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hammermaster
May 29, 2007, 3:19 AM
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hi i've just read a book that really enspired me to learn to climb. I'm wondering where a good place to buy a hammer and pitons is. Any help?
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sbaclimber
May 29, 2007, 3:22 AM
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T0 
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hammermaster
May 29, 2007, 3:35 AM
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sweet - thanks!
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coastal_climber
May 29, 2007, 3:41 AM
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Maybe try going to a gym first, and actually climb rather than learn from a book.
>Cam
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grippedclimer
May 29, 2007, 4:17 AM
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pounding pins at the gym will be sweet.
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rockguide
May 29, 2007, 5:07 AM
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hammermaster wrote: hi i've just read a book that really enspired me to learn to climb. I'm wondering where a good place to buy a hammer and pitons is. Any help?
Most climbing gear stores - they also carry other inspiring books that describe more modern and lower impact techniques.
Don't get me wrong - some climbers still place pitons. It is just rare outside the Alpine rock/ Mountaineering/ and Big wall worlds.
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studclimber
May 29, 2007, 2:10 PM
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Dude, first of all, take a class, or two. Then start climbing with someone who knows what they're doing. Then don't use pitons unless you're doing some remote, first ascent of an alpine peak or big wall. Otherwise, use modern, low impact pro like nuts and cams.
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hacksaw
May 29, 2007, 2:56 PM
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grippedclimer wrote: pounding pins at the gym will be sweet.
And win you a lot of new friends.......
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binrat
May 29, 2007, 7:29 PM
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hacksaw wrote: grippedclimer wrote: pounding pins at the gym will be sweet. And win you a lot of new friends.......
Damn, you beat me too it
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hacksaw
May 29, 2007, 7:50 PM
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binrat wrote: hacksaw wrote: grippedclimer wrote: pounding pins at the gym will be sweet. And win you a lot of new friends....... Damn, you beat me too it
 
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desertdude420
May 29, 2007, 7:52 PM
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First, put down the hammer and pitons! The only person that should be using them is a seasoned big wall aid-climber that's doing a new route in a region that allows it. Hammering in most nat'l parks/public parks is banned. As a new climber, those pitons and hammer are useless to you. Even for me... I've been an avid climber for 14 years now and have done plenty of aid pitches and several big walls, but I have hammered literally less that 10 pitons ever. I also try to keep with the "clean-aid climbing" ethic which helps keep the cracks from being blown apart and ruined. This has destroyed climbs in Zion and Yosemite.
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majid_sabet
May 29, 2007, 7:55 PM
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desertdude420 wrote: First, put down the hammer and pitons! The only person that should be using them is a seasoned big wall aid-climber that's doing a new route in a region that allows it. Hammering in most nat'l parks/public parks is banned. As a new climber, those pitons and hammer are useless to you. Even for me... I've been an avid climber for 14 years now and have done plenty of aid pitches and several big walls, but I have hammered literally less that 10 pitons ever. I also try to keep with the "clean-aid climbing" ethic which helps keep the cracks from being blown apart and ruined. This has destroyed climbs in Zion and Yosemite.
He is not going to pin down in Yos or Zion. He is going to open a new route in local gym.
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caughtinside
May 29, 2007, 7:58 PM
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What a great little thread.
A lousy troll, some idiot responses, and now the jokers at the end.
good times.
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desertdude420
May 29, 2007, 8:14 PM
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Damn, you got me!
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j_ung
May 29, 2007, 9:18 PM
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I just read a book about nuclear physics and now I'm psyched to build my own reactor! Where's a good place to buy plutonium?
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Pdizz
May 29, 2007, 9:36 PM
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shitty troll attempt
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rockguide
May 30, 2007, 3:45 AM
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majid_sabet wrote: j_ung wrote: I just read a book about nuclear physics and now I'm psyched to build my own reactor! Where's a good place to buy plutonium? Nigeria
It is! I know someone who made a lot of money selling plutonium in Nigeria. I am helping him move it out of the country and will be rich!
(This post was edited by rockguide on May 30, 2007, 3:47 AM)
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chossmonkey
Jun 3, 2007, 10:44 PM
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desertdude420 wrote: This has destroyed climbs in Zion and Yosemite.
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