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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 22, 2012 - 09:57am PT
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I saw this on eBay listed as an "Ice climbing protection device." Now, I am the first to admit I am not a fan of routes that disappear during the summer but I did think I knew quite a bit about the equipment used... But, WTF?
Someone please enlighten me (and not in the Werner way.)
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 22, 2012 - 10:19am PT
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A sling threader?
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Sep 22, 2012 - 10:20am PT
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Fishing rope through holes drilled in ice for anchors. The rubber cover stops snags. Just a guess
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Sep 22, 2012 - 10:22am PT
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a sex toy?
(did i win a postcard?)
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 22, 2012 - 10:36am PT
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^^^ Can you explain how it is used please?
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Sep 22, 2012 - 10:47am PT
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In Europe, we use to call it an "Abalakov".
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 22, 2012 - 10:53am PT
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Interesting!
Thanks for that Chief!
I had never seen this technique or even the idea of rapping of a pillar of ice a few inches thick. I believe I will stick with rock...
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Sep 22, 2012 - 11:05am PT
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If I learn or do nothing else today, I can say I have watched someone go fishing while ice climbing. God I love fishsticks! Thanks, IHP and Chief.
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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Sep 22, 2012 - 11:35am PT
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Is it true that Jeff Lowe showed the V thread to Abalokov, who popularized it and the world assumed it was Abalokov's invention?
Maybe Jello can comment.
The v thread is totally bomber in good ice and sure beats rapping off electrical conduit
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 22, 2012 - 01:10pm PT
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The v thread is totally bomber in good ice and sure beats rapping off electrical conduit
Or leaving behind a couple of seventy-dollar ice screws at each station. V-threads are fast, easy, cheap, and probably safer than any alternative.
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