post your pic extravaganza 2008!!!~

    Flashes on cameras suck! I think they're good only when used in the hands of a professional that knows what he/she is doing, knowing how to bounce the light around to create a good effect.

    Quote from ginger_lord

    I shall have to nab the photos some people took yesterday whilst we climbing. Didn't take my camera whilst I was going up a 50m HVS route. Not liking 1 finger pockets and 2 finger crimps on stuff that high.

    I'm not really familiar with the british rating system... its different from all the others in its ratings, theres a technical aspect, a safety aspect, a strenuous aspect...

    Do you do trad or sport(lead) climbing? I pretty much stick to bouldering myself, I have so much more fun on a boulder than on a rope.

    I do mainly trad routes. The british grading system imo is perfect, with the technical and adjectival grade helps give a true estimate of the route before you set off.

    Without you can come to a route graded 6a and go "Is this a route that every single move is 6a?" or "Is this route easy and long with the crux move being a 6a?". Now the British system gives you that guidance, a similar climb could be a E1 6a, or a HVS 6a or even a E4 6a. The E4 6a you would guess would be solid 6a climbing with little or precarious protection, hence the high E number. The E1 6a could be a short pumpy route, or a long one with a few 6a moves. The HVS could be piss easy climbing, like 4a, for most of it, but the crux move could be the 6a on poor protection, hence the lowever adjectival grade, but same technical as the other.

    Presume you use V of f grades for bouldering? I suck at bouldering.

    Edit:

    Longer better explanation:

    http://www.ukclimbing.com/databases/crags/grades.html

    yeah we use the V grades for bouldering here. I climb around v5. The problem I'm climbing in the pic is probably v5+, maybe v6. Its hard to tell. I've climbed a v5 that was harder than it, but I've also climbed a v6 that was easier than it. I'll probably call it a v5 when I finally get it!

    I've never climbed trad before, and don't really care to. I'm not a fan of lead climbing and the additional risk aspect of trad makes it even less appealing to me.

    Quote from killertomato

    depends on how you use them.. but its true most people (including myself) dont realy know how to use em.me and my lady

    Nice couple KT!

    Whats the fun in falling at all!? After all, its called climbing, not falling! My pad is just there so I don't hurt myself in the tries it takes before I finish the climb. I just like climbing and pushing myself to the very edge of my technical abilities and strength, and on a rope I can't do that. Bouldering is like the sprinting of climbing. Maximum strength and maximum technique for a short period.

    Edit : nice photo

    Quote from killertomato

    Hessi:a stud like you should have no problems finding the right girl!

    HP:

    thanks, dubbledate?

    partners exchange maybe??

    Oh thanks frie! I shall!

    If you want to see some huuge overhanging routes, come to the red river gorge in Kentucky..

    This wall(called the Motherlode) is just fucking huuuge, a picture doesn't do it justice. Its a very very long face, probably 1000ft+, very tall and very overhung. Spots of it have to be around 40* overhanging, with some roof sections. Very stout climbing.

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    That picture probably only shows 1/3rd of the face, if that.

    Ok ladies, if you want to post photos of yourselves in miniature size or "from behind" climbing humongous rocks - please feel free to open up a seperate thread and go nuts! This thread though should be about pictures of yourselves, if possible showing your faces, to see the persons behind the nicknames. I can see that you like to share your climbing experiences but to everyone else who isn't into that stuff it's getting old, so again - please open a new thread about climbing instead!

    Thanks!

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