gas station for climbing, but then I made the neck rig for the Delica and have used it for the past 6 years. Beware that it will rust when carried in Mexico or the caribean under your shirt (or Yosemite for that matter)

Cheers,
D
 
I climbed on and off for 20 years, mostly trad but some sport during the winter. I've been off the rock for three years now, mostly due to old connective tissue and a lard ass. I still lust after long, easy trad routes, but that's about it.

BTW, the best knife I found for climbing/caving/canyoning is the AG Russell Hunter's Scalpel. I hang it on a bit of 3mm cord. It's so light that I never notice it until I need it and the sheath is really really good.

Gordon
 
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