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General Climbing Discussion

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Aid 'how to' by Fish 7-Feb-2012 At 2:06:15 AM dave h.
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On 6/02/2012 Pat wrote:
>Anyone used Russian Aiders for high stepping?

Yes. I made a pair myself a while back, using the open source aider plans on one of the big walls forums (bigwalls.net maybe).

They have done around 400m of aid so far. They're looking a bit sorrier for wear, but they still have life in them.

You can consistently get into the top ring on your Russians. Phil Box likes to combine his with adjustable daisies I think, which I also did and found to be good. I also used the Kong adjustable Fifi if I felt like I wanted even more support for standing in the top rings.

Dr Piton says that you can't stand as high in your Russians as you could in your regular ets. I would agree. But I think that you can probably top-ring more consistently than you can top-step. My understanding is that top-stepping in normal ets is hard/impossible on stuff that's a bit overhung. With the Russians, you need to do a bit of grunting but it's quite achievable and sustainable.

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