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hangdoggypound
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hmm... If I were a piece of climbing gear, I'd be a can of Red Bull and a bag of Beef Jerky. If that doesn't count for climbing gear (why the hell not?!) then I'd have to offer up climbing tape for my hands. I keep the same "tape gloves" for months.
I hope I can answer for my friends, too. My Buddy Russ would be a portaledge since he constantly finds his comfy spot when he's not climbing.
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camhead
Oct 16, 2002, 11:24 PM
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look at my username...
hey, guess what piece of gear would fit clymbr_chk? A screamer!
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climbchick
Oct 16, 2002, 11:31 PM
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I'm definitely a back-up knot!
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tim
Oct 16, 2002, 11:32 PM
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http://www.gx.starvedrockoutfitters.com/cgi-bin/miva?Merchant2/merchant.mv+Screen=PROD&Store_Code=G&Product_Code=H1010
Admit it, you wish you'd posted it first...
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tim
Oct 16, 2002, 11:38 PM
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is 'long dong' my final answer? of course it is! I was going to post 'nut' but that sounds crude.
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orangekyak
Oct 16, 2002, 11:44 PM
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What climbing tool am I?
When trad leading it's best to be a BD #1 camalot - good for so many bomber placements.
When sport leading it's best to be a biner of nuts - cuz of the nuts.
When bouldering I wanna be a pink tricam - solidly holds onto small bits of rock.
On a roadtrip with buds I wanna be a WC flexifriend - cuz of the flexifriend part.
But at the end of the day, I'm just a climbing tool.
Jeremy
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lox
Oct 17, 2002, 12:02 AM
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My bong.
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dynomaster
Oct 17, 2002, 12:07 AM
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I'd be a Crash Pad-
Solid,
Reliable,
and always there when needed!
Dyno On
Andy
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spoon
Oct 17, 2002, 12:19 AM
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I'd be a rap line, always falling from the top of the crag to the bottom, instead of the other way around.
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boogirl
Oct 17, 2002, 12:34 AM
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A harness. You know, that piece of equipment you pick out based upon comfort, durability, and reliability. Ropes break, nuts/tricams/hexes/'biners - they fracture, bad placement can break a cam. You have to really abuse your harness to wear it out. When you don't want it, you stuff it in a bag where it waits for your return. Assuming you've reached in, pulled it out and put it on, your harness is always there to break a fall when you've done something stupid or you're in over your head.
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stoutclimb1
Oct 17, 2002, 12:40 AM
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great topic, i think id be a poop tube cus whenever i climb its raining s***
[ This Message was edited by: stoutclimb1 on 2002-10-16 17:40 ]
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texasclimber
Oct 17, 2002, 12:42 AM
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Chalk....cuz if you have it, you love it. If you don't have it, you wish you did . Ohh, I misread the post; that is what I WISH I was. I'm probably more of a climbing shoes...you hate me b/c I'm a pain in the a$$, but without me, GOOD LUCK!
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no_limit
Oct 17, 2002, 12:43 AM
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I am definetely a nut!
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wandt
Oct 17, 2002, 1:02 AM
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I'm 20 metres of anchor webbing- pretty long, pretty strong, but generally just brought along for toproping.
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apollodorus
Oct 17, 2002, 1:18 AM
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A ludicrously large cam, like the wooden 16" monster I made for the Leavittator. I'm so lazy these days, I want to aid up everything.
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trillium
Oct 17, 2002, 1:25 AM
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OK, I know this is bad, but I am going to say it anyway:
My friends think I,m a nut, which makes me feel like an alien. When I get knotted up trying to put a stopper to it, I call on my big Bro to keep me anchored. He can offset my friends with a hex causing them to taper a bit. Eventually I am hoping things will equalize and we can all be friends again.
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orangekyak
Oct 17, 2002, 1:27 AM
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beautiful
but shouldn't that be "forged friends again"
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tim
Oct 17, 2002, 1:38 AM
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All real Friends are rigid.
The others are just imitation friends.
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bighigaz
Oct 17, 2002, 1:56 AM
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Ooh, you guys are creative!
I wanted to call myself the little yellow alien... but I'm not sure why, so for now, I'll just mention that my brother,
ID: rockram, is DEFINATELY a HAUL BAG! He always offers to carry as much as he can, and never complains. I'll tell you what, he's the guy you want around when you've got a nice hike up the canyon back to camp!!!
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bighigaz
Oct 17, 2002, 2:10 AM
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Hey climbsomething, take out the "overrated" and "generally worthless" and you may be right, just cause you're a woman
But I already love you cause you're a Tucsonan!!!!!
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climbsomething
Oct 17, 2002, 2:11 AM
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The GriGri.
Some people say it's complicated, overrated, expensive, and generally unnecessary.
Some people love it.
And some people say both
Yep, that's me
This has been a bit of self-depricating humour, courtesy of Hillary
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climbsomething
Oct 17, 2002, 2:13 AM
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Hehe, I edited my post and did a delete-replace thing just to see it without the 'edited by' bit, so that's why bighig got ahead of me
*pbbbbbbbbbbbbt* to BigHig.
As a sport climber, I can say to your Yellow Alien,
"Whut the hell izzat for? It's funny lookin and ain't no use ta me!"
Checkmate!
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coclimber26
Oct 17, 2002, 2:14 AM
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a .5 cam.....sketchy at best
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bretterick
Oct 17, 2002, 2:42 AM
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I'm a portaledge, cause I make being the rock look comfortable and easy! (ba dum che)
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jbone
Oct 17, 2002, 2:49 AM
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I'm a Stick Clip..
Always putting up those reachy Draws.
Although I would rather be Lauren Lee's Sport Bra..
He he
JBone
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astrocrag
Oct 17, 2002, 3:21 AM
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My brain. Without it, everything else is worthless.
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galt
Oct 17, 2002, 4:11 AM
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Chalk. Cheap, not actually necessary, but a lot of fun to have around.
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kcrag
Oct 17, 2002, 4:22 AM
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I'll ditto skibabeage on this one, but I'm a Charlet Moser Pulsar instead. UPS just delivered mine from Barrabes and they haven't left my sight since.
Most definitely the sexiest, sharpest, & most exciting piece of gear in my collection. I'm in love... these tools are HOT! (Wait a minute--I don't mean to imply these tools are like me, that would certainly be a little vain... I guess I'm responding more to a variation of the question... if you COULD BE like a certain piece of equipment, what would it be...!)
In reality, I'd probably be more like a tri-cam--some love 'em, some think they're useless, and some just don't know what to do with them.
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pumpkin_man
Oct 17, 2002, 4:26 AM
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alien
a Taiwanese in US
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apollodorus
Oct 17, 2002, 4:34 AM
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I have to change my answer to this: haul bag. And that's because I'm an essentially inert object that my wall partner has to coax up the wall. And I get stuck below roofs while he's up above wondering if he has to rap down to free me.
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ktwo
Oct 17, 2002, 4:48 AM
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I am a carabiner... you can attach damn near anything to me! Or... something... yeah...
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kcrag
Oct 17, 2002, 6:37 AM
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Hey geo, I'm not that nutso! Just spent some cash on plush new sheets, at least I keep the pick guards on my tools!
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jmlangford
Oct 17, 2002, 6:39 AM
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geo...all I can say is...WOW! That is some woman!
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apollodorus
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mtngeo, at least you were benighted with a hot babe, regardless of what sort of . . . .
I mean, you try topping out with a U.S. Marine who won't let you borrow the flashlight ("What if we're up here tomorrow?") to get firewood as he wraps up in a space blanket. That was a Helen Keller night, groping for any sort of stick that wouldn't bend.
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lox
Oct 17, 2002, 9:40 AM
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HOW HARD DOES THAT GIRL BOULDER ?!?!
if it's over v6, she might be cool...
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Oct 17, 2002, 2:35 PM
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I'd like to think I'm a "Big Dude," but my girlfriend would counter that and refer to me as "Micro-Nuts."
**sigh**
JRB
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passthepitonspete
Oct 17, 2002, 3:24 PM
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I'm definitely a copperhead.
Ask any woman.
You've got to beat the hell out of me before I will reluctantly conform to the shape of the crack into which I have been hammered.
And you know what the really scary thing is?
If you beat me hard enough, I'll fit into any placement she chooses.
Sheesh.
[maybe I should take up free climbing again...]
P.S. I can vouch for Apollodorus' inertia
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phil_nev
Oct 17, 2002, 3:30 PM
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ID BE A SPORTS BRA....
VERY SUPPORTIVE
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greatgarbanzo
Oct 17, 2002, 3:57 PM
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A BD Cam... I will work even all the way open...
uh???
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elvislegs
Oct 17, 2002, 3:58 PM
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The Alpine Bod harness, minimilist, strong, and uncomfortable.
Or depending on who you talk to...
I might be a very fast and efficient screw.
Beat that Jabbeaux!
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Oct 17, 2002, 4:14 PM
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Rage, Lowe-balls or astro-nuts
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ajkclay
Oct 17, 2002, 5:11 PM
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black diamond micro-stopper, no one thinks about me until there's a crisis, and then they wonder just how helpful i'll be
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A piton cause I really like nailing.
Seriously, I would say a nut because my personality is crazy and I have Rapid Cycly Bipolar Disorder, so I am clincally crazy, too.
Steve
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kcrag
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Okay Martha! (Don't forget the spatula)
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Oct 17, 2002, 6:25 PM
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shoestring...
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Oct 17, 2002, 6:27 PM
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lightning rod...
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I think my user name says it all . . . Leaverbiner - the nickname has a story behind it that I won't delve into now, but basically, I'm the piece of gear you take along just in case you can't finish your project . . . or was it that I am the piece of gear you think is completely expendable and you'd be willing to leave it behind? Damn, I can never remember which it is!
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calamity_chk
Oct 17, 2002, 7:00 PM
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Quote:
hey, guess what piece of gear would fit clymbr_chk? A screamer!
That's just wrong, Paul !!
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beth23
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nice rack.
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tanner
Oct 18, 2002, 2:13 AM
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A full lenght runnner!
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lilred
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An alien...cuz I'm flexible
I do yoga, sheesh!!!
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A #10 hex...
Simple, Fit well in the crack, and Last Long
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