Wow...everything from stabs about my amateur climbing status to my lack of political correctness.

I apologize for my lack of tact, although I think the level of political correctness in this country is ridiculous (this is in no way a statement that says I hate America). It just seems that the ones promoting this PC movement aren't even the ones being targeted. But my opinions on the wussification of America are irrelevant.

I'm also new to the sport, so I forget that women are part of the forum too. It was not meant to be chauvanistic and I know there are plenty of women that can kick my ass in any sport out there, it was just supposed to be an expression. Like Trix are for Kids. Triples are for Chicks.

Same with the use of the word 'gay' as a slang expletive. I'm NO homophobe and I have a few gay friends that would attest to this. Of course name dropping won't do me much good, but whatever. My intentions weren't to denigrate gays or women.

Thanks for the helpful comments. I'm pretty sure that parts of the hill i'm climbing are steeper than 15%, but I don't really know how to measure it. Can I use the level on my iPod to do that? I only know that the overall grade is about 11%.