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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 28, 2011 - 03:51am PT
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It got off to a good start, nailing, bolting, rebolting, beer can crushing.
So who's got it now?
What sickness has it seen over the last year?
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Acer
Big Wall climber
AZ
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Oct 28, 2011 - 03:57am PT
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Good call and good memory there Mucci.
I might have to take my turn soon.
Lets get an update at where it is at.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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Oct 28, 2011 - 08:59am PT
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i saw sparks within my mind,
maybe it vaporized and transcended
the spiritual plane
and is now taking the nuts and bolts
outta mine mind.
don't worry if it has cause,
i'll set it free upon some
huge thoughtful exhaust,
and i'll donate the nuts and
bolts to the safe standards fund.
once i physically wield it
i'll beat some heads with it
though not of the biker gait,
and perhaps finish off the prow.
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j-tree
Big Wall climber
Classroom to crag to summer camp
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Oct 28, 2011 - 11:22am PT
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I'd like to see it show up at one of the Occupy Protests... but then the media will probably take it as one half of a hammer and sickle symbol.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Oct 28, 2011 - 11:34am PT
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Bridwell would never let his hammer go to a gay lefty protest anyway.....
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Oct 28, 2011 - 12:34pm PT
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BWA HA HA!!!
Mike, please put me on the list. I'll probably be on a wall in Yo next year.
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 28, 2011 - 01:06pm PT
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Damn munge, I looked but don't have the savvy search skillz!
Up to the front!
Who is gonna take it off Mike's hands for immediate use?
GET SOME!
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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Oct 28, 2011 - 01:09pm PT
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bruce,
i respectly invite myself onto
your team.
i have no credentials, er, i do but
they're all lost somewhere here inthis meass,
..sound of coffee spilling onto unpaid bills...
seriously if you hop on a wall next spring
i'd like to swing leads with you,
thatis if your don't already have a crew.
edit ifound an anthem for our ascent,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqJN2pUXmg0
we can have 'caution' circling around the tape reels..
over and over and over
i've the boom box and some good bridwell flavored rags...
mucci, too.
we need to sew some torn seams in the past,
by re-wrecking the future.
alwright. all of you,
ceep the kops happy, eh.
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 28, 2011 - 01:13pm PT
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"we need to sew some torn seams in the past,
by re-wrecking the future."
You are on brother!
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Oct 28, 2011 - 01:23pm PT
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Weege, I'd love to tie in for a route and use Thor's hammer.
Might do spring break with the kids in OR in March, but will be retooling for a wall in the near after.
We'll stay in touch. Can you speak in riddles and rhymes and sh*t like you write when I'm leading? It'll distract me from being scared on A3....HA!!
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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Oct 28, 2011 - 01:24pm PT
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ohkay i found some of my credentials
they were all around me and i was looking
towards the desk but thats the sorry part of
mine story,
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yu-min
climber
San Diego, california
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Oct 28, 2011 - 01:50pm PT
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I bought a hammer from "the Bird" a few years ago in the parking lot of intersection rock. This was when i was doing big walls more consistently, since then the hammer has been a point of inspiration for our explorations in other parts of the world, i.e. Searching for the Tomb of Genghis Khan in Mongolia:
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/national-geographic-channel/specials-1/expedition-week-1/ngc-the-missing-tomb.html
many of the members of the expedition team for this have posted to this forum in the past and have "pulled harder" from the inspiration of the hammer (i.e. snowey, nate ricklin, kostas, travelin_light).
Now, with the biggest challenge it has faced yet, the hammer is set to inspire the next generation of climber.
If there are any tribute walls that it needs to do lets talk!
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 28, 2011 - 02:06pm PT
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^^^^ That's what I'm talkin bout!!!!!
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Acer
Big Wall climber
AZ
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Nov 23, 2011 - 03:32am PT
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Where is that hammer headed now?
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Nov 23, 2011 - 08:46am PT
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Mike is now the caretaker of the whammer. I'm sure he wants it to see the stone it was made for.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Nov 23, 2011 - 11:14pm PT
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So, is anyone going to set this thing to stone in 2012?
calling nature....
As a side note, I discussed this with Doug Robinson via email after I bought it. He said he thinks it is a prototype Jim was pretty excited about.
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 24, 2011 - 01:30am PT
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As I recall, the head needs a shim or whatever you call that thing you nail into the stock for expansion.
Just a bit loose. Double check before you go for FA glory!!!!
It is a beast for bolting.
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