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Geir www.ToofastTopos.com
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Jun 6, 2010
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Tucson/DMR
· Joined Jun 2006
· Points: 2,751
This is a photo from a recent climber get-together. Any guesses as to what it is?
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Mark Cushman
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Jun 6, 2010
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Cumming, GA
· Joined Sep 2006
· Points: 980
Looks like load testing the oval carabiner (loaded across the gate) by pulling it with a comealong. Rope looks like it is there to keep things from flying around and plywood is a shield.
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Buff Johnson
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Jun 6, 2010
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Dec 2005
· Points: 1,145
looks like crossloading a biner (possibly to failure) with some type of dynamometer to offer a reading. -- basically what Cush said.
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Stucker
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Jun 7, 2010
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Centennial, CO
· Joined Aug 2006
· Points: 75
Someone's plan to keep their little piece of California from sliding off into the ocean?
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tooTALLtim
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Jun 7, 2010
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Vanlife
· Joined Apr 2007
· Points: 1,806
Looks like breaking stuff is fun!
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Tim Stich
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Jun 7, 2010
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Colorado Springs, Colorado
· Joined Jan 2001
· Points: 1,520
Can you find the hidden climber in this picture?
Yes, there is one.
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Dirty Gri Gri, or is it GiGi?
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Jun 7, 2010
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Vegas
· Joined May 2005
· Points: 4,115
Geir Hundal wrote:This is a photo from a recent climber get-together. Any guesses as to what it is? I've narrowed it down, and these are my final guesses. Drilling a glory hole, or two. Setting up for the annual "Burning Cam" event. Playing pin the big bro on the donkey. (He'd better be blind-folded!) Back woods red-neck trying to set a booty trap for a climber, because he's lonely, and hungry. He's dead drunk, about to puke, while trying to impress the girls at camp that he's figured out how the Titanic really sank. Edit: [send. more. hidden. pictures.]
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John Maguire
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Jun 7, 2010
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Boulder, CO
· Joined Nov 2008
· Points: 195
Dirty Gri Gri, or is it GiGi? - "Drilling a glory hole, or two." Hahahahaha. Awesome!
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Geir www.ToofastTopos.com
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Jun 7, 2010
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Tucson/DMR
· Joined Jun 2006
· Points: 2,751
Award goes to Cush for the correct answer, with GiGi as a second runner up for the funniest post! It's a pull test station we built to pull slings/rope/gear up to around 8,000 pounds. Here's another shot...
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England
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Jun 7, 2010
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Colorado Springs
· Joined Aug 2008
· Points: 270
Geir Hundal wrote:Award goes to Cush for the correct answer, with GiGi as a second runner up for the funniest post! It's a pull test station we built to pull slings/rope/gear up to around 8,000 pounds. Here's another shot... May I ask why?
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Adam Stackhouse
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Jun 7, 2010
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Jan 2001
· Points: 13,970
Stich wrote:Can you find the hidden climber in this picture? Yes, there is one. Couldn't find it. Post this in a higher resolution so I can get another look.
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Rick Blair
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Jun 7, 2010
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Denver
· Joined Oct 2007
· Points: 266
England wrote: May I ask why? I think the beverages you can see in peoples hands in the picture answers that.
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Geir www.ToofastTopos.com
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Jun 7, 2010
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Tucson/DMR
· Joined Jun 2006
· Points: 2,751
HAHAHA Rick! Yeah, the beverages did make the whole event a lot more festive. England, Mostly out of interest. I've done some research over the years to check out various climbing myths, and this thing is a part of that. stuff like: is he EDK really safe for rappels? does a carabiner that gets dropped a long distance weaken? does use/aging weaken dyneema slings significantly? etc. I also wanted to do controlled testing of hardware so i built a "crack" into the form to pull cams & stoppers. (it's hard to see in the photos). Plus I know some folks that are designing new climbing hardware that wanted to test it.
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Anonymous
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Jun 7, 2010
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined unknown
· Points: 0
@Gier - Ever break a comealong with that setup? I mean the plywood looks totally safe and all, but what if something breaks on the other side? Or rather when.
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England
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Jun 7, 2010
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Colorado Springs
· Joined Aug 2008
· Points: 270
Geir Hundal wrote:HAHAHA Rick! Yeah, the beverages did make the whole event a lot more festive. England, Mostly out of interest. I've done some research over the years to check out various climbing myths, and this thing is a part of that. stuff like: is he EDK really safe for rappels? does a carabiner that gets dropped a long distance weaken? does use/aging weaken dyneema slings significantly? etc. I also wanted to do controlled testing of hardware so i built a "crack" into the form to pull cams & stoppers. (it's hard to see in the photos). Plus I know some folks that are designing new climbing hardware that wanted to test it. Is this the device you used to do your report on the Gri-Gri, and clove hitch slipping forces etc.., that was very informative. Thanks for that, good stuff.
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LeeAB Brinckerhoff
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Jun 7, 2010
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Austin, TX
· Joined Aug 2008
· Points: 10,288
I think barefoot and mildly inebriated are probably requirements for this sort of activity.
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Rick Blair
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Jun 7, 2010
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Denver
· Joined Oct 2007
· Points: 266
Geir Hundal wrote:HAHAHA Rick! Yeah, the beverages did make the whole event a lot more festive. England, Mostly out of interest. I've done some research over the years to check out various climbing myths, and this thing is a part of that. stuff like: is he EDK really safe for rappels? does a carabiner that gets dropped a long distance weaken? does use/aging weaken dyneema slings significantly? etc. I also wanted to do controlled testing of hardware so i built a "crack" into the form to pull cams & stoppers. (it's hard to see in the photos). Plus I know some folks that are designing new climbing hardware that wanted to test it. Myth busters for climbing, I like it. Post up.
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Tea
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Jun 7, 2010
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Feb 2006
· Points: 223
looks like a picture of a guy not worried about losing a toe.
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Doug Foust
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Jun 7, 2010
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Oroville, WA
· Joined Sep 2008
· Points: 165
Stich wrote:Can you find the hidden climber in this picture? Yes, there is one. Is the climber trapped between her breasts?
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Geir www.ToofastTopos.com
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Jun 7, 2010
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Tucson/DMR
· Joined Jun 2006
· Points: 2,751
Price wrote:@Gier - Ever break a comealong with that setup? I mean the plywood looks totally safe and all, but what if something breaks on the other side? Or rather when. God I really hope not! The comealong is rated to 8,000 pounds and I'm pulling no more than 3K right now - will probably have to get a bigger one just to be safe when it comes time to pull bigger loads. :)
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Hendrixson
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Jun 7, 2010
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Littleton, CO
· Joined Sep 2007
· Points: 3,290
That's a pretty cool setup. I'll be curious to hear what you discover.
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