For Climbers & Bikers - Top This?

[HikingDO]

Update on the sub $2k mountain bike. Compared to what I had, the ride with the dropper post makes going down hill a totally different experience. Steep uphills are easier with the new gearing and bigger tires. I have flashbacks to when I BMX'd as a small kid with low center of gravity. Steep downhills that I felt iffy on now seem comfortable. It's aluminum so not light 14.5 kg(med), but I've only taken it out twice and PR'd trails that I've been doing for 2 decades. Could be new bike placebo effect, but for those who are willing to buy online, I'd give polygon a look.

Are you still liking it a month later? Not too familiar with it, but it sounds like a great option for the price.

[burritos]

Are you still liking it a month later? Not too familiar with it, but it sounds like a great option for the price.

I have been doing a good deal of MTBing. Cutting out recreational road cycling because of it. Still getting a few PR's here and there.

A local MTB enthusiast died on one of our local trails. Because I'm morbid, I did it a few days later. It seemed relatively benign on the poloygon:
https://www.latimes.com/california/s...%20said%20Capt.

My biking partner also got a new yeti carbon MTB. His frame alone was 3.4k. I'm guessing he dropped between 5-6k. My polygon was 1.7k total. We did a steep long climb together. I waited for him at the top.

I suppose time will tell whether the price differential will prove problematic.

[Ozarka]

Here's my wife at Zuma Beach. Not Utah, Red Rock(NV) or Yosemite, but did manage to spot a few dolphins.

That's awesome and must be a heck of a view! Did you set up the top rope on lead or hike up there? (Looks like she's on top rope but may be mistaken)

[danesgod]

Weird to share this stuff on a doctor finance forum... turns out I don't take a lot of pictures.

Me on TR a few years ago. Mt Woodson, the Crucible.

Me dirt jumping a year or so ago, someplace in CA.

The second kid really shuts down your hobbies.

[danesgod]

Alright, here's my "top this" submission, Porch swing, El Cap.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzJTmvQyYXk

This actually requires minimal fitness at all, just some technical rope know-how.

n.b. its not me, I've never climbed el cap, nor swung off the top.

[burritos]

Weird to share this stuff on a doctor finance forum... turns out I don't take a lot of pictures.

Me on TR a few years ago. Mt Woodson, the Crucible.

Me dirt jumping a year or so ago, someplace in CA.

The second kid really shuts down your hobbies.

Wow! I'm impressed. I'm not skilled enough to do crackwall climbing.

As for the porch swing. That's too scary for me.

[burritos]

That's awesome and must be a heck of a view! Did you set up the top rope on lead or hike up there? (Looks like she's on top rope but may be mistaken)

No. My buddy who is the avid climber(he is IM and his wife is OB) set up the top rope. As for the view, I don't remember appreciating it so much as feeling the joy of flashing the climb. It was a 5.9, so nothing really to brag about.

[Ozarka]

No. My buddy who is the avid climber(he is IM and his wife is OB) set up the top rope. As for the view, I don't remember appreciating it so much as feeling the joy of flashing the climb. It was a 5.9, so nothing really to brag about.

Hey, that's still good. Climbing in a gym hardly prepares you for outdoor imo so climbing anything outside is still impressive. My first ever lead was an 11 bolt....wait for it...5.7. Still heart pounding simply because of the route length and decently run-out bolts for a newbie at the time.

[danesgod]

Hey, that's still good. Climbing in a gym hardly prepares you for outdoor imo so climbing anything outside is still impressive. My first ever lead was an 11 bolt....wait for it...5.7. Still heart pounding simply because of the route length and decently run-out bolts for a newbie at the time.

My first trad lead was The Souvenir, 5.10d R.

Oh sorry, I forgot to mention I only lead the first pitch, which formally goes at 4th class. Oh yea, and I got a power belay through the 10d crux.

burritos Crack climbing is super fun and doesn't have to be hard/painful. Honestly, low fingers (< 5.8) and hands (< 5.9) is glorious: gear is straightforward, there's typically good feet, and at that level you're rarely breaking skin.

[burritos]

My first trad lead was The Souvenir, 5.10d R.

Oh sorry, I forgot to mention I only lead the first pitch, which formally goes at 4th class. Oh yea, and I got a power belay through the 10d crux.

burritos Crack climbing is super fun and doesn't have to be hard/painful. Honestly, low fingers (< 5.8) and hands (< 5.9) is glorious: gear is straightforward, there's typically good feet, and at that level you're rarely breaking skin.

That's impressive. I mainly tag along. I have no gear. Trad seems scary to me.