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angry
Apr 15, 2005, 4:44 AM
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So I was out climbing this weekend, just chilling in the South Platte climbing some easy wide cracks. My buddy, rc.com user edl, got up to the hanging belay and totally flipped out.
First off, he can't climb a wide crack to save his life, so I think he was a little on edge, but geez he freaked out.
I had a bomber anchor, equalized 3 ways through 2 independant slings. On top that I had two locking biners and both locked. He's a total asshat, I think he's afraid of heights or something. He did manage to snap a picture while throwing his fit.
http://www.rockclimbing.com/...p.cgi?Detailed=52299
Other than his little tantrum, the climb was great.
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vegastradguy
Apr 15, 2005, 4:58 AM
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fshizzle- you are evil.
i like it. :twisted:
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kriso9tails
Apr 15, 2005, 5:15 AM
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Is that pic of you? I'd worry too given that you seem to have no eyes or nostrils. No eyes I can deal with, but without nostrils your head must be full of snot.
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kman
Apr 15, 2005, 5:18 AM
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In reply to: Is that pic of you? I'd worry too given that you seem to have no eyes or nostrils. No eyes I can deal with, but without nostrils your head must be full of snot.
:lol: :lol:
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kman
Apr 15, 2005, 5:28 AM
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Hey Fshizzle. When you going to post that other pic. You know the one...the close up of that bomber anchor :lol:
Dyin to see the replies hehe
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kriso9tails
Apr 15, 2005, 5:31 AM
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In reply to: Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.
You've caught onto my jealousy. Even as a hetero male, I can't deny a certain affinity for the glistening forehead and yellow rope.
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angry
Apr 15, 2005, 9:33 PM
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I'll post that picture, it's the same thing, just close up.
I don't understand what the fuss is, that is a newer rigid friend. It has milled camstops, so it's OK to use passive. Plus I used two locking carabiners.
http://www.rockclimbing.com/...p.cgi?Detailed=52301
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euroford
Apr 15, 2005, 9:43 PM
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bomber, i'd hang your truck on it!
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isaacct
Apr 15, 2005, 9:59 PM
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...and I used to think that those holes in cam lobes were there to make them lighter!
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bilias
Apr 15, 2005, 10:02 PM
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what the hell is going on in that picture?
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caughtinside
Apr 15, 2005, 10:03 PM
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You are quite the comedian.
Did you stuff that cam in there passive because you had to? Or because you wanted a laff at your partner's expense? :P
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tadam2000
Apr 15, 2005, 10:06 PM
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Take some comfort in having a partner who's a worry-wart. I had one that wasn't and should have been, 'cause he sure turned me into one! I remember following him on a route some years back; I got to the belay about 300' off the deck and in perfect Layton Kor-like fashion he said "Don't fall or we'll both go", and he wasn't kidding. He liked to refer to himself as "King of the Manky Anchor" :shock: a title he fully deserved.
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icenwy
Apr 15, 2005, 10:44 PM
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Hell, you used TWO lockers, right?!?
Is edl living in Laramie?
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troutboy
Apr 15, 2005, 11:09 PM
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That's very, uh, creative. Yeah, that's it, creative.:mrgreen:
TS
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mistertyler
Apr 15, 2005, 11:31 PM
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It's a real swell anchor, although maybe a bit over-kill. Two non-lockers, opposite and opposed, would have been sufficient.
And don't forget - if'n you think you might run out of pro at the top, you can bring along pictures of cams and nuts to tape to the rock as part of your anchor, too.
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gasdr
Apr 16, 2005, 12:15 AM
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"Asshat" --- ROFLMAO!!
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hammerhead
Apr 16, 2005, 12:34 AM
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What is with that cam? I don't get it. That anchors looks sketchy as hell to me.
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kman
Apr 16, 2005, 12:37 AM
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In reply to: I don't get it.
apparantly not
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hammerhead
Apr 16, 2005, 12:51 AM
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Well then....................explain it to me.....................
BTW it's spelled "apparently"
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kman
Apr 16, 2005, 1:36 AM
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In reply to: BTW it's spelled "apparently"
Of course it is....what was I thiking?
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pbcowboy77
Apr 16, 2005, 2:53 AM
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F that guy, He's a tool. That's bomber.
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cosmiccragsman
Apr 16, 2005, 3:09 AM
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Hmmm, You said you were on a HANGING belay on only 2 pieces. as a second I'd be looking REAL hard at your pieces. and from the pic, that friend don't look like a good placement.
cosmiccragsman
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tradalltheway
Apr 16, 2005, 5:17 AM
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I read "Climbing Anchors" and "More Climbing Anchors" and that shit ain't in either one of 'em. Then I read the "Boyscout Manual" under the section of "How to catch a Snipe" and I found that setup. If it'll hold a Snipe, it'll hold a fall.
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hammerhead
Apr 16, 2005, 11:48 AM
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Well it seems that cosmiccragmand and tradalltheway would agree that the anchor is sketchy at best. I can't believe that anyone would climb on an anchor like that. Not me brother. I would have "flipped-out" too.
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