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stymingersfink
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chossmonkey wrote: Alpine and ice?
As it is, I'm gonna have to butter up one of the mods, help me clean it up a bit before the season goes full swing.
like your posts, for instance. For some reason the images don't show for me, and there's nothing i can do about it.
care to move them to photobucket?
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stymingersfink
Jul 18, 2008, 1:25 PM
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sniper pertekshunz
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stymingersfink
Jul 18, 2008, 1:26 PM
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stymingersfink wrote: sniper pertekshunz
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chossmonkey
Jul 18, 2008, 1:46 PM
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stymingersfink wrote: chossmonkey wrote: Alpine and ice? good bet, but don't get him post-whoring in my A&I thread. THat thing's all about the content, not PC+++. As it is, I'm gonna have to butter up one of the mods, help me clean it up a bit before the season goes full swing. like your posts, for instance. For some reason the images don't show for me, and there's nothing i can do about it. care to move them to photobucket?
Don't be a hater. They all work for me.
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chossmonkey
Jul 18, 2008, 1:50 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: stymingersfink wrote: chossmonkey wrote: Alpine and ice? good bet, but don't get him post-whoring in my A&I thread. THat thing's all about the content, not PC+++. As it is, I'm gonna have to butter up one of the mods, help me clean it up a bit before the season goes full swing. like your posts, for instance. For some reason the images don't show for me, and there's nothing i can do about it. care to move them to photobucket? What ones can't you see? Some of them are photobucket. Don't be a hater. They all work for me.
They still all work with the right click though.
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stymingersfink
Jul 18, 2008, 1:52 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: stymingersfink wrote: chossmonkey wrote: Alpine and ice? good bet, but don't get him post-whoring in my A&I thread. THat thing's all about the content, not PC+++. As it is, I'm gonna have to butter up one of the mods, help me clean it up a bit before the season goes full swing. like your posts, for instance. For some reason the images don't show for me, and there's nothing i can do about it. care to move them to photobucket? What ones can't you see? Some of them are photobucket. Don't be a hater. They all work for me.
haggisdonny's post #41
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stymingersfink
Jul 18, 2008, 1:53 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: chossmonkey wrote: stymingersfink wrote: chossmonkey wrote: Alpine and ice? good bet, but don't get him post-whoring in my A&I thread. THat thing's all about the content, not PC+++. As it is, I'm gonna have to butter up one of the mods, help me clean it up a bit before the season goes full swing. like your posts, for instance. For some reason the images don't show for me, and there's nothing i can do about it. care to move them to photobucket? What ones can't you see? Some of them are photobucket. Don't be a hater. They all work for me. WTF did you do? They still all work with the right click though.
In reply to: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /g1/55/653055/2/93934846.W9JexNdO.jpg on this server. Apache/2.0.58 (Unix) Server at i.pbase.com Port 80 |
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stymingersfink
Jul 18, 2008, 1:54 PM
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stymingersfink wrote: chossmonkey wrote: chossmonkey wrote: stymingersfink wrote: chossmonkey wrote: Alpine and ice? good bet, but don't get him post-whoring in my A&I thread. THat thing's all about the content, not PC+++. As it is, I'm gonna have to butter up one of the mods, help me clean it up a bit before the season goes full swing. like your posts, for instance. For some reason the images don't show for me, and there's nothing i can do about it. care to move them to photobucket? What ones can't you see? Some of them are photobucket. Don't be a hater. They all work for me. WTF did you do? They still all work with the right click though. no... i get this message: In reply to: Forbidden You don't have permission to access /g1/55/653055/2/93934846.W9JexNdO.jpg on this server. Apache/2.0.58 (Unix) Server at i.pbase.com Port 80
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chossmonkey wrote: stymingersfink wrote: someone should start their own thread, quit mucking up chossy's thread. It wouldn't matter. HE IS RUINING RC.COM!!!!!
This is kerekt
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stymingersfink wrote: chossmonkey wrote: Alpine and ice? good bet, but don't get him post-whoring in my A&I thread. THat thing's all about the content, not PC+++. As it is, I'm gonna have to butter up one of the mods, help me clean it up a bit before the season goes full swing. like your posts, for instance. For some reason the images don't show for me, and there's nothing i can do about it. care to move them to photobucket?
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chossmonkey
Jul 18, 2008, 2:16 PM
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epoch wrote: stymingersfink wrote: chossmonkey wrote: Alpine and ice? good bet, but don't get him post-whoring in my A&I thread. THat thing's all about the content, not PC+++. As it is, I'm gonna have to butter up one of the mods, help me clean it up a bit before the season goes full swing. like your posts, for instance. For some reason the images don't show for me, and there's nothing i can do about it. care to move them to photobucket? I'll take a look-see.
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chossmonkey
Jul 18, 2008, 2:31 PM
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In reply to: do you reckon that by being a little bit bendy, the BD picks give a wee bit more bite in wobbly torques then other picks? Just a thought. Also, how much to axes cost over there (money saving scheme in mind!)
I have only bent picks when only the tip was in contact an I was really reefing on them doing shallow stienpulls. It hink BD picks cost half of what a grivel or Petzl pick cost, and the picks aren't tool specific A nd ther is only one bolt to drop if you need to do a field change. And you can use another pick to tighten and loosen the bolt.
http://www.mec.ca/...;bmUID=1216391365642
Don't take that as liberty to run your mouth/keyboard in here
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sungam
Jul 18, 2008, 2:54 PM
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Meaning I can converse on this subject and not be a fanny, or not post at all?
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It's 11:05 on the East Coast.
That means my Friday at work is officially over.
I'm out of here. You ice weenies have fun complaining about the heat. I'm off to play on some granite!
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Jul 18, 2008, 3:11 PM
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You suck.
I'm working tomorrow...afternoon shift.
The weather is going to be crap this weekend...too hot, too humid.
It was supossed to be cooler on Sunday but it looks like that's been pushed out.
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the_climber
Jul 18, 2008, 3:59 PM
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granite_grrl wrote: Wow, except for some tidbits from Brendon (BTW - neither Nathan or I have broken a BD pick yet. I know people do, I just don't understand it), this thread is turing into a total Donny-rama.
BD pick aren't that bad if you treat them right. Ie. you don't twist them when removing your tool from the ice, you don't stike any rock, you climb with a gentle touch, and you don't climbing during a nasty Arctic Front. The Old CM picks had a similar problem in very cold weather, the old ones for pulsars, quasars, exc. Newer CM pick for Quarks and the like are stronger.
It's not that you're gauranteed to break one on a give climb, its that there are stronger pick out there that are far less likely to break on you. I've had BD pick break mid pitch... it sucks t3h ballz!
Grivel, DMM, Simond, and CM are about the burliest picks I've used in that order. And I ABUSE ice tools... I'm hard on things.
Grivel and DMM picks are the only ones (I have used extensively) that "I" have not personally broken or bent beyond repair.
I also find BD tool swing like a carpenters hammer with a wonky shaft.
(This post was edited by the_climber on Jul 18, 2008, 4:00 PM)
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Jul 18, 2008, 4:01 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: the_climber wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: we're gone from beyond gum on shoe. Maybe leftover pieces of beef from the previous night's dinner that were removed during the mastication process and then discarded to be stepped upon by an unsuspecting traveller. Regardless, I wouldn't converse with them on a regular basis. Wine? Red or White? Alpinedonny? Axmurderdonny? Doggiedonny?
STFU Choss-Donny!
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Jul 18, 2008, 4:03 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: the_climber wrote: I'm crafty and resourcefull. Its surprising you couldn't find someone else to talk to. 
It was a slow dull day and you weren't around. Work was R E A L L Y dull yesterday... I had tto do soemthing to pass the time. It was out of neccessity.
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chossmonkey wrote: In reply to: Btw, I'm of the opinion you'd enjoy "Scottish winter". I got a spare bed in a hotel, with the option room and board in return for a couple of hours a work a day. Hey Axmurdererdonny... I think you were just propositioned to prostitute yourself for gay sex. 
I'm not reading that.
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chossmonkey wrote: granite_grrl wrote: Wow, except for some tidbits from Brendon (BTW - neither Nathan or I have broken a BD pick yet. I know people do, I just don't understand it), this thread is turing into a total Donny-rama. This is all correct. I go through about a set of picks every year and do a lot of drytooling. Brendon is bias against BD. I will admit it is really hard to find BD picks that aren't a little bent coming out of the box. BD steal is pretty soft in comparison to Grivel and Petzl. It is surprising that so many people seem to have them break. Generally they will bend before they break. Grivel and Petzl just tend to snap (possibly at a higher load) without bending. BD picks get dull quick to.
Petzl thends to flex then snap. Grivel picks are more likely to bend after excessive flexing than they are to snap, I give the credit to the forging.
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the_climber
Jul 18, 2008, 4:10 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: We mostly use only B-rated picks too.
Though I have B rated picks on 1 set of tools I mostly use T rated (typically filed down quite a bit, but not always).
There are only 2 sets of tools that I used for more than one season that I've never had to replace a broken pick. One set is DDM Fly's (7 years on those picks, though I do have a spare set), the other is my fist pair of Taak's 5 years on a single set of pick (the first 2 years was heavy on the mixed too. The first year with them I was able to get to the 5th or 6th bolt on Musashi! <---- Right before I pealed off on lead in the middle of a figure-4 and freaked myself out.
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stymingersfink
Jul 18, 2008, 4:14 PM
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the_climber wrote: granite_grrl wrote: Wow, except for some tidbits from Brendon (BTW - neither Nathan or I have broken a BD pick yet. I know people do, I just don't understand it), this thread is turing into a total Donny-rama. BD pick aren't that bad if you treat them right. Ie. you don't twist them when removing your tool from the ice, you don't stike any rock, you climb with a gentle touch, and you don't climbing during a nasty Arctic Front. The Old CM picks had a similar problem in very cold weather, the old ones for pulsars, quasars, exc. Newer CM pick for Quarks and the like are stronger. It's not that you're gauranteed to break one on a give climb, its that there are stronger pick out there that are far less likely to break on you. I've had BD pick break mid pitch... it sucks t3h ballz! Grivel, DMM, Simond, and CM are about the burliest picks I've used in that order. And I ABUSE ice tools... I'm hard on things. Grivel and DMM picks are the only ones (I have used extensively) that " I" have not personally broken or bent beyond repair. I also find BD tool swing like a carpenters hammer with a wonky shaft.
the answer to the second part is thanks, i'm just reminded to go order meself a pair of the new Cobra's. Thought I'd never replace my old Vipers, but DAMN the new CF shape is SEhhX-SEEE!!! <---and not just lookin' either, they swing like I wisht my first wife would 'uv
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the_climber
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sungam wrote: They did, the PC++ thread. I do appreaciate that Chossy is the master of the lounge, which is why I'm attempting to aim the convo back at what it was pre-immigration fail. As I was saying- Chossy, do you reckon that by being a little bit bendy, the BD picks give a wee bit more bite in wobbly torques then other picks? Just a thought. Also, how much to axes cost over there (money saving scheme in mind!)
Way cheeper to buy tools over here. I got my DDM Flys for $150 a piece when I bought them. The Taa-k's were more, $280 or something, but that was the first year they were out.
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the_climber
Jul 18, 2008, 4:33 PM
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chossmonkey wrote: In reply to: do you reckon that by being a little bit bendy, the BD picks give a wee bit more bite in wobbly torques then other picks? Just a thought. Also, how much to axes cost over there (money saving scheme in mind!) Its possible, but if you are really torquing them you might bend them permanently. But if they do bend you can pound them back. They will be more prone to bending in the future though. I have only bent picks when only the tip was in contact an I was really reefing on them doing shallow stienpulls. It hink BD picks cost half of what a grivel or Petzl pick cost, and the picks aren't tool specific A nd ther is only one bolt to drop if you need to do a field change. And you can use another pick to tighten and loosen the bolt. http://www.mec.ca/...;bmUID=1216391365642 Don't take that as liberty to run your mouth/keyboard in here
Sadly Grivel Picks cost more, but they aren't as tools specific as many think.
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granite_grrl wrote: You suck. I'm working tomorrow...afternoon shift. The weather is going to be crap this weekend...too hot, too humid. It was supossed to be cooler on Sunday but it looks like that's been pushed out.
I'm climbing in the Ghost tomorrow!
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