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Hey all going up to Looking Glass in Oct....anyone suggest where to camp? Davidson River camp ground is full....Thanks

 what is going on with baldy a place with over 50  v10 and a tone of grate climbs all in one small spot but you get asked not to climb there well i am pissed of and this is going to make a lot of the climbers mad but hear we go mnt.

Well, this is the price we pay to live in Florida, my house way flooded a few weeks back in Fay, good news is that it could've been much worse and while the construction crews are finishing up, there is much left to do. I have been climbing and working on some endurance training. I sadly had to reschedule my trip, which would been this weekend. But I plan to go up to Looking Glass at the end of October, I've been busting ass at home getting our life and home back together and really need and deserve some time for me....hope everyone is well.

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Yeah, when I was living in a land of make believe....somewhere in the late 80's. Spoke earlier this week of mixing lycra and trad gear when sport climbing.   So here is the lycra era as it hit in the Euro 80's.  Note the lovely bone structure and muscles.  Plus a pink/purple pair of high top Resin Rose shoes. Are we talkin' baaaad?    Cheers to Rockman and his chevron black and yellow glitter look on the rocks too. Kamet shoes too, which actually had pretty good rubber.

  Prana is sooo much better to see out there today in place of the spandex era.

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Hello all! Anybody know of a recent climbing guidebook for 11 Mile? The only one i can find is from '96. Thanks for the beta!

Kimberly

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Scrambled up Jefferson again. Caught in a T Storm for the 2nd time in two summers. Nothing like desending into the storm and into the alpine. Clear as day ontop, murky and winding near the tree top.

    Well it was another evening of scampering up plywood and plastic here in the flatlands of Illinois.  So bored I'm making up strange variations and modified route finding on the backyard wall. This effort came from a series of moves that kind of dead ended on the hanging pinnacle with nowhere to go.  Solution?  More nails, plywood, hinges, screws and whatever it takes to add more challenges to the hulking climbing thing out back.  Next week: Real rocks down at the Red in Kentucky!!!

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Local word is the cat slab is open. I went their last Thursday and a for sale sign was up and the no trespassing sign was down. We were having a great day when I went for a perfect finger lock on old d. I soon discovered that a YELLOW JACKET nest was in the hole. Within seconds I was screaming batting my face and leaped off the rock. My partner was wondering what the heck I was doing. With the noise of the road he did not hear me. After the swarm ended I climbed back up to my quick draw replaced it quickly with a beaner and lowered. Then I ripped through my gear to find my Epi pen.

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