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oldfart
Mar 3, 2005, 6:25 AM
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Why trad when you can sport?
Why sport when you can go to the gym?
Why go to the gym when you can cling to your kitchen wall like a refrigerator magnet?
http://www.spiderclimbing.com/
This will be a sport on ESPN 2 within a year.
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wright
Mar 3, 2005, 6:58 AM
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In reply to: Using the super strength of rare earth metals and modern engineering,...
Buh? Is it just me, or is that hopelessly uninformative?
Cool idea. I wish they'd just come right out and say "It uses magnets," though.
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ron_burgandy
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sign me up!
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reach
Mar 3, 2005, 7:39 AM
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I watched the video and they had some guy climbing a magnetic slab. I wonder if you can climb overhanging magnets.
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viciado
Mar 3, 2005, 11:03 AM
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wright wrote: (no pun intended)
In reply to: Buh? Is it just me, or is that hopelessly uninformative? Cool idea. I wish they'd just come right out and say "It uses magnets," though.
I believe they DO in the header:
"Magnetic Climbing Wall Systems"
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vawwyakr
Mar 3, 2005, 5:35 PM
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In reply to: In reply to: Using the super strength of rare earth metals and modern engineering,... Buh? Is it just me, or is that hopelessly uninformative? Cool idea. I wish they'd just come right out and say "It uses magnets," though. |
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sogwap7
Mar 3, 2005, 7:42 PM
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Kinda looks like they've taken all the fun out of buying gear.
What am I gonna do with it all now?
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climberterp
Mar 3, 2005, 8:17 PM
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They don't know how to spell the type of 'sheer' they mean on that site. Not 'to shear' the verb (as in cut), 'sheer' the adjective (as in completely).
Plus, where's the challenge? it doesn't look all that entertaining to me if all you have to do is be held on by magnets.
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rockhound71
Mar 3, 2005, 8:25 PM
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Maybe it will catch on, more people will climb these contraptions, and open up the crags for us real climbers! :D
Or the number of break-ins on highrises will go up! :wink:
Casey
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chronicle
Mar 3, 2005, 8:34 PM
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Kinda old news, and has been discussed several times already.
The only people that would be impressed with this and wanting to use it would be non-climbers.
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In reply to: Kinda old news, and has been discussed several times already. The only people that would be impressed with this and wanting to use it would be non-climbers.
True, I read about this a few months ago. However, I sure would give it a try if I had the chance and whatever ungodly amount of money it would cost to rent it for 15 mins. It would probably give you a whole new perspective on how you move and position your weight. It would also be an effective tool for imporving your rout setting skills. With unlimited possibilites (within that plain of course) you could let your imagination run wild!
I wonder if you could dyno on it?
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boardline22
Mar 3, 2005, 9:34 PM
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I can explain this scientific feat in one sentence:
These damn inventors have figured out the lazy Americans and will now concur the world. [end transmission]
I found this previous sentance in my head when look at the weight limit... Tell me or tell me not that that is one big person who is probably overweight
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oldfart
Mar 4, 2005, 3:09 AM
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In reply to: Maybe it will catch on, more people will climb these contraptions, and open up the crags for us real climbers! :D
Now THAT is optimism. But I like the way you think.
Find a way to attach a TV and a La-Z-Boy and it'll be the next Hula Hoop.
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wright
Mar 4, 2005, 3:52 AM
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In reply to: I believe they DO in the header: "Magnetic Climbing Wall Systems"
Headers, like instruction manuals, are for the weak. :wink:
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edge
Mar 4, 2005, 2:04 PM
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edge moved this thread from General to Community.
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