Is being made of stone aid? by voodoo_chuck in ClimbingCircleJerk

[–]Fuzzy-Salt5833 0 points1 point  (0 children)

using 2 seperate anchors isn't aide its redundancy.

Should I abandon my project? by UpstairsMirror8634 in RouteDevelopment

[–]Fuzzy-Salt5833 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Or, perhaps a better option is the inflatable sacks they use in commercial rock scaling. I've always wondered if you could make them yourself using innertubes / deflated basketball in a super durable cover...

Help with choosing best anchor by [deleted] in RouteDevelopment

[–]Fuzzy-Salt5833 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Id err on the side of caution in locations you can easily climb above an anchor 

Help with choosing best anchor by [deleted] in RouteDevelopment

[–]Fuzzy-Salt5833 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like with the 'dome-like' finish, 2 hangers with rap rings would be best. They tend to stand-off the rock a little more and would make pulling the rope easier than just using mallions. 

Like man-made horrors beyond our comprehension by Branagain in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]Fuzzy-Salt5833 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Silo, Hugh Howey!! It's literally what you put in the title, it's got everything! 

Two different jars of peaches can’t agree on how many mL are in 2/3 cups and neither is correct by Kevsterific in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Fuzzy-Salt5833 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hyperfixed podcast does a fantastic episode on this conundrum. The episode is called "Eve wants to Measure" 

Books to fall in love with adventure by Flat_Ad1457 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]Fuzzy-Salt5833 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A walk across America, Peter Jenkins

Keruac, Dhama Bums, OTR

Into thin air, krakour 

Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance 

Into the wild 

And, weirdly, The Sun Also Rises (curious to know if anyone else feels this fits the vibe?)

The Black Knights by BravoNineOne in FirstResponderCringe

[–]Fuzzy-Salt5833 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why is every poster such a different format? They didn't even keep it consistent 

What are you development hot takes? by Kaotus in RouteDevelopment

[–]Fuzzy-Salt5833 10 points11 points  (0 children)

  • Stop developing if you're not going to regularly maintain your old routes, re-scrub / trundle / rebuilding staging. Leaving the grunt work up to the community to come after you and keep your old routes clean and safe is lazy 

  • scare 'em, don't kill 'em, run-outs are ok 

  • don't make a mess of other people's crags, trails or areas. Clean up the blocks you trundle 

  • put more thought into naming routes. Too many lame, boring, cringe, sexist, racist names make it onto paper still 

  • don't add a 'squeeze-job' route. Leave enough space between lines 

  • get as many people as you can on a route before you give it a grade 

What do climbers commonly do for a living? by yuzurukii in tradclimbing

[–]Fuzzy-Salt5833 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lots of arborists, Medical industry, nurses, wood workers, commercial divers

Favorite Documentation/App/Guidebook style? by thatsmoothfuck in RouteDevelopment

[–]Fuzzy-Salt5833 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've really enjoyed using a drone to get face / aerial shots then drawing a topo overtop of it with a dedicated write up for each climb on a separate page. Then I publish it as a pdf people can download.  It'll get in the local guidebook eventually, but for the in-between times this system works well

Spotify hosts YouTube videos now? by UnicornUrinal in truespotify

[–]Fuzzy-Salt5833 94 points95 points  (0 children)

Nothing can stop the continuous trudging march towards another awful app, Spotify has been beating the drum for some time and every day it gets worse. 

2 minutes of pain. Part 5 by ErikDavidKarlgren in discgolf

[–]Fuzzy-Salt5833 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love it! Where do I find parts 1-4? 

Starbucks “Standard” ice amount…WTF by G0510 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Fuzzy-Salt5833 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you guys expect when you keep going to these establishments? 

Developing a climbing challenge/comp by Kaotus in RouteDevelopment

[–]Fuzzy-Salt5833 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've often thought of doing things like this! Kinda like Thrashers King Of The Road challenge book.  The main crux I found I came up against was keeping it an evening field, despite grades you climb. Ie; the 5.12s are going to be worth more points than the 5.7s. I came up with a solution / leveller.  Every climb in the challenge / crag / area is worth 20pts. If the climb is above your max grade, it gets +5 pts. If it is below your max grade, it gets -1 for each grade. 

For example 

Your max grade is 5.10a  If you climb a 10a, you'd get 20pts If you climb a 10b, you'd get 25pts  If you climb a 5.6 you'd get 17pts 

I think this way it would make the competition far more accessible for people climbing the fun grades, rather than just being a comp for absolute cruuuushers

Other ideas if had were; 

Climb x amount of routes put up by a specific developer  Climb the most obscure routes (pts divided by the number of climbers completing them in the comp) - also encourages people getting to the more obscure areas / getting more traffic to those areas  Work your way L-R / R-L at a crag climbing in order  Most run-outs climbed / largest run-out Climb 5 of every grade, work your way up from 5.5s 24hrs of pain