6 Camalot with wood blocks zip tied to it?
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Saw a picture a couple weeks ago of a #6 with some wood blocks zip tied to the outside of the lobes to make it fit in wider cracks. Pretty sure I saw it here but cant find that thread. Anyone else see this and have a link? Any thoughts on the odds of it holding body weight? |
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Took a screen shot of it awhile ago |
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100% |
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Awesome thanks Zac. Thing looks bomber. |
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It really does look like itd be pretty solid. |
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Speechless... |
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At least they were smart enough to run the grain horizontally. I could see that working as a walking TR in some good aggressive rock. I'm a pretty avid wood worker and I wouldn't trust the wood to hold up in a whip, maybe if it was iron wood haha. There's a few Valley Giants made out of beautiful cabinet grade plywood, but they're valley giant paper weights. I'm going to make a couple of my own:) |
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why do this when you could get a bomber Valley Giants? Or better yet, don't climb awful-width |
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eli poss wrote:why do this when you could get a bomber Valley Giants? Or better yet, just run it outfixed that for you. |
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headead wrote: fixed that for you.Took me a minute...cute. |
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So I took inspiration from the six and souped up a #9 Valley Giant for a tower last weekend. |
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well.... did you whip? |
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WOW. I do not want to start a flame thrower here, but that picture frightens me. |
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I can imagine this would be useful for some aid routes. |
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Most likely going to be used for aid. Wood blocks and large cams have been used for decades. Excalibur comes to mind. |
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I agree with Muscat like I said above. I would think the zip ties would blow out as well. |