Oh, gotcha. Thank you!
i'm listening to Free to Be, You and Me and it's really improving my mood.
Up until the punching, it was a real nice party.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Feb 25, 2013 8:24:42 am PST #12689 of 30001
Because books.
Theodosia - Feb 25, 2013 8:31:20 am PST #12690 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
My understanding is that if the belayer isn't attached to something very firmly, it's pretty much a suicide pact in action.
Consuela - Feb 25, 2013 8:45:30 am PST #12691 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
My understanding is that if the belayer isn't attached to something very firmly, it's pretty much a suicide pact in action
Not necessarily. Like I said, it depends. Not many indoor climbing gyms have belay anchors, because the setup with the rope puts sufficient friction into the system that if the climber falls, the belayer can generally stop them without difficulty. (When I climbed with my friend T, who weighed 230 lbs, I would sometimes be bounced into the air when he fell, but not far.)
If I were top-roping outdoors, I wouldn't require the belayer to tie in unless they were very small or there was some other reason to fear them getting yanked around.
But lead climbing certainly requires an anchor for the belayer, because the belayer might be sitting on a ledge 75 feet off the ground, or be belaying a second climber from above. If a climber falls off the wall and drops below the point where the belayer is, they could easily pull an unanchored belayer down the cliff with them, which would be bad.
Jesse - Feb 25, 2013 9:00:47 am PST #12692 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Amy - Feb 25, 2013 9:08:50 am PST #12693 of 30001
Because books.
That would have been incredible to see. What a fantastic cast.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 25, 2013 9:09:50 am PST #12694 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Wow- that is a bunch of talented female actors, too!
Sophia Brooks - Feb 25, 2013 9:25:25 am PST #12695 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I know you guys will feel my pain. I just received official recommendations from the Academic Honesty and Integrity Task Force in COMIC SANS!!!!
Burrell - Feb 25, 2013 9:32:31 am PST #12696 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I pretty much missed the Oscars yesterday thanks to family obligations, but from what I just read here of the WAP, that wasn't such a bad outcome. At least I got my grading done yesterday, but now I'm too fried to get the work done that I need to get done today. Stupid grading weekends.
SuziQ - Feb 25, 2013 9:42:15 am PST #12697 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
CJ's physical ed class this semester is called "Adventure" but basically it is learning how to rock climb. They have a huge rock wall in one of the gyms. So far they haven't gotten on the wall yet this semester. Instead they have been working on knots and trust exercises. They should be on the wall soon, maybe this week.
Consuela - Feb 25, 2013 9:45:25 am PST #12698 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Instead they have been working on knots and trust exercises
That's awesome. Too many new climbers don't know their knots.