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theishofoz
Jul 31, 2005, 2:26 AM
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:shock:
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vegastradguy
Jul 31, 2005, 2:28 AM
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its a supercam on steroids.
actually, judging from the larger lobes, it looks homemade....interesting. I wonder if it would hold a fall.
Personally, I'll stick with the Valley Giants.
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kinosoo
Jul 31, 2005, 3:08 AM
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it's a supercam prototype i think if you look in this years metoius catalog it on like the second page
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euroford
Jul 31, 2005, 4:58 AM
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dude, thats nuts!
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smithrockfreek
Jul 31, 2005, 5:02 AM
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i saw this in mgear magizine...its another cam from the robot series
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cgailey
Jul 31, 2005, 7:17 AM
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In reply to: dude, thats nuts!
No, really, it's a cam... :wink:
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tattooed_climber
Aug 1, 2005, 10:02 PM
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probably a metolius prototype
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angry
Aug 1, 2005, 10:22 PM
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Not to diss big cams, but, what's the point?
That size is big-bro range. And the rope doesn't get stuck under or between the lobes.
It doesn't take that much effort to learn to use them with one hand, they even fit most flares if you have the right eye for it.
I don't know what valley giants cost but a bro is about $90, I bet that's half what one of those things costs.
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philbox
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Aug 1, 2005, 10:29 PM
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The downside of a Big Bro as opposed to a Valley Giant is that you cannot crack walk a Big Bro.
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tchamber
Aug 1, 2005, 10:32 PM
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In reply to: Not to diss big cams, but, what's the point? That size is big-bro range. And the rope doesn't get stuck under or between the lobes. It doesn't take that much effort to learn to use them with one hand, they even fit most flares if you have the right eye for it. I don't know what valley giants cost but a bro is about $90, I bet that's half what one of those things costs.
Not to mention that a big bro fits a whole lot better on your harness/sling than an 18" cam...
But still... wow...
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moose_droppings
Aug 1, 2005, 11:07 PM
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It is not the Metolius supercam, (page 5, 2005 catalog), I'm looking at it right now.
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ryanb
Aug 2, 2005, 12:25 AM
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I believe the guy who invented the supercam came up with the idea while trying to build some offdith cams with a computer controled milling machine in his garrage. This is probably one of those cams.
Big bro's might be nice but if I only take one piece of big gear it will be a cam so i can put on my daisy and walk it up. (Using the daisy avoids a lot of problems with the rope getting all caught up in the crack, the gear and your feet. Unless the crack is a seriously steep you shouldn't be able to fall hard enough to make the non dynamic nautre of the daisy matter.)
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mrtristan
Aug 2, 2005, 2:30 PM
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I'd rather have a big cam than a Bigbro any day. The fact that bigbros only work in perfectly parallel cracks limits them considerably, IMO. My Bigbros rarely come off the rack.
-Tristan
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j_ung
Aug 2, 2005, 2:37 PM
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I'll second the guess that it's an early Super Cam. The concept began as a garage-made big cam.
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