rhunt wrote:[Terry once pointed out to me that you bet it all on the small little pin in the grigri. So go a head and 'redundancy' the hell out of your rope solo method and be sure to use a grigri.
That's why I switched to the Silent Partner after so many years. It just never felt right.
Gri Gris are pretty handy for barn roof work. up and down at will. Only problem was it unlocks if you forget to keep it wieghted. Back up knots solved that
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cliffJunkie wrote:hey redpoint thanks for your help. little fyi, my smartass remark was not directied toward you, but rather toward pigsteak for his enlightened initial response.
pigsteak wrote:if you have to ask, don't do it.
Pigsteak has only been climbing for about a month now - dont listen to him either.
If you can call hanging on a rope and drilling holes climbing...
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cliffJunkie wrote:hey redpoint thanks for your help. little fyi, my smartass remark was not directied toward you, but rather toward pigsteak for his enlightened initial response.
Pigsteak has only been climbing for about a month now - dont listen to him either.
If you can call hanging on a rope and drilling holes climbing...
I'd call that climbing before I would gluing a buncha shit all over an old car art
KD wrote: Pigsteak has only been climbing for about a month now - dont listen to him either.
If you can call hanging on a rope and drilling holes climbing...
I'd call that climbing before I would gluing a buncha shit all over an old car art
I don't get it, what does he climb his car? I like to climb my old van, and I'm going to try and make a funny trad video out of it someday and put it on RC.com.
One of these days I will just walk out to some secluded crag in the red and hang my self will my favorite hex and my old climbing rope; and the paper will read "Climber falls and dies using primitive gear." But that's not how I want to be remembered.