1999 Specialized Stumpjumper FSR - $575 (oakland piedmont / montclair)

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1999 Specialized Stumpjumper FSR dual suspension small frame (I am 5'2") with
brand new SPD pedals. The bike retailed in 1999 for $1,600 and it was purchased
new for $1,460. I used it recreationally on fire roads around Redwood State Park
and Mt. Tam. I switched to a hardtail, as I now primarily ride on fire roads.
Everything on the bike is stock, except for the saddle. The bike is in good
condition with normal wear and tear. The bike has been regularly serviced and I
have all receipts and manuals. I would like to find a good home for the bike.
Price is firm.

Specifications:
Full suspension, cross-country rig
Frame- Welded Aluminum
Front Shock - Fox Float 100, w/ Lockout and adjustable rebound damping. 100mm
travel
Rear Shock: Fox Float Triad, w/ Lockout / ProPedal and Full plush as well as
rebound adjustment dial, 100mm travel
Mavic 225 rims. Specialized F hub, radial laced, Shimano R hub
Avid SD 5 levers and V brakes
LX shifters, F Derailleur, XTR R derailleur
LX 11-34 cassette, Shimano chain
Shimano 515 SPD pedals
Panaracer Dirt and Smoke tires, replacing the stock replacing the stock
Specialized tires
Specialized brand Strongarm crank, h-bar, headset, stem, seatpost, tires
Color: Cricket Green

My friend, a kiwi guide traveling the states is looking for a ride and or a
partner for this weekend for Yosemite.
I will be joining him in about a week.
His number is 503-333-2184 or you can email me at
harrison@hoodmountainadventures.

We're planning an extended backpack down to the Middle Fork of Kings R.
  where it goes thru Tehipeti Valley.  Starting June 7
Any suggestions for our Commisary?

If you're having trouble viewing the daisy chain video on the BD website, you can see it here on YouTube.

Cheers,

Rich


-- In CMG@yahoogroups.com, "Rich Graziano" <grazianews@...> wrote:
>
> *NOTE: in my first attempt at posting the video links, I miswrote the
> URLs. They are now corrected. Sorry for any confusion.
>
> Original message:
>
> Hey all,
>
> In case you haven't seen either, here are links to two great videos
> having to do with potential sling failures in climbing applications.
> The first, by Kolin Powick & Brett Keyes of Black Diamond, shows a
> potentially serious problem with anchoring to a belay via a daisy chain:
> click here <http://www.bdel.com/videos/daisy.html> . The second, by
> Streaky Desroy of DMM, shows a potentially serious problem with "open
> sling" draws: click here <http://vimeo.com/4138205> .
>
> Here's to managing the risk well.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rich
>

We're planning an extended backpack down to the Middle Fork of Kings R.
where it goes thru Tehipeti Valley. Starting June 7
Any suggestions for our Commisary?

This is a totally awesome group effort to do a benefit climb to raise funds for
liver disease research.  Liver disease affects 30 million Americans (more than
all those affected by diabetes and all forms of cancer in the USA) and research
is surprisingly and disproportionately underfunded.

This specific climb is in memory of a 30-year old avid female climber who died
suddenly of liver failure after previously having no apparent symptoms.

It's probably too late to sign up for the climb, but you can always try...
meanwhile, it's definitely not to late to donate to this excellent cause. 
Please see my page at:

<http://go.liverfoundation.org/site/TR/LiverLifeChallenge/LiverLifeChallenge?px=\
1176244&pg=personal&fr_id=1210>



Thank You!

Nick Meyler

P.S. I summitted Whitney's Mountaineer's Route on April 21 at 9:30 am and it was
totally awesome, perfect conditions for the climb.  The descent was slippery,
sloshy with lots of post-holing, but that's another story...

Hey everyone!

I'm taking five of my kids for about 10 days for a camping road trip in July. 
They range from 10 to 19 and the only man on the trip is my 19 yo, sooo...  Any
suggestions or things I should know?  Do I need reservations?  Are there secret
wonderful places I should take them?

I was considering Tuolumne, down through Mono Lake, Devil's Postpile, Mammoth
Lakes, Kings Canyon and Sequoia, then finish with the other side of Yosemite and
maybe some time in the Valley.  Seemed two days camping in the same spots each
time so there's some time for hiking and exploring.

Will also need places to restock on food.  Are there showers anywhere?

I'm familiar with the Valley, but have only been to Tuolumne once and never to
any of the Eastern Sierras.

Any info would be greatly appreciated!

Susan P.

> The guy I learned to climb with insisted that you were either on belay or had
the rope clove
> hitched to the belay.  No exceptions.

I tend to be leery of adamant statements (I almost wrote "I'm always leery of
adamant statements" :-) )

Like so many things in climbing, and in life, "it depends". I learned to use a
daisy at belays from
a guide who was an avid big-wall climber - I think that's the environment where
the practice
originated, and where it excels. But part of the lesson was making a loop at the
'biner, so this
kind of failure could not happen.

I agree that being clove-hitched into the belay is the right answer. I like to
be in with two
pieces, but I appreciate the argument that "the rope should be enough", since
you're trusting your
life to it during the rest of the climb.

My counter to that is when you're climbing with three, or not swinging leads, or
have a lot of
hanging belays, or have two teams going up together, or a lot of ... complicated
belays. It's
*really* nice to clip into the anchor with the daisy and then figure just where
it is that you can
stand, or lean, or put your knees, or "gee, it would be better if you climbed
over this and under
that..." and *then* get a solid locker into the anchor with a clove hitch.

Try it, you might like it.

Best,
chris

I like to tie the rope in twice, once to the master point, and a second hitch to
a piece of the anchor.. The rope is strong enough, but not if you accidently
untie it.. that can happen at "complicated belays" .. It's protection against
brain failure, not rope failure..

bill


--- In CMG@yahoogroups.com, Chris Kantarjiev <cak@...> wrote:
>
>
> > The guy I learned to climb with insisted that you were either on belay or
had the rope clove
> > hitched to the belay.  No exceptions.
>
> I tend to be leery of adamant statements (I almost wrote "I'm always leery of
adamant statements" :-) )
>
> Like so many things in climbing, and in life, "it depends". I learned to use a
daisy at belays from
> a guide who was an avid big-wall climber - I think that's the environment
where the practice
> originated, and where it excels. But part of the lesson was making a loop at
the 'biner, so this
> kind of failure could not happen.
>
> I agree that being clove-hitched into the belay is the right answer. I like to
be in with two
> pieces, but I appreciate the argument that "the rope should be enough", since
you're trusting your
> life to it during the rest of the climb.
>
> My counter to that is when you're climbing with three, or not swinging leads,
or have a lot of
> hanging belays, or have two teams going up together, or a lot of ...
complicated belays. It's
> *really* nice to clip into the anchor with the daisy and then figure just
where it is that you can
> stand, or lean, or put your knees, or "gee, it would be better if you climbed
over this and under
> that..." and *then* get a solid locker into the anchor with a clove hitch.
>
> Try it, you might like it.
>
> Best,
> chris
>

I like to tie the rope in twice, once to the master point, and a second hitch to a piece of the anchor.. The rope is strong enough, but not if you accidently untie it.. that can happen at "complicated belays" .. It's protection against brain failure, not rope failure..

bill

Pick up a copy of "California Camping" by Tom Stienstra and Ann Brown. All your
questions will be answered.  Two publishers: Moon or Foghorn both accurate. PS
get a large road atlas.

> And so on until the end, when even if all teh llops fail you the
> biner is still clipped into the loop of the webbing that made up
> the daisy chain itself. 

That's really the point of the video - you're not. The topology of the loops
is such that, in the case of catastrophic failure of the stitching (yes,
it seems rare), you are not clipped into anything.

Watch the video again.

The point of the video was that when shock loaded the Daisy Chain loops will
fail and if not twisted properly, you will die.  Use a second locking biner, was
the second point to prevent death, from this easily made mistake.  That is from
the manufacturer.

You may look at the video long enough and come up with an alternate theory for
the origin of species, solving global cooling, prevent famine or anything else
your imagination could conjure.  But you could do that from the safety of your
couch where ignoring the obvious is less deadly.

Sent from my iPhone so seemingly inexplicable spelling and syntax errors are
probable.

And treat your family to a fantastic dinner at the gas station located where Hwy
120 meets Hwy 395!  No, I'm not kidding, it's possibly the best resturant on the
entire east side.

--- In CMG@yahoogroups.com, Roger Reid <rogerreid3@...> wrote:
>
> Susan,
>
> You "must" go to Bodie!!! (and Mono Lake, of course).  Have a great trip
>
> Roger
>

2nd! -I'll have good stuff to give away.  1st!-Hans will share stories of his 20
years of climbing The Nose. -and failing to climb it. He'll show stills, video,
and boring PowerPoint slides.( just kidding.) Hans will have available for
purchase the recently released Masters of Stone VI DVD that has the whole Nose
record recorded on film. - well not the whole record, but all the fun stuff.--
light refreshments provided. $10 members, $15 non-members.  By the way I'm doing
the show at Diablo Rocks on May 30th.

Half of the Tuolumne Meadows Campground spots are first come first serve.. If
you show up at the ranger station at Tuolumne at 6am and wait in line until they
open at 8, you're very likely to get a space.. Tuolumne is very kid friendly..
If you don't get in, there are streamside Forest Service campgrounds along 120
from Lee Vining to Tuolumne that have some fishing.. And the Big Springs
campground off of Owens River road (turnoff is between Mammoth and June Mtns) is
primative but free and also has a stream with a few fish, also close to Clark
Canyon, with lots of short sport routes...In Mammoth, the Old Shady Rest
campground is nice.. wooded, but you can walk to town... I've spent a lot of
time in the Eastern Sierra, email me at billbecher AT yahoo.com if you have more
info, and i second the recommendation about Tom Stienstra's camping guide..
latest (seventh) edition is published by Moon (Avalon Travel). ps, bring bug
repellant if you come in early season...

I have some very nicely broken-in Scarpa boots (with high-altitude liner inners,
as accessories) which are a size or two big for me.  I think I over-compensated
by buying boots which were too big to try to avoid getting blisters, which
wrecked my trip to Denali in 2007.  So, I would entertain good offers for these
boots.

Note: the boots did get me to the top of Whitney via the Mountaineer's Route on
April 21, but the down-climb was not pretty...

Nick Meyler
send email to "nickm(at)wdsearch.com"

I'm planning on hiking up Mt. Baldy via Register Ridge this Saturday. If
interested in joining, please email me.

Chris Jain