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General Climbing Discussion

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Bryden Allen Crack-a-jack 16-Oct-2022 At 6:57:36 PM One Day Hero
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On 16-Oct-2022 deuce4 wrote:
>
>It wasn’t until late 80s that BigBros came out as a functional product,
>but I think the idea had been played around with by various tinkerers besides
>There might have also been some prototypes made in Europe,
>but not sure if later or earlier than Bryden.
>

I've read a tidbit somewhere about a very early difficult ascent on gritstone where the chap "fashioned a protection device which expanded into the horizontal break"

Always assumed it was a rudimentary threaded device or maybe a car jack.

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