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Easter Henry Barber Reenactment Days at Araps 5-Mar-2008 At 10:52:33 AM crazyjohn

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yeah. I use a munter if I forget (or more often when someone else forgets and I lend) my belay device. Or for speed or fun use a waist belay with a good stance. Or just use passive gear for a challenge. Or climb with guys who just never got around to buying cams. Many climbs, especially at araps can be lead with one set of wires. I dont know about paragliding, but you can get hexes now that are pretty much the same as those 30 years ago and just as safe, probably lighter. Hell ,just use the thirty year old ones! As long as the threads good. This has the potential to build into the "why not make climbing as 'safe' as possible, so therefore just f-ing toprope?" debate. Or better yet,if your so concerned with your 'safetey', go watch a masters of stone vid, sitting on your couch while wearing a helmet. God, I hate safety nazis. Also, your comparison of rock climbing to paragliding is absurd. Climbing old school is fun. I intend to onsight kama sutra with old school gear now. Thanks for inspiring me with your hand wringing qman!