Jimmy The Guide
SERIOUSLY DRIVEN
Anybody who meets Jim would probably be struck by how stone-like he is (when taking a fall off a high boulder problem). Not that I've seen that much of him, but the times I've climbed with him, he's had little to say in the way of idle banter.
He thinks.
STOP PRESS
New Baby! New Baby! Just had a new Baby!
(Congratulations, Jim. You have many children now.
Greg, I Yield.
Jimmy, who has the hangers? Not that you would know... but ...)
AMGA-certified, yes, Jimmy really is a guide. He's also a dad, a husband, and he even has a real job. I couldn't tell you how long he's been climbing, but it doesn't really matter, because you will practice responsible technique lest you be advised that you are found wanting.
Example:
Though I wasn't committing even a misdemeanor, Jim advised me of the weakness of the hero loop versus a sling tied with an overhand follow-through, when one is clipping into a hanging belay. In fact, he quoted a percentage to me, something like the former was twenty percent weaker than the latter. I was astounded that anyone besides myself had even paid attention to such statistics.
Luckily, we were all standing on a sufficiently horizontal ledge at the time.
(***Whewww!!***)
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