Saxman help me proj Twinkie

Post by **Andrew** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 3:13 am

Truly the real redpoint is dumber than the fake redpoiint.

Post by **captain static** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 3:45 am

redpoiint=SCIN or nasty?

Post by **Horatio Felacio** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:18 am

Post by **jordancolburn** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 12:51 pm

pigsteak wrote:golly, I miss the real redpoint.....this douche can't even troll correctly....

Good effort to throw us off the trail pigsteak, I'm guessing its you!

Is it sad that it took me over halfway through the topic to realize it wasn't actually redpoint?

Post by **krampus** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:26 pm

jordancolburn wrote:Is it sad that it took me over halfway through the topic to realize it wasn't actually redpoint?

I never read his entire post anyway so I had the same experience. The reactions are much better than the real thing. kinda like 2girls1cup

Post by **caribe** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:43 pm

This can be no one else but Sax. I do not know this for sure but I would put down money on it.

Post by **jordancolburn** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:55 pm

krampus wrote:kinda like 2girls1cup

*insert puking emoticon here*

Post by **Saxman** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 3:32 pm

caribe wrote:This can be no one else but Sax. I do not know this for sure but I would put down money on it.

You owe me your money then.

Post by KD » Fri Dec 18, 2009 4:00 pm

It does sound like something Sax would do.

Post by **redpoiint** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 4:16 pm

I read a whole lot, and allot of people say I read too much in to climbing, but I like to learn as much as I can to be as safe as possible. A lot of things I have read, allot of climbers don't seem to know, or at least care about. Here is one now; allot of people think the purpose of a double over hand knot is only to take up the slack, and so if there is no slack they don't tie one. Well I found out from Onrope1(a book written by thee master of ropework. http://www.onrope1.com/ ) that the double overhand knot plays a couple other roles. One is to make sure that there is allot of extra rope coming out of the tail end of your double figure eight, which prevents the chances of it from ever slipping through. Another is that it makes your double figure eight a more reliable knot in the way that the double overhand knot acts as a stopper knot making sure the rope tail can't slip through your double figure eight. The closer your double overhand knot is to your double figure eight knot, the more reliable it will be. I learned how to achieve this with 100% success every time now; instead of pulling the double over hand knot away from you, pull the tail end of the rope and pull the double overhand knot right up next to the double figure eight and keep pulling hard on the tale untill the knot is tight and secure.

That way if you fall on twinkie or on some really awesomely expert boulder problem you will live unless you hit the ground then you migh live if you are lucky unless you think it is good luck not to live in which case it would be bad.