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halcyon
Nov 19, 2003, 10:44 PM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3639551382&category=50816
Need I say more?
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galt
Nov 19, 2003, 10:50 PM
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That is AMAZING! Dude, if anyone outbids me on that I'm going to be super mad. In fact, if you outbid me I'm going to get dressed up and go totally psycho and cut off like 300 people's heads... including yours!
ps. I hate Pirates.
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iltripp
Nov 19, 2003, 10:52 PM
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Anyone ever used one of those?? I saw a kid in Yosemite with one this past summer. It looked pretty damn fun, and I wanted to ask him if I could try it out. It seems like more of a toy than anything that would be useful, but it would definitely be fun to mess around with.
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halcyon
Nov 19, 2003, 10:58 PM
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HA! Been to http://www.realultimatepower.net/ recently?
Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to bid on this one. Don't have the money, and I'd rather buy cams. I would want that "33 Foot Super Strength Nylon Rope" though. I wonder if it is static or dynamic.
p.s. I'm a pirate.
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whiteflash
Nov 19, 2003, 11:14 PM
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Aw man, that site is awesome, I remember when it first went around the colleges a few years ago. You've got to read their scripts for movies and peoples comments on the site, spectacular.
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cryder
Nov 20, 2003, 12:07 AM
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That makes me want to start a new category of climbing... "grappling". I cant wait to spray beta about proper throwing technique, how to remove a stuck hook, and of course the obvious...
"Yeah, I am bit weak on my trad skills, but dude, you should see me grapple my way out of any tight spot... but I only use clean grappling technique, you know? I'm not down with that just throw it anywhere stuff... no way. It's gotta stick on the first chuck or it doesn't count."
Look out slacklining. Here comes hook-lining.
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fryinbacon
Nov 20, 2003, 2:55 AM
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realultimatepower is my new favorite web page
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the_pirate
Nov 20, 2003, 3:39 AM
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In reply to: ps. I hate Pirates.
Mental note...... add Galt to my sh!t list.
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soma
Nov 20, 2003, 3:40 AM
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In reply to: realultimatepower is my new favorite web page
I have been laughing for about ten minutes.
Dave
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mustclimb69
Nov 20, 2003, 3:45 AM
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You would be suprised how many people ask me for a grappling hook and how much they cost. When Im done laughing I introduce them to a little book called MOuntineering: freedon of the hills and tell them to buy it.
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njbourne
Nov 20, 2003, 4:03 AM
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jhump is nolonger my rope gun.
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pixelguru
Nov 20, 2003, 4:29 AM
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I used to HAVE that exact model back freshman year in high school... (that would be 1984 in case you're curious). Bought it from Asian World of Martial Arts in Philadelphia during the big ninja craze of the early 80s. Everyone wanted to buy throwing stars back then, and we used to buy them cheap mail order and sell them at school. We had a great business going until some kid poked his eye out or something and they stopped shipping to through the mail.
...anyway, I bought all kinds of crap from them, including one of those lunker grappling hooks - used it to climb trees with it around my house. IT'S A TOTAL PIECE OF JUNK!!!!
We're talking soft steel you can bend with your hands. If it took a hard landing, it would bend like a pretzel... To make matters worse, it folds up flat for "stealthy ninja storage", but that means there's only a single little nut holding the whole thing together. The included rope was no better than a black piece of dental floss.
Being a scrawny beanpole in high school, it supported my weight, but one of my friends ended up breaking it (we all laughed).
...and if you huck it and it doesn't stick, run like hell because getting hit by it is no fun.
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telemarkist
Nov 20, 2003, 4:52 AM
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bat man! dah nah, nah nah, nah nah
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galt
Nov 20, 2003, 5:29 AM
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To all Pirates out there.
Ninja's are totally sweet and awesome... and pirates I hate pirates! All you pirates out there I'm totally going to send my Ninja friends to track you down and cut off your heads.
One time this stupid guy said I was on his $^!% list and so I sent a Ninja to track him down and cut off his head. The Ninja found him and went totally crazy and killed like the entire town because he was so crazy!
Be afraid... be very afraid.
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soma
Nov 20, 2003, 5:37 AM
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Come on you have to tell them to visit the page or else its only kinda funny. Otherwise it is fantastic.
Dave
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mrme
Nov 20, 2003, 6:30 AM
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In reply to: To all Pirates out there. Ninja's are totally sweet and awesome... and pirates I hate pirates! All you pirates out there I'm totally going to send my Ninja friends to track you down and cut off your heads. One time this stupid guy said I was on his $^!% list and so I sent a Ninja to track him down and cut off his head. The Ninja found him and went totally crazy and killed like the entire town because he was so crazy! Be afraid... be very afraid.
:shock: yea man i read about that nijia he used some kinda nijia majic called the frenzed flying hook .... or somthing like that .... and it took a group of four turtles and a rat person to stop him from unleashing his power onto the world.... :shock:
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tyify
Nov 20, 2003, 7:00 AM
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This will be in community soon....
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sonus
Nov 20, 2003, 7:23 AM
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i know that ninja too! i hired him to cut off this guys head. it turned out that this guy was a pirate, and he popped like 14 b***** because of this hot babe. but then this super sweet ninja popped the biggest one ever and killed everyone.
he also mentioned something about pork
believe it!
http://www.realultimatepower.net/
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nostyleclmbr
Nov 20, 2003, 7:23 AM
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ninjas are totally sweet.
nuff said
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wallwombat
Nov 20, 2003, 7:32 AM
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I remember reading about Duane Raleigh tying a rope to an ice axe and throwing it like a grappling hook in the Fisher Towers. Doesn't sound to different. Kind of cheating though.
The Wombat
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roughster
Nov 20, 2003, 7:43 AM
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roughster moved this thread from General to Used Gear / Great Deals.
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the_pirate
Nov 20, 2003, 4:51 PM
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In reply to: I used to HAVE that exact model back freshman year in high school... (that would be 1984 in case you're curious). Bought it from Asian World of Martial Arts in Philadelphia during the big ninja craze of the early 80s. IT'S A TOTAL PIECE OF JUNK!!!! We're talking soft steel you can bend with your hands. If it took a hard landing, it would bend like a pretzel... To make matters worse, it folds up flat for "stealthy ninja storage", but that means there's only a single little nut holding the whole thing together. The included rope was no better than a black piece of dental floss.
HA HA HA HA HA I bought mine from the same company in 86 or 87..... back when climbing for me still consisted, in part, of wondering, "How did climbers get the ropes up there?" Used it as part of my semi-aid / semi-free climbing gear. I still have scars from that thing comming back down at me....lol..... Such a piece of crap.
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camhead
Nov 20, 2003, 5:34 PM
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In one of his Rockcraft books, Royal Robbins talks about how lassoing ropes over horns and other protrusions is a part of aid climbing. Don't know about grppling hooks, though. I wuz thinking of a good troll post about grappling hooks on here a couple months ago, but never got around to it.
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robbovius
Nov 20, 2003, 5:40 PM
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In reply to: HA! Been to http://www.realultimatepower.net/ recently? Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to bid on this one. Don't have the money, and I'd rather buy cams. I would want that "33 Foot Super Strength Nylon Rope" though. I wonder if it is static or dynamic. p.s. I'm a pirate.
oh my fricken goWAD that ninja site is funny, there's V8 Splash and fritos all over my office now. HAR!
BTW, when I first saw this thread title, I thought it was about marriage.
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halcyon
Nov 21, 2003, 10:47 PM
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Dang. Nobody is ever going to see this thread when it's hidden in this forum. I should have posted in community... But for good measure:
BUMP!
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