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iknowfear
Nov 23, 2010, 6:14 PM
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when I see shit like this - or look at the general gym population belaying "skills" - I am amazed at how few accidents there are.
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spikeddem
Nov 23, 2010, 6:16 PM
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iknowfear wrote: when I see shit like this - or look at the general gym population belaying "skills" - I am amazed at how few accidents there are.
The majority of accidents are probably left unreported...
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Jooler
Nov 23, 2010, 7:26 PM
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Wow...I'll say what everyone is thinking...what an idiot. A foot or less from decking? Thats not trust, thats stupidity.
From what it appears, he takes a fall in order to trust his belayer... I on the other hand (and I'm sure the majority of others) trust my belayer in case of a fall (similar to that).
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notapplicable
Nov 24, 2010, 1:55 AM
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Did you guys see his hand come off the rope??
At the very least, and I mean the VERY LEAST, I trust my partners to keep their brake hand on the rope.
That guy FAILed in epic fashion.
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climbingaggie03
Nov 24, 2010, 3:20 AM
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you know watching these videos reminds me of a game in summer camp circles where people would "surprise trust fall" on each other and see if the other people caught them. maybe that's his inspiration? I thought it was a dumb game then, but now it looks even more dumb.
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bearbreeder
Nov 24, 2010, 5:11 AM
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omfg ... doesnt anyone lock of the brake hand anymore???
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jomagam
Nov 24, 2010, 5:32 AM
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In reply to: when I see shit like this - or look at the general gym population belaying "skills" - I am amazed at how few accidents there are.
I got yelled at today for pointing out to a guy that he was using his Black Diamond ATC backwards.
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Jooler
Nov 24, 2010, 6:04 AM
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How exactly was it backwards? If you mean it was an ATC-XP or ATC Guide, and it was "backwards" (I assume you mean the increased friction side was pointing up) then its acting like a normal ATC. I frequently do that when I do not want the increased drag (such as when I'm using a fairly thick rope).
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Greggle
Nov 24, 2010, 6:28 AM
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Jooler wrote: How exactly was it backwards? If you mean it was an ATC-XP or ATC Guide, and it was "backwards" (I assume you mean the increased friction side was pointing up) then its acting like a normal ATC. I frequently do that when I do not want the increased drag (such as when I'm using a fairly thick rope).
I'm going to assume he was referring to the way it was threaded...
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Jooler
Nov 24, 2010, 6:42 AM
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Could be, didn't think of that when I read it. My bad.
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qwert
Nov 24, 2010, 10:27 AM
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Bad climbing videos?
About 99% of what you get when you search for "climbing" on youtube.
add the word "gym" and you get a 99.9999% success rate.
That trus fall thing:
If i get belayed by someone new, i sometimes test them, when i am close enough to the ground, so that it wont matter if they dont stop me.
Or i just have someone i trust standing next to the person, to look how he or she belays, and eventually help if neccessary.
Just going to the top, and finding it out the hard way, wether someone can actually belay seems like a bad idea 
And how the hell is a "trust fall" in bouldering supposed to work?
qwert
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notapplicable
Nov 24, 2010, 9:34 PM
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Greggle wrote: Jooler wrote: How exactly was it backwards? If you mean it was an ATC-XP or ATC Guide, and it was "backwards" (I assume you mean the increased friction side was pointing up) then its acting like a normal ATC. I frequently do that when I do not want the increased drag (such as when I'm using a fairly thick rope). I'm going to assume he was referring to the way it was threaded...
People use it both ways. I've never tried it but I'm told it works fine, you just have to alter your technique a bit.
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bertfivesix
Nov 25, 2010, 7:01 AM
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The "surprise trust fall" gag comes from Tosh.0, a comedy central clip show.
http://www.comedycentral.com/tosh.0/tag/surprise-trust-falls/
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AntinJ
Nov 25, 2010, 12:28 PM
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camhead
Nov 25, 2010, 5:16 PM
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Any discussion of bad climbing videos is incomplete without this gem.
http://vimeo.com/7858740
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spikeddem
Nov 25, 2010, 6:31 PM
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I gotta admit... It's actually edited pretty well with how the editor goes back and forth between the climber narrating and the climber..."climbing."
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notapplicable
Nov 25, 2010, 8:40 PM
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spikeddem wrote: I gotta admit... It's actually edited pretty well with how the editor goes back and forth between the climber narrating and the climber..."climbing."
I was thinking the same thing. In a lot of ways, that is a really good amature climbing video.
Dumb ass subject but good video.
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Jooler
Nov 25, 2010, 10:01 PM
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I think this is a BAD CLIMBING video, not a BAD climbing VIDEO.
Make sense?
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chadnsc
Nov 26, 2010, 12:08 AM
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Ah, memories.
Dumbass didn't learn untill his P.O. gave him a call.
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notapplicable
Nov 26, 2010, 1:02 AM
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Jooler wrote: I think this is a BAD CLIMBING video, not a BAD climbing VIDEO. Make sense?
Good point.
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ensonik
Nov 26, 2010, 2:02 AM
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chadnsc wrote: Ah, memories.
I was just skimming through the thread, and I came across something I had missed the first time around. This is ... well ... gold (stupid easy pun intended).
http://www.rockclimbing.com/...post=2249465#2249465
As mentioned in the same thread, I would also pay good money for the printed edition of this mans's posts, memoirs and musings.
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jcrew
Nov 26, 2010, 2:34 AM
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ensonik wrote: chadnsc wrote: Ah, memories. I was just skimming through the thread, and I came across something I had missed the first time around. This is ... well ... gold (stupid easy pun intended). http://www.rockclimbing.com/...post=2249465#2249465 As mentioned in the same thread, I would also pay good money for the printed edition of this mans's posts, memoirs and musings.
shit....get off rgold's jock already
this one is golden
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