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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Hey, my father's mother's father came from Jämtland - the part that was Norwegian until the 18th century.
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wallyvirginia
Trad climber
Jämtland, Sweden
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=) I think your name is Anders right? Very very very Swedish name.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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NIce trick, I'm going to have to play with that one!
As far as listening to me, well, thanks, but take it all with grain of salt, don't forget to include your experiences, your ability and your desires.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Forget it Mark, its Chinatown.
Pretty soon they'll be talking about smoking fish and milking goats.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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My ancestor's name was Richard Richardson (Rikard Rikardsson?) Felt. I can probably find out where he came from, although Felt is a fairly common name. Oddly, his Swedish-American daughter (my grandmother) married a Norwegian from just across the border, from Rendalen. (= Reindeer Valley, which makes it all seasonal.) Of course, they met and married in Canada.
No grumbling from the peanut gallery, either - this is important, and at least we're posting English.
(The photo/gadget sort of looks like a keychain. Shouldn't it have a RURP on it, though?)
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wallyvirginia
Trad climber
Jämtland, Sweden
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Thanks Mark!
You know, I copied your portaledge coffee making setup, now I even use it at home. The coffee is just perfect when you brew it that way! =)
@ Mighty Hiker, I don't know any Felts. But it's close to Norway, they come here for cheaper groceries and clothes all the time.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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I think Minnesota is the gateway. You can smell the herring.
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adatesman
climber
philadelphia, pa
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Played with that rig quite a bit last year (and pitched it to Trango, actually) and would suggest you clip the ring through the biner. When heavily loaded the rope diameter can reduce enough for the strands to slip past one another and flip the ring, thereby letting the rope slip through freely (had it happen to me on the pull tester). Clipping the ring prevents this, but makes extending a bit more difficult. This can be remedied by rotating it a bit when extending. One other tip is to rig it with a piece of twin/double rope rather than accessory cord to give it some dynamic properties. BTW, feedback I got on the dozen or so I sent out for beta testing was that something that is releasable under load would be preferable and one guy had fail to lock for him on one occasion when weighting it without holding the tail. I've never had it fail to lock and kinda like it as a personal anchor (although with a custom machined plate and ring rather than chain).
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wallyvirginia
Trad climber
Jämtland, Sweden
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Really? I thought it was unique, bummer. Good point, I see how that could happen, though I Never had it fail on me.
Are they gonna start making them?
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adatesman
climber
philadelphia, pa
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Actually, this is exactly how the Metolius adjustable daisy works (but with cord rather than webbing), so in a sense neither of us can claim it. :-(
Fun little device though, and if I can find mine I'll post a pic. Trango took a pass on it, but given how easy it is to DIY that's probably not surprising.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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OK, so it turns out that my greatgrandfather was born in Hede. It now has a total of 763 inhabitants. There was enormous migration to the cities, and to North America, from the mid-19th century onwards.
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wallyvirginia
Trad climber
Jämtland, Sweden
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I recognize that name, though I can't say I know the place. There was this reality tv show recently on Swedish tv about Americans with Swedish roots coming to Sweden to learn about their families history and meet their Swedish relatives, the descendants of those who stayed behind. It was called "Allt för Sverige" (everything for Sweden)It was really good. I was amazed at how important it seemed to the Americans to connect with their roots and the history of their ancestors.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Canadians, too. Some of us. Though reconnecting is a misnomer in case of my family, as we've been in constant touch with relatives in Norway and Europe throughout.
From my entirely unscientific observation, Americans often tend to know relatively little about their ancestry, Canadians a bit more.
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wallyvirginia
Trad climber
Jämtland, Sweden
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Actually, my ancestors migrated to America as well. My grandfather was a carpenter in Red Wood, CA but fled to Sweden when he was drafted to serve in the Korean war. Not a very proud action perhaps but I'm glad to exist so I don't judge.
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wallyvirginia
Trad climber
Jämtland, Sweden
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To get back on topic,
Mark, I'm really with you on not using daisies. It's a nice, free feeling and I think switching into freeclimbing is easier/more natural without the daisies there. Which picks up the speed even more. But maybe this rig still has a purpose. Could be a smart way to dock the bags and/or portaledge? I think it's possible to release it under load if you lever it with a sling to the anchor like you did on earlier petzl reverso model?
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adatesman
climber
philadelphia, pa
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Seems I gave my last one away a while back, so all I have is the pic I used in the instruction sheet. The main difference between mine and yours, Mikael, is that I didn't care for the action it gave with both the main plate and ring clipped through the biner, so I machined the ring so that it fits around the plate and thereby prevents it from twisting. Side effect of this was to make it gave the ring a handy place to put your hand around to unlock it while extending. IIRC the rope in the pic is 8mm Beal Rando. I made a smaller version as well for 5.5mm Titan cord, but it wasn't as smooth (the cord was stiff) and would strip the sheath at moderate loads.
Anyway, good luck with your version!
-aric.
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wallyvirginia
Trad climber
Jämtland, Sweden
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Wow, Aric, that's awesome! How cool it must be to have the ability to custom machine things like that. Funny that we had the exact same thought patterns to start with..
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adatesman
climber
philadelphia, pa
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Clearly great minds really do think alike! :-) Yeah, I was quite amused to see yours as well.
And yeah, being able to make stuff like this is a lot of fun. Small machinery can be had fairly inexpensively, so I have a small CNC mill and manual lathe in he basement (and a DIY anodizing tank, which is how mine got that nice red color). They're nowhere near as nice as big machinery I grew up running, but work well enough for tinkering with things.
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Jay Wood
Trad climber
Land of God-less fools
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This is a mod that I rigged on some Yates' that slipped. Works pretty good. Lighter, too.
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adatesman
climber
philadelphia, pa
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Have you posted that before, Jay? Looks awful familiar.
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