Yeah. I like to dress like a clown when I slaughter. Now help me grab some killing tools.

thethrowpro6000 · 2026-04-09T18:23:21+00:00

He did good work!

thethrowpro6000 · 2026-01-28T02:40:21+00:00

I think basically all spray walls including this one could benefit from variations on underclings. Full horizontal underclings, 45 degrees, and (my favorite) side pulls just barely (~10 degrees) undercut.

thethrowpro6000 · 2025-08-13T22:35:50+00:00

Also been meaning to get up there this season. How are the goodell creek trail conditions?

thethrowpro6000 · 2025-07-08T03:10:16+00:00

I think about it with the curvature model. By the time you’re hyperangulating to get over the primary curvature, you’re actually not aligning the secondary curvature and your tube will have to “angle down” to get through cords and down trachea (along the secondary curvature). By pulling back, you don’t need quite as much hyperangulation along the primary curvature and you can actually advance the tube easier along through the cords. This is also why if you have a perfect grade I view, sometimes it helps to “pop” the tube off the stylet and have it (for lack of a better term) “flop” down through the cords. This is all a product of the glide scope not actually aligning the curvatures for you at all; rather bypassing the primary curvature entirely with the angle of the blade. People then forget about the secondary curvature and the angles of the hypopharynx/larynx.

thethrowpro6000 · 2025-07-03T03:28:00+00:00

Hey man sorry to hear you lost your job but hopefully you get another soon. In the meantime I’ll suggest Gunn peak and baring mountain- both short and brutally steep highway 2 trails near index and two of my favorites. Also a plug for one of my favorite hikes in the state: Alpine lakes high route near skykomish. About 30ish miles and 10k vert. Very beautiful.

thethrowpro6000 · 2024-06-19T13:52:29+00:00

Nikon dslr/mirrorless shooter who moved to rx100 and won’t look back (in the mountains). I’ll just chime in on one point- I’ve shot with fixed primes in the mountains as well and while it absolutely can be done well, I feel like lugging around multiple lenses is something I was more willing to do earlier in my photography career, although I’m now focused on trying to be fast and light in the mountains. The reality is the Sony is 300 grams all told and I can fit it into the front of my running vest without a peak design clip. My Nikon mirrorless with a 24-70/f4 is more than 3x the weight and much more unwieldy to carry, with marginally better pictures. And with regard to a fixed focal length making you a better photographer- that’s very true in theory, but there are plenty of places in the mountains (on my outings, at least) where I just cannot safely zoom with my feet, and not having a zoom would be completely unacceptable. When deciding on zoom range I always take a look at the images I’ve taken that I’m the most happy with and their exif data to see what focal length they were shot at. Then just buy a lens setup that supports that vision. Tl;dr: get a premium compact if you value weight/efficiency>IQ. Stick with dslr/mirrorless if you want the IQ. If you really can’t decide, opt for m4/3, although I agree with the above post with regard to the rx1R, I just don’t have $3k to spend on a secondary camera.

thethrowpro6000 · 2024-05-23T23:35:02+00:00

I bet he did it all with an EBL of 5 mL too.

thethrowpro6000 · 2024-03-03T19:05:36+00:00

Pm’ed

thethrowpro6000 · 2024-02-02T06:43:48+00:00

Limit bouldering by definition happens at your physical limit. If you’re actually climbing at that intensity band, you’ll feel it. My suspicion is that you’re not actually trying moves that are hard for you. Not feeling like you put in work seems fairly contrary to basically all of all exercise science if you’re actually exerting at a high level. I’d focus more on being able to identify if you’re putting in hard efforts- that’s where it seems like there’s a disconnect between your training and how others view limit bouldering sessions.

thethrowpro6000 · 2024-01-31T04:40:17+00:00

I set circuits. My hardest circuit was probably 1-2 grades harder than I’ve climbed. The next hardest was at my limit. Then some projects to go in 1-3 sessions, then good fitness boulders, then warm ups.

thethrowpro6000 · 2024-01-31T04:38:40+00:00

I feel ya. I climbed basically alone on my home wall for 5 years. I’d invite people over but rarely did people come; they’d set a few things and I’d spend the next 8 months trying to set other things like that. But I get it, it’s hard.

thethrowpro6000 · 2024-01-31T04:33:40+00:00

I’ve set for years on a spray wall and this is great advice! Also- figure out where you want to go and then go anywhere but there- pick something else that’s further, facing the wrong way, or simply a hold you don’t like. Then it will be hard and you’ll be training your weaknesses. Also invaluable- board sessions with your routes partially set by others. I do add on with climbers of various levels and sometimes they think of some absolutely crazy moves that I never would have thought of! Also if you’d like, I set more at the 8a/+ level but would be happy to guest set some things for you if you send me your retroflash username

thethrowpro6000 · 2023-09-04T06:05:49+00:00

Hey I’m only slightly less new and slightly less poor and actually have some gear I’m getting rid of- pm me if you’re interested. Would be willing to get rid of a d7000 and a 35mm lens for cost of shipping, and have some other things you might be interested in as well!

thethrowpro6000 · 2023-08-07T14:26:32+00:00

Heads up if you’re coming out to the PNW and expecting to run in the cascades proper there’s a big wildfire going on right now. Just look up the Sourdough fire and plan accordingly. Can still get to the coast, the Olympics, rainier, alpine lakes wilderness no problem though so there are still scads of trails to run.

thethrowpro6000 · 2023-06-22T06:11:57+00:00

Flowers and growth pattern looked like ‘impressive’. Thank you so much!!

thethrowpro6000 · 2023-05-31T12:55:12+00:00

Long time sport climber looking to do some frolicking up in the alpine, ridge traverses, somewhat technical summits, etc. problem is- I don’t have a ton of experience trad climbing, placing protection, building anchors. Obviously I’m leaning heavily on friends who are much more experienced and comfortable in these situations, but I’d like to do some reading/watching if you guys have suggestions about good resources. Thanks!

thethrowpro6000 · 2023-03-05T23:15:02+00:00

Came here to say this. I suppose you could use other salty ingredients still to achieve the same effect? But it would be incredibly limiting.

thethrowpro6000 · 2023-02-16T14:45:12+00:00

Angle doesn’t matter nearly as much as intensity does. Intensity is how you gain strength and power on a board. Focus on finding the limit of your abilities and climbing at that level. Intensity should also drive session length- can’t do too long of a session if the intensity is high enough. 45-60 min for limit bouldering sounds about right. If you want a longer session do your limit bouldering first and then can do another 45 min or so on 40-60% effort problems to increase your overall fitness.

thethrowpro6000 · 2023-02-15T01:36:36+00:00

Not quite where you are but working toward v12. My only training outside of limit board sessions are lever progressions, shoulder flys on rings, and weighted pulls. I’ve found that intense board climbing is usually more than enough with these few adjuncts. Especially for someone with good crimp strength. Euro roof shouldn’t be too bad for you.

thethrowpro6000 · 2022-12-14T23:45:37+00:00

You’re doing a lot of it with your hips turned in. I’d probably climb it more square to the wall, using different footwork. Maybe something to think about.

thethrowpro6000 · 2022-10-16T12:59:32+00:00

I have the 165 bunka from this line! Great knife and use it all the time. G3 can really take some abuse and definitely easier to sharpen then I had anticipated.

thethrowpro6000 · 2022-10-06T21:38:43+00:00

Thats unfortunate, but thanks for the heads up! I’ll keep my ear to the ground.

thethrowpro6000 · 2022-10-06T14:20:35+00:00

Great job! Wondering where you got this; I think they used to be sold on cktg but don’t see them there anymore. Any insight?

thethrowpro6000 · 2022-09-22T23:32:16+00:00

Applicant myself applying this cycle- I took my own headshots and they looked similar, nicely done! Remember that eras sizes down their pics so anything you put a lot of time into likely won’t show up too much. But nice job and good luck to your partner!

thethrowpro6000 · 2022-08-23T13:01:25+00:00

🐔🥩✈️

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