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kimgraves
Oct 27, 2007, 5:17 PM
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It was cold in the house this morning when I got up early to an early rising 3 year-old grandson. I pulled on my black $200 Cloudveil sweater, zipping it up all the way to the neck.
"You look like a Power Ranger" he exclaimed!
Best, Kim
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moose_droppings
Oct 27, 2007, 6:31 PM
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kimgraves wrote: It was cold in the house this morning when I got up early to an early rising 3 year-old grandson. I pulled on my black $200 Cloudveil sweater, zipping it up all the way to the neck. "You look like a Power Ranger" he exclaimed! Best, Kim
Priceless.
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mushroomsamba
Oct 30, 2007, 3:08 PM
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so THATS why that is
oh well, at least I'm trendy now 
-cheers
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dingus
Oct 30, 2007, 3:28 PM
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When my 16 year old was in 1st or 2nd grade I took a load of gear into her class show and tell.
The little buggers were mightily impressed with the ice axes! The teacher was horrified - probably like some ardent martial arts dad bring in his Samauri sword or something. In hindsight I should have given it a bit more thought and left the leathal weapons at home.
Of course that is exactly what they little kids wanted to see - or the boys did anyway.
DMT
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macherry
Oct 30, 2007, 3:53 PM
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heh, my sixteen year daughter was going through my gear yesterday, looking for slings to rig together suspenders for her halloween costume. priceless!!!!
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reg
Oct 30, 2007, 4:05 PM
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;) - thanks kim - good stuff
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builttospill
Oct 30, 2007, 4:25 PM
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I used slings and lockers to hold my gutters onto my house during a particularly violent storm about 6 weeks ago. It stayed that way for weeks until I had a chance to fix the damn things.
I've also used my harness for work around the house, tying myself into beams to prime and paint things up high.
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zibircut
Oct 30, 2007, 8:21 PM
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or when I used lockers as weights to keep ground cloth down, with one tied on each end, while painting my siding.
Or when I wear my climbing shoes when walking on my roof to clean the gutters.
Or when I use my 70 bucks Myolite to read at night or to read maps while driving.
Or when I removed the hip belt from my 150 bucks pack to rig up my stihl leaf blower to make it more comfortable.
Or when my wife figured my bright colored 11/16 inch webbing was more hip to use for baby proofing the railings in the house, than the flimsy commercial solution available at babies-r-us.
Not to mention the multiple functions my BD nut tool provides around the house (besides - 'what's that you are using to open the bottle?')
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philbox
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Oct 31, 2007, 4:16 AM
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Then there is the awesome haul system I used to pull up those damned heavy sheets of ply for the roof section of the woody.
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pro_alien
Oct 31, 2007, 9:22 AM
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More home related uses of gear:
- headlamp is great while messing around in the crawlspace
- used slings + weight plates to keep open house signs from flipping over in the wind
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ja1484
Oct 31, 2007, 12:11 PM
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Clothing is gear now?
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fitzontherocks
Oct 31, 2007, 1:01 PM
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Old slings and biners hold up my backyard hammock, my preferred napping spot on nice days.
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hhelbein
Oct 31, 2007, 1:28 PM
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My son's knight Halloween costume is held together with 6mm cord. You never know when you might experience a factor 2 fall when trick or treating.
-hch
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Carnage
Oct 31, 2007, 2:08 PM
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please, 6mm cord wouldnt hold a FF2. If you want your son to have a safe trick or treating experience, you should beef it up to at least 7mm. preferably some webbing instead.
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dingus
Oct 31, 2007, 2:26 PM
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Can you son escape his costume even if you're passed out and disabled.
Oh WHERE is Majid?????
DMT
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k.l.k
Oct 31, 2007, 3:21 PM
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philbox wrote: Then there is the awesome haul system I used to pull up those damned heavy sheets of ply for the roof section of the woody.
ok phil-- can we have some pix and details? i'm getting ready for a bit of sketchy solo engineering in the basement myself.
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zeke_sf
Oct 31, 2007, 5:03 PM
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Rope, some webbing, maybe some lockers have plenty of uses around the house and the bedroom is always a good place to start a project with the missus. Unlike most household project though, you might want a "safe" word.
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Uncia
Oct 31, 2007, 5:23 PM
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And let me guess... Dry tooling around the school playground wasn't as fun as it looked.
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philbox
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Oct 31, 2007, 9:49 PM
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k.l.k wrote: philbox wrote: Then there is the awesome haul system I used to pull up those damned heavy sheets of ply for the roof section of the woody. ok phil-- can we have some pix and details? i'm getting ready for a bit of sketchy solo engineering in the basement myself.
Aorry, didn't take any pics but I am more than happy to work the details out if you PM me what you need to do.
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onceahardman
Nov 1, 2007, 2:40 AM
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rescue pulley and gibbs ascenders to tension my canoe to the car...
i can drive 500 miles at 80 mph in a windstorm, NO shifting!
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kimgraves
Nov 1, 2007, 2:10 PM
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onceahardman wrote: rescue pulley and gibbs ascenders to tension my canoe to the car... i can drive 500 miles at 80 mph in a windstorm, NO shifting!
This will of course work, but you'll save your expensive gear by simply using a trucker's hitch.
Best, Kim
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mheyman
Nov 1, 2007, 6:25 PM
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In reply to: Clothing is gear now?
Absolutely. Otherwise I could never justify the $ spent on it. It truth a lot of the more expensive synthetic clothes get worn mostly for hiking and climbing, and little else.
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zeke_sf
Nov 1, 2007, 6:34 PM
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gandolf wrote: ja1484 wrote: Clothing is gear now? In my book it is, when a sweater cost $200.
My lord, that sweater better double as a harness or something! Or maybe if it looks as cool as those fly sweaters Bill Cosby sports.
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