Most useless piece of gear

Aric Datesman wrote:C'mon Folks. Take the Ellanor stuff to General. Or, better yet, RC. Or even better than that, drop it.

I don't think you understand the issue or the history there. It's like an infection. Moving it elsewhere is not the idea. The only place for her is deleted, and that what is happening again.

Oh you retarded stinky hippy, back at it again I see.

On the one hand I really appreciate the way you get old men with old egos and wrinkly balls to flagellate themselves for your pleasure. After all, the only way to get mad at something is to take that thing seriously, and anyone taking you seriously is seriously fuck## in the head.

On the other hand, you are obviously retarded, and I wonder if it wouldn't be better for society if you had a little supervision. If you could keep your nonsense to a minimum that would be great. A few zingers of stupidity here and there to lively up the place. Try not having constant verbal diarrhea for once and see if you don't feel better. Who knows, you might make a friend or two if you can get rid of your stink.

Aric Datesman wrote:C'mon Folks. Take the Ellanor stuff to General. Or, better yet, RC. Or even better than that, drop it.

Feeling left out of another five page argument?

This thread just got rad. Good werk people.

And Ellenor.

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You know, it's funny how things like this can change... 20 years ago I didn't think I'd want any quickdraws, but I use them a lot now.

They see climbers coming from a mile away....

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Ummm no. Approach shoes are far from useless.

RockinOut wrote:They see climbers coming from a mile away.... tinyurl.com/mostuseless

some of you are trying to ruin this thread...

now to get back on track,
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Rope protectors: Very useful for long drops, caving or general localized rope protection. I use a Spirol when rigging fixed lines to take photos mid-climb. The Caterpillar is a more modular system designed for very specific uses. I've seen them used frequently by police rigging rappels over the edge of a roof. I also know they get used regularly when rigging long rappels over sharp edges.

Approach shoes: Really? Love mine.

Bi-Wire biner: Pretty useless for climbing. But I have a couple in my gear bag for work. When you're running a large-bore drill while hanging 50' up in a tree, its nice to know that the tether won't unhook from your harness loop.

My vote goes to the ATC-Sport and the Bionic-8.

Oh. And the Hand Jammies.

Rick Blair wrote:Ummm no. Approach shoes are far from useless.

Pretty sure I can make any approach in a pair of old sneakers....

RockinOut wrote: Pretty sure I can make any approach in a pair of old sneakers....

OK, well, you might not want to come climbing here... You probably can make most approaches without sticky rubber, but then again, you might rope up a few pitches before most people.
Approach shoes are also great for 'scrambles' (IE running car to car on the 1000' first flatiron in under an hour.) In sneakers at that pace = dead or scared 1/2 way to it.

EvanH wrote: Oh. And the Hand Jammies.

Speaking of Hand Jammies, I seem to recall seeing a set of Mad Rock sticky rubber finger condoms at Waterstone@NRG years back that they couldn't *GIVE* away. I was kinda tempted due to missing half a finger and needing some protection on it, but still took a pass.

BTW, here's a link to a 2009 thread on ST about them to prove I'm not crazy.... supertopo.com/climbing/thre…

Edit- Better yet- a pic!

Aric Datesman wrote: Speaking of Hand Jammies, I seem to recall seeing a set of Mad Rock sticky rubber finger condoms at Waterstone@NRG years back that they couldn't *GIVE* away. I was kinda tempted due to missing half a finger and needing some protection on it, but still took a pass. BTW, here's a link to a 2009 thread on ST about them to prove I'm not crazy.... supertopo.com/climbing/thre… Edit- Better yet- a pic!

hey I bet the forum ladies man from vegas could use these as normal condoms

Aric Datesman wrote: Speaking of Hand Jammies, I seem to recall seeing a set of Mad Rock sticky rubber finger condoms at Waterstone@NRG years back that they couldn't *GIVE* away. I was kinda tempted due to missing half a finger and needing some protection on it, but still took a pass. BTW, here's a link to a 2009 thread on ST about them to prove I'm not crazy.... supertopo.com/climbing/thre… Edit- Better yet- a pic!

These things are life savers!

Can someone explain the point of the Kong Frog thingymabob?

Will S wrote:Can someone explain the point of the Kong Frog thingymabob?

no, they are pointless.

Will S wrote:Can someone explain the point of the Kong Frog thingymabob?

It has a relatively stiff quickdraw and pincer like claws that snap closed when pushed up against a bolt. It facilitates awkward and/or almost out of reach clips. It's also easy to rig up a stick clip with the Frog. Downside is that it's heavy.

Another single rope belay device from edelrid

http://edelridna.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=29814

the description is SOOOO wrong :

"The synthetic cover prevents the annoying "jingling" on the harness and protects your skin from burning after a prolonged belay or rappel session."

How can you burn yourself after a prolonged belay session ????

Rappelling is GENERALLY on double line rope !!

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