working granite

[Norman Watts <Norman_Watts@zzzzzzz>]

Bill,

Thanks for the lead on Trow and Holden, never heard of them before.
I'll look up their catalog. In my business we have a particular
biotechnology company whose catalog is like what you describe. Just
reading it makes you aware of tools and gives you ideas of better ways
of doing things.

Its always exciting when you get into something new and nothing is old
hat yet. When I started climbing 20 years ago just getting the gear was
fun. I'd read up on everything and then get a piece of gear and test
it; ice screws, axes, snargs, jumars, belay plates, you name it. I
still love the mountains but its more the big picture now, the basic
methods are second nature and the enjoyment of the techniques is less.
Except in rock climbing, there the hands on aspect of touching stone
and moving over it is still a pleasure. I still drive my significant
other to distraction when I start to touch stone buildings and begin
making moves up.