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Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:52 pm
by rhunt
512OW wrote:Bolts are way fuckin scarier. Shit makes me nervous.
yea I hate it when bolts break or pop out of their holes, I hate it when that happens...
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:53 pm
by ynot
Yup it's the falls where you stop a foot or two from a ledge or the deck that make you count your blessings.
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:55 pm
by Wes
How about falls from a heel hook while 15 feet up over a bad landing with one pad and no spotters?
Hell, at least with a rope you have a chance of something catching you before you deck.
Wes
Posted: Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:59 pm
by rhunt
shit I don't even what to talk about bouldering falls...my leg still bothers me when it gets cold outside. Still bouldering is the shit, I'd trade in all my rope gear for a sweet boulder field 10 minutes from my home.
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:01 am
by Meadows
Which is why I don't boulder ... outside.
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:49 am
by J-Rock
I think highball mantles are the scariest falls. "Uh oh!"
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:01 am
by haas
bolt whipping, especially out west. Who knows who put it in and if they knew what they were doing. I know if my gear is good or not (and yeah sometimes it's not - it's just mental). You can't tell me falling on those Freddie Krueger bedframe hangers Porter used boosts your confidence.
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:09 am
by J-Rock
Supposedly a guy from Black Diamond tested some of those bedframe hangers and they were much stronger than expected. They sure look scary and sharp though! I still feel better on new hangers.
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 2:00 am
by haas
well that makes me feel better, but they still look like they'll slice your leg clean off
Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 2:12 am
by 512OW
How bout hanging 70 feet up, out in space penduluming from a roof crack, while you watch your rope saw halfway through on the sharp lip of the crack.
Big bouldering falls never looked so good.....