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25-Jul-2013 11:42:40 AM
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On 25/07/2013 shortman wrote:
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>Shorts with a built in harness/
To many of us boulderers about these days for that concept to ever catch on.
Why do I get the feeling those shorts are watching me?
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25-Jul-2013 11:45:41 AM
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On 25/07/2013 shortman wrote:
>Missed this...trippy. I'm not too sure my arse would look good in 'em though?
Sure to give a few gym supervisors a good scare or two.
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25-Jul-2013 12:30:45 PM
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On 25/07/2013 Snacks wrote:
>On 25/07/2013 shortman wrote:
>>Missed this...trippy. I'm not too sure my arse would look good in 'em
>though?
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>Sure to give a few gym supervisors a good scare or two.
I came accross these on the MD website last night - stupidest thing i've ever seen (even worse than the booty ODH is holding hostage)
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25-Jul-2013 2:39:22 PM
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One of those squid auto stick-clippers.
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25-Jul-2013 2:40:33 PM
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They invoke the old maxim "just because you can, doesn't mean you should"
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25-Jul-2013 9:25:09 PM
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On 25/07/2013 Big G wrote:
>They invoke the old maxim "just because you can, doesn't mean you should"
If you are talking about the harness-shorts you are not wrong.
Mammut enforce that maxim by not having a fly incorporated, or for that matter a belay loop either...
About as useful as belay glasses ODH's un-named booty.
Heh, heh, heh.
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25-Jul-2013 9:38:47 PM
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On 25/07/2013 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:
>If you are talking about the harness-shorts you are not wrong.
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How often does that happen!?!? Post a reply only to be beaten by seconds, ruining the whole flow!
Yep it was the shorts/harness or is it a shorness or shartness maybe?
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25-Jul-2013 9:49:59 PM
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On 25/07/2013 Big G wrote:
>How often does that happen!?!? Post a reply only to be beaten by seconds, ruining the whole flow!
That's what the quote function is for.
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25-Jul-2013 10:30:50 PM
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Guessing game part 2: which short term Hero celebrity is a dead ringer for Mr Hornbean in the Miss Marple series 2: episode 1 Sleeping Murder?
PS. Available on abc iview
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25-Jul-2013 10:32:08 PM
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On 24/07/2013 One Day Hero wrote:
>Found at Thompson's Point on the weekend, one item of climbing gear which
>does not belong at a sport crag (or anywhere else)........
Let me have a guess - it's a cordelette. A 8m long piece of nylon deadweight that sat on my harness for a while. Ended up using twin ropes for almost all belays anyway. Now it sits at home in the climbing gear "graveyard drawer" along with the rappel rack, figure eights, sticht plate with spring, worn out tube, and a rack of pitons.
How it found it's way down to Nowra is anyone's guess. It could be migration/breeding season for these things and it got lost on the way to Boroomba. I'm sure my numbtyness is genetic and has little to do with it. I only want it back if by some chance it's transformed into brand new 12mm spectra tape or 5mm cord - I'd like to resling my hexes. Thanks
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26-Jul-2013 12:24:42 PM
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On 25/07/2013 Rocksinmyhead wrote:
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>Let me have a guess - it's a cordelette. A 8m long piece of nylon deadweight
>that sat on my harness for a while.
And we have a winner! This clever piece of kit rolls up into a bundle no larger than a football, and allows you to quickly equalise a belay as long as the three pieces are no further than one meter apart. There's no longer any reason to carry two single and one double length sling when you can now achieve exactly the same result with only twice the weight, five times the cluster, and about one fiftieth of the usefulness for any other task.
So Rocksin, you want your chunkalette back? I've been using it to open my front door without getting up off the couch (2 rooms away)
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26-Jul-2013 12:44:13 PM
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On 24/07/2013 One Day Hero wrote:
>Found at Thompson's Point on the weekend, one item of climbing gear which
>does not belong at a sport crag (or anywhere else). Let me know what the
>item is, and write a short paragraph describing why it's so stupid, how
>you could easily substitute other gear instead of carrying this chunk of
>shit, and an apology for being such a numpty, and you'll get your gear
>back (your dignity, on the other hand, is probably lost for ever)
On 26/07/2013 One Day Hero wrote:
>On 25/07/2013 Rocksinmyhead wrote:
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>>Let me have a guess - it's a cordelette. A 8m long piece of nylon deadweight
>>that sat on my harness for a while.
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>And we have a winner! This clever piece of kit rolls up into a bundle
>no larger than a football, and allows you to quickly equalise a belay as
>long as the three pieces are no further than one meter apart. There's no
>longer any reason to carry two single and one double length sling when
>you can now achieve exactly the same result with only twice the weight,
>five times the cluster, and about one fiftieth of the usefulness for any
>other task.
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They have their uses when it comes to climbing adventure choss, and multipitch walls, though spectra is lighter for the purpose.
~> Next thing, I will hear of you only ever climbing on bolts!
;-)
Thankdiety you didn't find a piton!!
Heh, heh, heh.
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26-Jul-2013 1:19:00 PM
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On 26/07/2013 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:
>Thankdiety you didn't find a piton!!
>Heh, heh, heh.
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There is still pitons at TP ! Where are they :-)
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26-Jul-2013 2:08:14 PM
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On 26/07/2013 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:
>They have their uses when it comes to climbing adventure choss, and multipitch
>walls, though spectra is lighter for the purpose.
>~> Next thing, I will hear of you only ever climbing on bolts!
.... or slinging largish outcrops where the bolting fags have neglected to tread
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27-Jul-2013 6:56:31 PM
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On 25/07/2013 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:
>On 24/07/2013 martym wrote:
>>Was it a pair of these?
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>Gold!
>Heh, heh, heh.
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>On 24/07/2013 dalai wrote:
>>We have a winner! What the heck is that!!!????
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>You must have been overseas when that thread came up.
Thanks for the update M9... I was in France at the time. Would have had a field day on ODH if I'd seen it...
Surely a joke on his behalf? Has ODH's keyboard rants fused his cervical vertebrae? Kids these days can't look up?
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27-Jul-2013 7:48:58 PM
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They were ODH's response to people spending hundreds of dollars on belay glasses.
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27-Jul-2013 8:41:35 PM
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Have now read the original topic - he still wasted $14.03 and time on this... And wouldn't be surprised if he hasn't used them since.
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29-Jul-2013 1:39:58 AM
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On 26/07/2013 One Day Hero wrote:
>On 25/07/2013 Rocksinmyhead wrote:
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>>Let me have a guess - it's a cordelette. A 8m long piece of nylon deadweight
>>that sat on my harness for a while.
You can't extend an abseil rope with slings.
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29-Jul-2013 8:47:02 AM
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On 29/07/2013 martym wrote:
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>You can't extend an abseil rope with slings.
Sure you can! you just rap single strand on the side of the rope the slings aren't extending...
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29-Jul-2013 12:59:12 PM
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Ill have the cordalette!! The only way to climb multipitchs fast oirection! Speeds up doing it in blocks, keeps things organised, equalised and least amount of faffing! But then again i like using people belay glasses, so what would i know! ;)
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