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Perma-Ledge - taking things too far? |
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14-Aug-2012 4:14:05 PM
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From the latest pic of the week comes this.
This may be at some obscure crag in the back block's of Nowra, but what's wrong with either lugging in a bosun's chair or set up some other means to make the belay more comfortable than a permanent timber platform?
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14-Aug-2012 4:27:11 PM
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Won't be long before the threads start popping up in Lost and Found : "Who stole my belay ledge?"
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14-Aug-2012 4:31:55 PM
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It's the thin end of the ledge!
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14-Aug-2012 4:46:10 PM
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Since when was plywood regarded as "perma"?
Sorry for sledging the ledge.
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14-Aug-2012 4:55:21 PM
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"All climbs at this sector start off the "Perma-Ledge" which has been installed 20m off the jungle floor."
Looking at the photo with masses of greenery seemingly infesting the cliff wall, and the above, I presumed the ledge was installed so as not to destroy greenery and allow access to what climbing is there. So not so much a belay ledge as access platform doubling as belay ledge?
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14-Aug-2012 5:26:22 PM
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On 14/08/2012 davidn wrote:
>"All climbs at this sector start off the "Perma-Ledge" which has been installed
>20m off the jungle floor."
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>Looking at the photo with masses of greenery seemingly infesting the cliff
>wall, and the above, I presumed the ledge was installed so as not to destroy
>greenery and allow access to what climbing is there. So not so much a
>belay ledge as access platform doubling as belay ledge?
Check the above photo again. It isn't for access, it has been placed so the belayer doesn't have to set up a hanging belay...
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14-Aug-2012 5:53:46 PM
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On 14/08/2012 dalai wrote:
>This may be at some obscure crag in the back block's of Nowra, but what's
>wrong with either lugging in a bosun's chair or set up some other means
>to make the belay more confortable than a permanent timber platform?
It's neither permanent nor in the back blocks of Nowra.
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14-Aug-2012 6:13:08 PM
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Already been discussed. Someone else can find the thread. I'm all for it, personally.
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14-Aug-2012 6:21:17 PM
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http://www.chockstone.org/Forum/Forum.asp?Action=Display&ForumID=15&MessageID=17699&replies=1
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14-Aug-2012 6:25:40 PM
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Thanks for the link. Not sure how I missed that topic...
Why not just rap into a hanging belay?
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14-Aug-2012 6:33:24 PM
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Because a good bbq needs a good stable and level surface and so does an esky. Steak and beer need this. Your comments are as yuk as lettuce.
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14-Aug-2012 6:35:27 PM
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A layer of lettuce under the meat stops the bottom of the burger bun getting soggy.
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14-Aug-2012 7:15:34 PM
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I normally throw the bun and lettuce away with the paper.
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14-Aug-2012 7:47:16 PM
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Actually I think it too small..needs to be bigger IMHO
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14-Aug-2012 8:01:59 PM
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One permaledge = awesome, permaledges springing up everywhere = travesty.
Good photos, the routes look cool.
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14-Aug-2012 8:35:48 PM
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On 14/08/2012 One Day Hero wrote:
>One permaledge = awesome, permaledges springing up everywhere = travesty.
"permaledges springing up everywhere" = someone's new woody.
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14-Aug-2012 11:54:05 PM
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Exhibition Wall needs one!
Get rid of that ugly cairn!
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15-Aug-2012 8:20:59 AM
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This seems like a good development. There's a few other potential uses.
That belay stance in the middle of Skink isn't really a good place to stand. Would anyone mind if I erected a platform there? I'm thinking galv rather than plywood, the zinc stains down the slabs would also help reduce lichen as a side benefit.
Also that lovely ledge in the middle of The Desired (19) is a great seat, but could use a bit of padding. Could anyone donate, say, half an old bouldering pad I could haul up there and fix?
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15-Aug-2012 9:12:45 AM
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I've got 33 mattresses in my woody, you could have one of those - always looking to help.
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15-Aug-2012 1:20:13 PM
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What if I need to have a sitdown halfway up these routes? Retro-ledge?
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