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any way to add raster data or more conventional basemaps like those from USGS or google, etc?

Honnold climbed the boulder problem variation, which is 13a. The Teflon Corner at 12d is slightly easier but less secure, so worse for soloing.

Also, there are many climbers more skilled than Honnold at climbing hard routes. Honnold is not even in competition for climbing the hardest grades. However, there is no one close …

I'm sorry about your friend. However, your statement about trad climbing is inaccurate. People project hard trad routes all the time, fully expecting to fall.

A lot have free climbed it, but it is a major project for most who do. Here is a great account from James Lucas of what it takes for a more normal human (who is still a pro climber…

Haha, the first thing I found: http://www.insecam.org/en/view/345331/

How did you get into doing scraping contracts? I often write web automation scripts and scrapers for gathering research data, but have never figured out a way to get contact work.

Land use is extremely political in the rural west. There is a huge economic fight over whether to protect lands as ecosystems or to exploit them for resources. See Natural Resource…

Cool, but this is political. Can HN really think this political "detox" is a good idea?

This story is political.

This story is clearly political.

I think anyone who drives off-road in the mountains knows how much better sticks are then automatics. It's extremely frustrating to take automatic trucks on steep off road terrain.…