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styndall
Jan 10, 2007, 5:49 PM
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salamanizer wrote: Ok, finally got around to taking a photo. So....here's what I got, minus several spool's worth of webbing, clothing, tents, bivi sacks, camping gear etc... and all the other semi related climbing gear which would take up twice the space.
Does marking pitons like that (tape on the side?) really work? It seems like it'd get scratched off the first time you pounded one in.
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caughtinside
Jan 10, 2007, 6:37 PM
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crap chad! that's a giant rack! some funky stuff on there too! what are those weird offset forged friend things, do you use those?
valley giants? No wonder you like doing the wide stuff!
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salamanizer
Jan 11, 2007, 5:31 AM
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styndall wrote: Does marking pitons like that (tape on the side?) really work? It seems like it'd get scratched off the first time you pounded one in
That's not tape to mark my pins, it's the price tag still on the ones I havn't placed yet. I got a screaming deal on iron a while back and bought more than I needed. Got 850 bucks worth of pins for 150.
caughtinside wrote: crap chad! that's a giant rack! some funky stuff on there too! what are those weird offset forged friend things, do you use those? valley giants? No wonder you like doing the wide stuff!
Thanks, best thing about it is it's all stuff I actually use and not a bunch of crap I bought and leave in the closet.
Those offset looking cams are Bivos Banditos. They were a type of cam that came out sometime in the 80's. They're a pretty rare colectors item these days. Very crude construction but they work. An interesting design actually. If they were better made and came in smaller sizes, they would probably have the smallest head width of any cam on the market. They only have two cam lobes, so they can be made pretty narrow. I've never used them. I just liked the design.
The Valley Giants come in handy on occasion. I rarely ever have then when I want one though. I bught them for Excalibur if I ever get around to it.
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brent_e
Jan 11, 2007, 5:55 AM
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climbingtrash wrote: Had to see if we had embedded pics now for myself. [IMG]http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f277/climbingtrash/ClimbingRack.jpg[/IMG] Looks like we do!!! 
that looks like an Indian Creek rack to me. yes??? no???
nice to see some forged friends out there!!!!
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climbingtrash
Jan 11, 2007, 12:04 PM
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brent_e wrote: climbingtrash wrote: Had to see if we had embedded pics now for myself. [IMG]http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f277/climbingtrash/ClimbingRack.jpg[/IMG] Looks like we do!!! that looks like an Indian Creek rack to me. yes??? no??? nice to see some forged friends out there!!!!
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TBlake84
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TBlake84 wrote: I noticed a lot of people are using doubled (or tripled) dyneema slings in addition to the traditional single slings. I know this is so you can easily extend it but are the dyneema slings as strong? I always thought they were weaker and therefore have been using the regular 7/16" runners for this purpose. What's better?
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TBlake84
Jan 11, 2007, 8:31 PM
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devils_advocate
Jan 11, 2007, 9:42 PM
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TBlake84 wrote: epoch wrote: TBlake84 wrote: I noticed a lot of people are using doubled (or tripled) dyneema slings in addition to the traditional single slings. I know this is so you can easily extend it but are the dyneema slings as strong? I always thought they were weaker and therefore have been using the regular 7/16" runners for this purpose. What's better? Start a new thread... This one's for pictures. sorry man... if I'd have known you'd be so protective of a simple post I'd have kept my damn mouth shut. Look at the entire thread, it's full of things people have said about the pictures. All I'm doing is responding to them as well. If it makes you happy, next time I'll raise my hand.
You're doing it again.
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basilisk
Jan 12, 2007, 1:26 AM
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TBlake84 wrote: are the dyneema slings as strong?
yes.
TBlake84 wrote: What's better?
it depends.
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basilisk
Jan 12, 2007, 3:25 AM
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tags!? have some dignity man!
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boardline22
Jan 12, 2007, 1:44 PM
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how do i do that?
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boardline22
Jan 13, 2007, 3:29 AM
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I just bought them off Steep and Cheap
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dr_feelgood
Jan 13, 2007, 3:39 AM
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boardline22 wrote: how do i do that?
[im age]www.yourpicturehere.idiot[/ima ge]
Minus the spaces in the image tags...
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devils_advocate
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dr_feelgood wrote: boardline22 wrote: how do i do that? [im age]www.yourpicturehere.idiot[/ima ge] Minus the spaces in the image tags...
That only works if you have a url for your pic. Use the inline command for attachments:
[in_line learntodoitcorrectly.asshat]
"inline" is all one word. And the browser doesn't support images in .asshat format 
http://www.rockclimbing.com/...n_my_posts__433.html
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jeremy11
Jan 25, 2007, 5:40 AM
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here she is!! it covers finger cracks, hand cracks, fist cracks, and offwidths!!
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brent_e
Jan 25, 2007, 5:53 AM
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jeremy11 wrote: [image]http://www.rockclimbing.com/images/photos/assets/8/303948-largest_rack1.jpg[/image] here she is!! it covers finger cracks, hand cracks, fist cracks, and offwidths!!
SWEEEEEET!!!
that stuff looks bomber to me.
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rocknrone
Jan 25, 2007, 2:09 PM
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jeremy11 wrote: [image]http://www.rockclimbing.com/images/photos/assets/8/303948-largest_rack1.jpg[/image] here she is!! it covers finger cracks, hand cracks, fist cracks, and offwidths!!
Man I hope I can someday have a rack like that!
I guess some folks are just born lucky?
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jeremy11
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this "rack" is almost all booty.
the met #2 I bootied, and it was bent sideways and the lobes were frozen all the way shut. a couple load bearing cables were broken on either side. I got it bent back, used pliers, WD-40, a lot of wiggling, and some bending to get the cams working normally. because of the suspect load bearing cables, I will only use this on easy aid, after bounce testing on the ground.
the hand crack piece is an old trango #7. it was this ugly when I got to it, but I took it out easily enough for crag cleaning. the trigger does not move the lobes, many of the load bearing cable strands are broken...
oddly enough, on the same route, in the same spot (New Yosemite, NRG) I got my own Trango #7 (single stem flex cam) stuck, but got it out after an hour of nut tooling - thus the trigger wire repair.
check out the draw on the right - chouinard biners, old mammut sling. the pink draw has an ancient smc oval on top - its completely symetrical, and no printed strength rating - thats bomber, its the torn, literally falling apart sling I'm worried about - I doubt it would hold a bounce test.
I actually bought the bong, and have used it the 6" way and the 3.5" way as a chock. its limited placement options led me to buy the (old) BD #5!!
only one or two of those biners I actually bought, the rest is booty, except the tied yellow sling and prussik loop - those I bought but are out of service.
the nut tool is my homemade beauty, made from a bike wrench (for a one piece crank) that I never used. it is super strong and about 2" longer than a BD nut tool
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jeremy11
Jan 25, 2007, 3:37 PM
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here's my real rack
my passive gear - frost nuts with long cables, tricams taped for faster placements, hexes I actually use (at least the bigger ones)
the cams. note the bike tube rubber band holding the biners in place.
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