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squishy654
Jan 23, 2010, 10:09 PM
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TarHeelEMT
Jan 23, 2010, 10:31 PM
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squishy654 wrote: [image]http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/large/591528.JPG[/image]
Can I have it? I'll give you eighty three cents and some dryer lint, which is about all I've got left after buying my rack.
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squishy654
Jan 23, 2010, 10:34 PM
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TarHeelEMT wrote: squishy654 wrote: [image]http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/large/591528.JPG[/image] Can I have it? I'll give you eighty three cents and some dryer lint, which is about all I've got left after buying my rack.
I complained about being poor the whole time I was buying this...the key to getting a fat rack is not let your girl see the packages...
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TarHeelEMT
Jan 23, 2010, 10:40 PM
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squishy654 wrote: TarHeelEMT wrote: squishy654 wrote: [image]http://c0278592.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/large/591528.JPG[/image] Can I have it? I'll give you eighty three cents and some dryer lint, which is about all I've got left after buying my rack. I complained about being poor the whole time I was buying this...the key to getting a fat rack is not let your girl see the packages...
Truer words were never spoken. My girlfriend has no idea about the four aiders, fifi hook, and gri gri that just came in the mail. She also didn't know about those tri-cams I bought.
Fortunately, she follows trad, so she's at least slightly sympathetic, but not when I'm telling her that I can't afford to take her out to dinner.
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moose_droppings
Jan 24, 2010, 1:14 AM
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squishy654 wrote: ...the key to getting a fat rack is not let your girl see the packages...
Words to remain living by.
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billcoe_
Jan 27, 2010, 6:36 PM
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squishy654 wrote: ..the key to getting a fat rack is not let your girl see the packages...
The key is to keep your finances separate! Then you won't complain if she goes and buys some expensive leather boots cause it's none of your business. Same if you buy some gear. We lived together 4 years and then got married. This will be the 26th year we will have been married, 30 years together last month: and have always had individual bank accounts. Makes for a happy relationship when she buys a motorcycle or I get a $2000 pistol.
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Arrogant_Bastard
Jan 27, 2010, 6:41 PM
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billcoe_ wrote: squishy654 wrote: ..the key to getting a fat rack is not let your girl see the packages... The key is to keep your finances separate! Then you won't complain if she goes and buys some expensive leather boots cause it's none of your business. Same if you buy some gear. We lived together 4 years and then got married. This will be the 26th year we will have been married, 30 years together last month: and have always had individual bank accounts. Makes for a happy relationship when she buys a motorcycle or I get a $2000 pistol.
There ain't nothin quite like killin a man dead with a ivory-handled, gold-plated six-shooter.
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Omni
Jan 29, 2010, 10:13 PM
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I had to take pictures for insurance reasons and figured that I would post these. Seven of the cams are new since we couldn't climb last year due to the wife being pregnant. The bad thing about this is that we are only 5.7 to easy 5.8 climbers. Maybe I am in the begenning stages of gear whoredom? The cost is around 2K.
Just a FYI for new climbers who are buying their first rack and looking at this thread and drooling "I did". Don't waste your money on Rock Empire 4 cam units. Just go ahead and buy Black Diamond, I had to restart the rack since I couldn't stand the action on the RE 4 cam units. For some reason though the RE 3 cam units seem to be fine.
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yasso1am
Feb 3, 2010, 4:35 AM
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So you guys have been posting rack, how about I post my entire back country set up? There are items not included for sure, and tents and sleeping bags are in stuff sacks.
I took this photo to chronicle most of the gear that I was taking across the country from Michigan to Washington state. I have stuff left out of this photo.
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Arrogant_Bastard
Feb 3, 2010, 6:50 AM
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yasso1am wrote: So you guys have been posting rack, how about I post my entire back country set up? There are items not included for sure, and tents and sleeping bags are in stuff sacks. I took this photo to chronicle most of the gear that I was taking across the country from Michigan to Washington state. I have stuff left out of this photo.
No headlamp?
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yasso1am
Feb 3, 2010, 6:54 AM
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You know - it's there you just gotta trust me. I think in the top of one of those packs is a BD Zenix IQ and stashed away in one of those coats is one of those Petzl E-lites.
If only you had see through vision, you might have caught it... right? Worth a stretch.
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d-dub979
Feb 3, 2010, 7:09 PM
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My lively hood....
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yasso1am
Feb 3, 2010, 7:25 PM
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d-dub979 wrote: My lively hood....
Dude! if it's truly your lively hood get it off that garage floor! Although it looks very clean, harmful chemicals usually accumulate on garage floors and eat through all those semi-important things like your rope, slings, etc.
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Arrogant_Bastard
Feb 3, 2010, 8:16 PM
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yasso1am wrote: You know - it's there you just gotta trust me. I think in the top of one of those packs is a BD Zenix IQ and stashed away in one of those coats is one of those Petzl E-lites. If only you had see through vision, you might have caught it... right? Worth a stretch.
Sorry, no can do. I have trust issues.
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yasso1am
Feb 3, 2010, 8:18 PM
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Well, not sure if this helps - but if you click on the photo and find my harness in the larger picture, you can see my chalk bag next to it. Yes, it is a Thomas the Tank Engine chalk bag. I hope that makes up for the lack of headlamp.
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currupt4130
Feb 3, 2010, 8:30 PM
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I updated my spreadsheet the other night and took some more pictures today. This is my current version sans shoes harnesses and ropes
Active
Passive
"Trad Draws"
Spare biners slings, and belay devices
Sport Draws
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yasso1am
Feb 3, 2010, 8:35 PM
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I went to a climbing gym right after they had a kids competition. I had just given my chalk bag away for "good karma" and was looking to buy a bag. The stuff from the comp was all on sale, so I figured I'd pick up a thomas bag for $10 instead of a branded bag for $20! They had spider man bags too, but I thought that would be too cheesey.
Only problem is the mouth is kinda small, I think it was made for smaller hands... but you know - even when I'm dying for chalk on the sharp end and can't get my hand in the bag I think - "wow, I am so cool" and everything is okay. Because looking cool and having a bigger rack makes you a better climber right?
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sbaclimber
Feb 3, 2010, 8:38 PM
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yasso1am wrote: Only problem is the mouth is kinda small, I think it was made for smaller hands... but you know - even when I'm dying for chalk on the sharp end and can't get my hand in the bag I think - "wow, I am so cool" and everything is okay. Because looking cool and having a bigger rack makes you a better climber right? 
Of course, I have small hands, so a small chalkbag doesn't effect my (un)coolness that much...
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currupt4130
Feb 3, 2010, 9:06 PM
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yasso1am wrote: Because looking cool and having a bigger rack makes you a better climber right?
No it just gets more girls and makes your junk look bigger in your harness when you have 20 pounds of cams hanging off you.
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rschap
Feb 4, 2010, 12:46 AM
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For those of us with a slow ass bandwith please refrain from quoting the pictures, it takes forever. Thank you.
(This post was edited by rschap on Feb 4, 2010, 12:47 AM)
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Arrogant_Bastard
Feb 4, 2010, 1:14 AM
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Maybe you shouldn't frequent a thread that revolves entirely around pictures? Or maybe it's just time to ditch the modem.
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rschap
Feb 4, 2010, 2:33 AM
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Thank you for your support.
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cracklover
Feb 6, 2010, 10:45 PM
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Skipping slings and biners and all that jazz. Here's just protection:
Active:
Ball nutz: #1, #2, and #3
cams:
Black alien size1 black alien
Blue alien size2 blue alien1 purple tcu
green alien size2 green alien1 rock empire
yellow alien size:3 yellow alien1 gray camalot1 yellow tcu
gray alien size1 gray alien1 orange metolius
red alien size2 red alien 2 purple camalot1 red metolius1 friend
.75 camalot size3 green camalot2 metolius1 friend
1 camalot size5 red camalot2 metolius2 friends
2 camalot size4 yellow camalots1 metolius1 friend
2.5 camalot size3 metolius
3 camalot size4 blue camalots1 friend
3.5 camalot size1 friend
4 camalot size2 gray camalot1 purple camalot
5 camalot size1 purple camalot
6 camalot size1 green camalot
Passive:
As always, click on the photo to see it full size.
GO
(edited to make the list a little more legible)
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climbingtrash
Feb 7, 2010, 2:14 AM
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Post points...
The unnecessary long ass list: -1
Active pro pic: good pic but no style points. A more artistic arrangement would be nice.
Passive pro pic: +1
Post points total: big fat zero. I just think you can do better.
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