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Cancerous chalk 15-Oct-2004 At 6:12:34 PM REXONASHAKEWELL

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speaking of sniffin chalk my car was broken into once, window broken and all

my climbing gear tossed like salad and the only thing missing was a zip lock bag with chalk.

der they should have checked the glovebox

dumb asses

hey james you NEVER MEAN to SHOUT

but I think you should start to lead easy routes first and not do too much top roping,

cause your already a pretty good climber movement wise, and I reckon too much top roping overly sensitizes you to taking the sharp end and is bad for wannabe hard leaders.

get the book Freedom of the Hills and study it and take the sharp end straight out on something short easy and secure, (read as dont try this at werribee gorge or ben cant) With a brain like yours placing gear will be easy and natural and just needs a bit of practice at the base of a cliff for a bit and test each one.

If you are gonna try The gorge early up then a route like sweet chariot 11 is probably a lot easier than SPQR 10 because of the style of climbing and gear. take some big stuff on that one like an old 9 or 10 hex. I'm sure someone can lend you a pile of the things.

Cheers