@mikemccaffrey@pdx.social that's what my first thought was too. Lay any one of those rental harnesses on the ground and you've got a rats nest of webbing. Sounds like a voluntary recall. Perhaps the new version will have lots of brightly coloured arrows.

Nice! Finding local crags changes the game completely. I'm lucky enough to be only ~30 minutes from my local crag. I can't imagine driving an hour or more (and then an approach on top of it) to go cragging.

@mkroehnert@social.tchncs.de indeed, that video is exactly why I even played around with it So now one more esoteric tool in my quiver.

@ceedee666 'there are some journeys that turn into legends'. I guess in the sense that for years to come, they'll be telling the story about hiking up a mountain ill-equipped, being rescued in the nick of time by an emergency helicopter team, and losing assorted digits to frostbite?

Complicating matters somewhat is that in the case of Wrinkled Rock, the fee is actually levied by a concessionaire, whose revenue from the fee would most likely not go towards promoting access or other climbing related amenities. I definitely understand the point of view that paying the concessionaire — essentially a middleman — seems over the top given access was formerly free of charge.

@rayko@mastodon.raykoworld.com said in Rap station in a garage: I'd be careful about weight and load into those wall studs. They may not be appropiate for sideways stress when you are hanging on that board. Good point. It's why I plan to go with longer deck screws instead of regular all purpose or drywall screws. Regardless I'll likely limit the hanging all the same.

And of course the climber can also prusik or jug up the rope.

Sounds like you need another set of shoes. Not as a replacement, but as your all-rounder. And it sounds like the Shamans are your high grade shoe you whip out when you want to work something hard. You said you were quite new to climbing, so aggressive shoes may be physically too much to have on all the time at the moment. But they will rapidly teach you new techniques and improve your climbing in the beginning because they allow a lot more. I’d definitely recommend the Red Chili Voltages if you can try them on first to confirm. I had a friend rave about them, so I tried them on, and holy shit… A fantastic comfortable all-rounder for bouldering in and outdoors. Quite a few of my crew have converted and now preach the same. I thought Solutions were my fav bouldering shoe until I tried the Skwamas and now the Skwamas only come out for really hard grade. If you’re really enjoying slab, you will definitely hurt your toes much more than normal climbing. No way around that. You need those toes scrunched up in the toe box so you can do precise placements on tiny spots—theres no comfy option. My partner says, “Climbing is dancing with gravity and slab is the ballet.” It’s her preferred style and she switches between Shamans for boulder and Katanas for lead or easy boulder. If you can only afford one more pair and will stick to only bouldering, I’d avoid laces and get a strap shoe that suits your foot instead. Laces are very annoying bouldering. Really, you should aim for laces if you’ll also be using them on single pitches where a 5min climb can turn into 20 after tying in, leading, anchoring, cleaning, and rappelling, thankful you’re not wearing your top-end binding boulder shoes. For the taping trick—marbles is another good one shoved in with packaging in the shoe—just Google “climbing shoe hotspots” and you’ll get good info