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getting angry in our little world

Syd Huxley
8-Mar-2005
12:29:09 PM
i tell you what im sick of people that steal gear of routes.those dingos dont know what climbing is
about and i see somone pilfing the draws of a route that i know arnt there to pilf i'll stick it to them
catch my chit chat?i'll ring there neck i will
dalai
8-Mar-2005
12:37:34 PM
Understand your feelings about gear theft... Though might be worthwhile to:

1. Take a few breaths before hitting the Okay button to post messages.

2. Get your facts straight before doing step one.


Syd Huxley
8-Mar-2005
12:42:30 PM
ey champ?
im as straight as an arrow.perhaps not with qld vinnie.
take a few breaths?? its bloody f#*king annoying when $500 worth of gear gets pilfed.
are you the culprit,you dingo.why when i get my hands on you i'll
stick a rabbit in your ear and call you shining fox.
take a few beaths,my word
dalai
8-Mar-2005
12:50:50 PM
Yes of course I'm the culprit...

(maybe I forgot to add to point 1. to READ the persons comments, take a few breaths before hitting the okay button to post your comments)

Unless your gear was stolen at Arapiles pre 1999, then I have a pretty good alibi. Also I do not condone ANY theft (that read the post first comment)

Tired already of your tiraides - ease up or expect the moderators to start removing your rants...

nmonteith
8-Mar-2005
1:03:05 PM
yep - my finger is hovering over the wonderful "disable user button".
climberman
8-Mar-2005
1:27:59 PM
wot are you all on about ?

Eduardo Slabofvic
8-Mar-2005
2:43:08 PM
On 8/03/2005 Syd Huxley wrote:
its bloody f#*king annoying when $500 worth of gear
>gets pilfed.

Wow, $500 worth of quickdraws, that's a lot of draws. I guess you need that many in Nowra so you can pile them up and stand on them to check out the the last move on the route.

alrob
8-Mar-2005
7:23:00 PM
On 8/03/2005 Eduardo Slabofvic wrote:
>On 8/03/2005 Syd Huxley wrote:
> its bloody f#*king annoying when $500 worth of gear
>>gets pilfed.
>
>Wow, $500 worth of quickdraws, that's a lot of draws. I guess you need
>that many in Nowra so you can pile them up and stand on them to check out
>the the last move on the route.

LMAO! great call!

Hatman
9-Mar-2005
7:28:41 AM
>Wow, $500 worth of quickdraws, that's a lot of draws. I guess you need
>that many in Nowra so you can pile them up and stand on them to check out
>the the last move on the route.

Nah its so you use them as rope, conect them all to gether and you can have enough rope to do 7 or 8 routes at nowra at once.

or maybe those draws were insured for $500?

Personaly i would never leave my draws on a route, to many theives (abseilers) and the weather weakens the nylon. Im a poor boy and cant afford those flash $500 insured, gold plated, weather resistant, draws that double as rope.

tmarsh
9-Mar-2005
9:57:38 AM
>On 8/03/2005 Eduardo Slabofvic wrote:
>>Wow, $500 worth of quickdraws, that's a lot of draws. I guess you need
>>that many in Nowra so you can pile them up and stand on them to check
>out

It's not so daft as you think. 10 high-end DMM or Petzl draws wouldn't give you much change from $500. Even the budget brands like Faders or Kong would set you back $300ish. Add a cam or two and there's your $500. Most of us would have far more money turned into climbing gear than we would ever like to admit.

tim
dalai
9-Mar-2005
10:12:03 AM
Fair call Tim about the cost of gear.

Though I don't recall that many pieces needed for the Low Down. 3 or four bolts and a wire at the end of the traverse on the grade 10?
Dave C
9-Mar-2005
10:52:06 AM
Three or four bolts in the Low Down? When did that happen? I can only remember there being one fixed pin when it was first done (oh sh*t, showing my age again!)
I hadn't realised retro-bolting of that sort had been going on.
Wendy
9-Mar-2005
10:59:04 AM
How did you miss the massive tangents into retrobolting on the watchtower crack pitons thread?
Dave C
9-Mar-2005
11:01:00 AM
I didn't really read that thread, I'll dig it out and have a look.
dalai
9-Mar-2005
11:05:46 AM
They are the (thinking about it only two bolts?) both on the Route Nati Dread which the Low down crosses, plus the pin?

I did the route around 94, bolts were already there.
Wendy
9-Mar-2005
11:19:14 AM
There are only 2 bolts, and it might be correct to say nati dread crosses the low down, as the low down was there first. both bolts are standardly clipped on low down these days, and conveniently protect the crux. I think ND is an andy pollit route from the early 90s? So the bolts would have been a recent addition when you did it. Not sure how andy got away with putting bolts in that can be clipped from another route, others have been chopped for the same reason when they were much harder to clip off the other route.
Dave C
9-Mar-2005
11:20:34 AM
Nati Dread was put up a couple of years after I left I think. Was there any griping about the bolts on that route interfering with the existing line? There's been a lot of bitching here about a sport-project in the Peak District that has at least two bolts within easy reach of a classic E3 (22) trad route. Actually, there's been quite a few cases like that since the early 90s, this is just the latest.
dalai
9-Mar-2005
11:27:08 AM
Up routes would have to take precedence over traverses? The Low Down is a good route (very soft for the grade), but is only a traverse after all...
Wendy
9-Mar-2005
11:41:55 AM
On 9/03/2005 dalai wrote:
>Up routes would have to take precedence over traverses? The Low Down is
>a good route (very soft for the grade), but is only a traverse after all...

Said like the snob I also am .... actually, the delightful route descriptions, of which Baxter is guilty of a few, saying "girdle traverse" rather annoy me ... and when they are virutally 300m down climbs or joinig the dots of other climbs. Still, I think the low down is a good route in it's own right. There are plenty of pointless "up routes" around too.

sabu
9-Mar-2005
12:42:08 PM
why would u be stupid enough to LEAVE 500 bucks worth of gear on a route?

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