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3rd January 2007
David d. sends the following:Speaking of oddball but interesting stuff, here's a guy with a sense ofmission and 'way too much time on his hands. If I had to do this, I'd NEVERget climbing. S...
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29th December 2006
Charlie Fowler and Chris Boskoff went missing about a month ago in China. Their friends helped organize a massive search effort, which eventually found Charlie's body a few days ago. Chris i...
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23rd December 2006
I'm heading over to the ...
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22nd December 2006
Albert Leichtfried is a good friend of the Berger family, and is helping to fund raise for them. ...
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21st December 2006
Harald Berger, three-time ice climbing world champion and father-to-be, died while ice bouldering yesterday in Austria. His partner, Kirsten, had the couple's baby last night. She must now b...
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18th December 2006
Slings keep getting thinner and thinner, to the point where they wouldn't work even for the most optimistic G-String in Vegas. Kolin over at BD just did some more research on joining these s...
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17th December 2006
In my experience, injuries=monitor time. Here are some of the better, or at least more engaging, sites I've stumbled across:...
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9th December 2006
The Arc'teryx Canmore ice festival is in full swing, good fun. Taught a clinic yesterday and climbed, elbow slightly better. Climbing sure is fun, best reason I know for doing it. I really l...
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4th December 2006
A few people have suggested I start a second career as a "professional questioner of commonly held climbing beliefs." That sounds almost fun, but the reality is that I'm mainly just sharing ...
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30th November 2006
Jim Ewing is a bud of mine and the head rope guru over at Sterling. We've been emailing back and forth about single-rope impact forces vs. half-rope impact forces (as well as the discussion ...
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