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pantone159

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  1. To clarify some terms that are often confused: 'Free climbing' means that you are roped in, tied to a belayer and an anchor. But all your vertical ascent is by you climbing yourself. The rope system is insurance, but does nothing to haul yourself up. If you fall, you get caught by your belayer. This is how Tommy and Kevin climbed this route. 'Aid climbing' means that, some of the time, you use the rope/anchor to pull yourself up, i.e. on a super blank part of the wall. So the rope system is essential to the climbing. This is how this route used to be always (and still mostly is) climbed. 'Free solo climbing' means that you have no rope and no anchor. If you fall, you hit the deck, 3000 feet below in this case. The climbing is mechanically the same as 'free climbing', but the stakes are far higher.
  2. Another plus to Fredericksburg, is that Enchanted Rock is nearby. That is one of my favorite place for hiking near Austin. It is about 2 hours from Austin but much closer to FB. There are lots of fun granite domes to hike up and down. The park fills up quick so getting there early gives you the best chance to get in.
  3. Since today is World Snek Day, I figured I'd post this pic I took a few years ago in Tanzania. Puff adder at work.
  4. Rijstaffel at an Indonesian restaurant is a good dinner. The problem with Dutch local cuisine (except the Indonesian part) is that Dutch cuisine sucks.
  5. A little disappointed with my Capitol 10K time, I was hoping to place in the top 1000, but my time of 49:18 put me in place 1223, so I did not make it. I was ok with my effort level though.
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