[SpanishJuan]

Any chainsaw recommendations? (Local pundit says Stihl)

I'd agree, the only other real competition is husqvarna and they have a stupid greasing system on the guide bar nose bearings. Stihl are a far better machine to use and maintain

[Jim]

Sthil here too, I've had my ms170 for years and its still going strong

[SA Chris]

Stihl are also better at cutting through dense bone, and are less likely to get clogged with lumps of gore.

[Fiend]

I wanna know what Trad Jim has been doing, surely worth a YYFY?

[AndyR]

Just paid some surveyors to mark the correct boundaries of my property in Squamish and discovered that I - and not my uphelpful neighbours - own all the trees that are starting to block my view of the Chief. Any chainsaw recommendations? (Local pundit says Stihl)

Right on - we can have a chainsaw party the next time you're over.

BTW, had a splendid day yesterday with Sparky & nephew - did Wiretap and then Rock On - fine multipitch squampton trad day out.

[AndyR]

BTW, had a splendid day yesterday with Sparky & nephew - did Wiretap and then Rock On - fine multipitch squampton trad day out.

I very much liked the 3rd pitch on Wiretap (flare/ hand crack above the stump belay seat). Did you see the legal crap boiling up between the guy responsible for Wiretap, Milk Road, etc and Kevin McLane? Very weird and dysfunctional.

Quite - it would appear from the SuperTopo discussion that McLane has variously pissed off/alienated just about all of the old school Squamish types, and is trying his hand with the next crop of local activists - I think you should write a new guide to Squamish so I don't have to buy his products anymore

I suspect it will blow over quickly as the cleaning of Milk Road has received fairly universal support - from P Croft even 

I thought the belay at end of pitch 2 was fantastic!

[moose]

Back on the YYFY!!! trail...

I removed another Almscliff tick from the list at the weekend - Streaky's Traverse (and did the Tantric Traverse at Snowden, which was a nice bonus).   Good to feel I'm back climbing well after my surgery, but I'm frankly becoming worried by my appetite for slopey, bum-scraping horizontality in greasey conditions!

Next up will hopefully be the Slopey Traverse; although, from a quick play on it, that looks an entirely different kettle of kippers.  The finish alone - from LH in the undercut - seems horrendous - with or without the chip - any tips anyone?

[duncan]

... discovered that I - and not my uphelpful neighbours - own all the trees that are starting to block my view of the Chief.

Excellent.  Now if you could do something about the clouds!

Any chainsaw recommendations?

Whatever the guys you will be paying to do the work use.

[shark]

After a shit day at work (NNFN) managed to get K3 first redpoint this evening.

Persistance paid ...off this time.

[slackline]

Good work. 

[saltbeef]

well done simon!

[Jaspersharpe]

Effort! 

[shark]

Thanks guys. Can't stop grinning. 

[Teaboy]

Good effort Simon

[chris_j_s]

Fucking brilliant Simon - nice one! 

[Andy F]

NIce on Si, now time to plant the Oak 

[Dolly]

Well done Captain Shark.
What's next on the list then ?

[shark]

Oak is still the main goal but I will need a few weeks of cooler weather so am leaving that till the autumn.

I still have outstanding accounts with:
Arch Enemies in Dovedale
Crucifixion and Toilet at the tor
Rumble in teh Jungle at the other Cornice

If anyone fancies a visit to any of those crags on Sunday let me know...

 

[Nibile]

YYFY
today I went to amiata top, with a nice, although very humid, 16°, and I managed to haul my old fat weak body up "il manfano" a nasty nasty problem that had caused alot of pain, cursing and yelling. later I repeated some other problems and I nearly sent the project you left for me, Monolith.
a couple of pics.

[Blunk]

my old fat weak body

Old? Fat? Weak? Methinks not.

Well done Nibile. I understand the "pain, cursing and yelling" all too well. 

[Nibile]

 
thanks blunk!
yes, I know that I am not really really fat and weak, but that's how I feel recently. I think it's due to the fact that in 2010 I have done really little climbing, and now the wall is closed and no one's around, so I just do weights and fingerboarding, and I have no references to test me on. so I assume everyone is stronger than me.
the problem I've done yesterday is a repeat, I had done it last year, but a broken foothold pushed me to wanting to do it again. bad idea!!!
anyway what really counts is that yesterday I felt good.

@ Monolith: I had your pants yesterday and I kinda crushed. you won't ever have them back. sorry.

[Monolith]

Lore! Are these my kids club specials? I totally forgot I left them there and have been looking everywhere for them! Alas, I'm glad to know you're crushing in them and your penis is rubbing in the place of giants.

[Nibile]

 

[gremlin]

Nibile, what's that red band on your right arm? Is it something to help with elbow pain?

Ta :-)

[robertostallioni]

Anybody who wears one has felt a lot of pain over the last couple of years.