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kathryn
Feb 10, 2005, 2:43 AM
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I live about 10 hours from the closest crag and 45 minutes from the gym, so I jump at any excuse to use my gear. Tree trimming, gutter cleaning, hauling heavy stuff into the attic, rappeling out of my treehouse... you name it, I've done it. :)
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buckmanriver
Feb 10, 2005, 3:27 AM
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Practicing solo aid climbing on the I beams in my basement my dad is still pisted. I used the drill and made holes for slings.Got a lecture on when you own a house you can climb on it when ever you want but as long as you are under my roof you cant climb in any form on or in my house. I think I will start urban aid climbing
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nightlion
Feb 10, 2005, 5:20 AM
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have used an old climbing rope to tow a truck out of being stuck a couple of times
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rockunderfoot
Feb 10, 2005, 5:33 AM
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Webbing - Clothes Line, tying up "things" at "appropriate" times
2 pieces of old Hex tech cord - Now holds homemade hangboard
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reprieve
Feb 10, 2005, 5:45 AM
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! Why have I not been doing this?!
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reprieve
Feb 10, 2005, 5:46 AM
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In reply to: Throw a rope over an exposed beam in your house + Figure 8 attached to a locking biner + Call your girlfriend over and get her in your harness = Home made sex swing
! Why have I not been doing this?!
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omeier
Feb 10, 2005, 6:41 AM
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Used some old gear to lower a bar I had built on a sixth floor balcony. Come move out time, I had a couple of friends, about 6 of em help me lower a 10 ft long bar to the ground in one piece.
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wlderdude
Feb 10, 2005, 6:47 PM
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In reply to: But I'll never forget one year we had a @!$% of a land lord, so we had a "we'll never get our bond back party" and practiced dry tooling traverses on the dry wall.
I want to dry tool on drywall really bad.
How did it work?
Last summer I had to cut some dead limbs out of a tall, skinny Ponderosa pine. I would have just gone up and done it, but I was alone and would have no one to help me if I fell. So I just rigged up some aid gear with old webbing and did the job. I figured that a girth hitched sling aroung the trunk was not going to let me down, but the dead stubs I would otherwise be standing on might.
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meatball
Feb 10, 2005, 7:32 PM
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I fill my chalkbag with flour while I'm baking cookies...very handy.
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yosemite
Feb 10, 2005, 7:39 PM
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A gazzilion years ago, I made yacht deliveries throughout the South China Sea area. While offshore, I had to get hauled to the top of the mast for repairs. I didn’t like the look of the swage on the halyard, so I backed it up with a prusik. The swage failed. The prusik did not.
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jimrock
Feb 10, 2005, 7:43 PM
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I once locked the keys in my buddies car and opened the door up using a ice axe and a nut tool. I used the ice axe to pry open the window and the nut tool to unlock the door. I also pull out various cars with my old ropes. Climbing ropes work the best because you can put 10 feet of slack in the system and gun the car that is doing the tow. No jerks just a clean exit
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jimrock
Feb 10, 2005, 7:46 PM
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I once locked the keys in my buddies car and opened the door up using a ice axe and a nut tool. I used the ice axe to pry open the window and the nut tool to unlock the door. I also pull out various cars with my old ropes. Climbing ropes work the best because you can put 10 feet of slack in the system and gun the car that is doing the tow. No jerks just a clean exit
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bumblie
Feb 10, 2005, 7:48 PM
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I'm using a #4 stopper to level my washing machine.
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yosemite
Feb 10, 2005, 8:23 PM
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In reply to: I'm using a #4 stopper to level my washing machine.
Classic!!
Beats the rivet hanger I have holding up my clothes line.
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dawnawanna
Feb 10, 2005, 8:47 PM
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When my kid was younger, I used my 1" webbing and a couple of biners to hang her jumping chair thingy from the ceiling. Now I've got a cordolette tied to her tricycle so I can pull her down the street.
Dawn
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stonefoxgirl
Feb 10, 2005, 9:08 PM
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My first Lead Belay was in a gym........
The roof was a little leakey so as a temporary fix until the roofers came to install the new roof we hung a tarp. To do so I anchored to the catwalk and belayed from there as my "climbing partner" climbed out along the bottom of the girders (sp) using draws, slings, biners and a rope.
It was interesting.
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irockclimbtoo
Feb 10, 2005, 9:20 PM
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euroford
Feb 10, 2005, 10:16 PM
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my favorite dog leash is a metolious nylon daisy with two bd hotwires. one clips to the pooch's colar and the other is used to adjust length.
oh yeah, and i rap skyscrapers at work sometimes :)
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tchamber
Feb 10, 2005, 11:13 PM
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In reply to: Practicing solo aid climbing on the I beams in my basement my dad is still pisted. I used the drill and made holes for slings.Got a lecture on when you own a house you can climb on it when ever you want but as long as you are under my roof you cant climb in any form on or in my house. I think I will start urban aid climbing
Can't you understand why he's pissed? You crazy kids blow my mind... The route totally should have gone clean, you've just ruined the virgin wood for the 2nd ascentionist.
On a side note, hahahaha, I said "virgin wood"
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jimfix
Feb 10, 2005, 11:22 PM
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In reply to: I want to dry tool on drywall really bad. How did it work?
Not very positive! It was more of an exploration for studs.
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clmbrdancer
Feb 10, 2005, 11:27 PM
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In reply to: My dad recently signed up to have satellite TV installed and the installation guy said he needed to get on the roof of the house at the peak and walk around up there. Our roof happens to be a 60 degree angle on each side and so is rather dangerous to walk around on. My dad has asked me to make something safe that the guy could use in order to go about his business. I am having difficulty coming up with an idea mostly because what I know to be safe will probably not be trusted by the installation guy. If anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears. -Josh
What I did on my last roofing job is take a light weight ladder and a fix ladder roof hooks (not sure if this is the proper name) to the ladder. The roof hooks then go over the peak of the roof, much like a grapping hook. This method works great and is super safe. You'll just need the proper lenght ladder. This method does not destory the roof either.
bdb
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veganboyjosh
Feb 10, 2005, 11:38 PM
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In reply to: Not very positive! It was more of an exploration for studs.
how'd the arse of a landlord take it?
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niftydog
Feb 11, 2005, 12:29 AM
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In reply to: To do so I anchored to the catwalk and belayed from there as my "climbing partner" climbed out along the bottom of the girders (sp) using draws, slings, biners and a rope.
that's my second job in a nut shell - Events Rigging.
My definition of exposure;
straddling along a 1 foot diameter round aircon duct 15 meters up, 5 metres out from the nearest roof truss, carrying heavy stuff. No belay that day! aircon ducts are surprisingly strong, but worryingly flexible.
My cats also greatly enjoy dragging an old peice of cord with a few knots tied in it around the house.
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tnchief
Feb 11, 2005, 12:40 AM
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When I was in college, we used to rappel out the dorm window all the time.
We used the climbing wall we had constructed in the room as our anchor.
The wall I currently have in my bedroom has enough space behind it to allow for the storage shelf that I put all of my climbing gear on.
I know this is a completely original and out-there idea, but get this:
I use a carabiner, hee hee hee, as a keychain!
:lol:
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cloudbreak
Feb 11, 2005, 1:10 AM
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In reply to: A 3/8' eye bolt into you bedroom ceiling joist and you can have no end of fun with you harness and ropes :wink:
Fun no doubt! But, take it a step further and just buy the Swing. You'll never use the rope and harness again.
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