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Nice work. Thanks Rick!

re Darkside...I think cleaning draws at the crag are sufficient. The place already sees bigger crowds than it can handle, and similar to the current fixed aluminum, steel permadraws on every bolt will only encourage more due to the convenience. Cleaning draws on each route would make stripping one's...

Artsy,
I've actually got 20 steel permadraws I planned to hang as cleaning draws at the Darkside. John Garcia of Austin arranged for these to be donated courtesy of ClimbTech.
Rob

I believe a whip on the click-up with brake unattended would be fine. In fact, the larger the fall the better I believe the click-up works. It's the other scenarios I mentioned (clipping the anchor and sitting back before saying "take," toproping, short lead falls, etc) that would be probl...

Personally, I've enjoyed using the Sum. My only complaint is that lowering can be difficult with it sometimes.

What about the recent accident?
We're inherent problems discovered?

That's liability management.

To your point though--agreed, devices shouldn't be treated as auto-lockers. My point is though that the Click-Up does not function the same as a Gri-Gri or other device that has an auto-locking capability when used properly.

I know this thread is about the Alpine-Up, but since the Click-Up is also mentioned and there are similarities between the two, I thought I'd share my recent experience with the device. I was under the impression that the Click-Up was an auto-locker and possibly a good alternative to the Gri-Gri, bu...

In my opinion, fixed draws are purely a luxury. I admit that I have enjoyed climbing on fixed draws these days, but it’s purely for selfish reasons. When it comes down to it, it’s easier. To me, this is a lousy reason to have fixe draws. Are they NECESSARY for “safe” climbing? No. I happened to cros...

This is such terrible news, bringing about such a sense of helplessness that can occur in just a moments time. Please be careful out there.

My thoughts go out to his friends and family.

The "Wet" effect is new to us, as is killing for weed is to you, I new they laced it with pcp or angle dust when I was younger to be able to sell mexican press weed or home grown, but the embalming thing is still sorta new, at'least to me anyway. PCP and Angel Dust are the same thing. Emb...