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Nolan Huther
Trad climber
Potsdam, NY
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 13, 2019 - 06:48am PT
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Happy Saturday, hope all the weekend warriors out there are having some nice weather. Anyway, I'm looking to fill out my set of Crack N Ups, specifically sizes 3, 4, and 5. Let me know if you've got some you're looking to dust off and put in an envelope!
Edit: to clarify, I am looking to buy them, if there was any confusion in spite of the title. Name your price.
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Nolan Huther
Trad climber
Potsdam, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 17, 2019 - 07:58am PT
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Bump. Anyone looking to unload a couple of them to a broke college student (soon to be college graduate) with an unhealthy obsession for thin cracks?
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klaus
Big Wall climber
6th and Mission
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Apr 17, 2019 - 10:17am PT
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I have a stack of them to get rid of. What's your email?
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Mark Force
Trad climber
Ashland, Oregon
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Apr 17, 2019 - 12:44pm PT
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I'll takes some!
How much?
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Nolan Huther
Trad climber
Potsdam, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 17, 2019 - 04:43pm PT
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Klaus, it's nolanhuther@gmail.com. Look forward to hearing from ya!
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Nolan Huther
Trad climber
Potsdam, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 22, 2019 - 06:59pm PT
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Still looking!
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Apr 23, 2019 - 02:29am PT
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Nolan Huther
Trad climber
Potsdam, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 23, 2019 - 06:45am PT
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healyje, you wouldn't be looking to part with those beauties now would you?
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ron gomez
Trad climber
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Apr 28, 2019 - 12:42pm PT
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i have a set of Bridwell’s
Peace
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Nolan Huther
Trad climber
Potsdam, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 30, 2019 - 07:12pm PT
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Give my crack n ups some friends
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Apr 30, 2019 - 08:23pm PT
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Sorry - pry my cold dead hands...
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Nolan Huther
Trad climber
Potsdam, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - May 1, 2019 - 06:01am PT
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I figured. I "stole" your method of rigging them too btw, so thanks for that. Just about anywhere I saw crack n ups mentioned I saw your set of them. Very ingenious, simple yet elegant. These babies feel absolutely bomber compared to an equivalent RP size. I'll be toying with them a while before taking them into real terrain, but I am impressed with them so far.
Hopefully I can convince someone to take their crack n ups out of some dusty drawer and send them on to my rack. Only have a #2 and x2 #6s. Would very much like to at least get the #4 and #5. That #2 gives me shivers.
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ron gomez
Trad climber
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Nolan, yer thread starts with....WTB
Want To Buy, you’ve made no offers and sounds like these CnU can fetch a good price. Now it sounds like you want people to give them to you. They are sketch at best to stand on with the exception of the 5or 6 and even those need good placement. Hope you find someone willing to give em up
Peace
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Nolan Huther
Trad climber
Potsdam, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - May 1, 2019 - 09:21am PT
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I've privately talked to a few people in this thread and elsewhere but somehow everyone winds up changing their minds and wanting to hold onto them. Nostalgia I suppose. Oh and one person asked a bit over what I was willing to pay but I'll probably go back to them if no one else comes forward. But the seller can decide their price. I've bought them for $20 shipped a piece, if that makes any difference, and I'm not looking for people to give them away.
My initial excitement is due to the fact that I quickly found thin cracks with tedious RP placements that took great placements of the #6 crack n up. They make sense to me, they seem familiar to mixed climbing with pick torques and the placements I had took quite a beating with testing and held fine. Maybe it's the rock type I climb on or future experience will change my perception
Also Ron, I sent you an email a bit back about your post above. Did you ever see it?
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ron gomez
Trad climber
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Nolan, if yer using the email with Supertopo, I don’t think it has worked for years. I have nothing in my email....sorry.
Peace
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Nolan Huther
Trad climber
Potsdam, NY
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Topic Author's Reply - May 1, 2019 - 09:30am PT
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Sorry about the confusion then Ron. I'd be willing to buy some your crack n ups if you're willing to sell for a fair price
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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An outdated and worthless status symbol for "I'm such a hard climber". Listed facetiously as pro for sik routes up to about 11c - however were probably not actually used by the FA. Note Bridwell's appear to have never been placed. Such a useful and successful product, like 1 production batch ever was made - 40 years ago. Lol - here's some 20-something looking for a rack of them.
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ron gomez
Trad climber
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Pretty entertaining! Never saw anyone bounce test one, let alone fall on one and yeah, probably not putting up a string of them...so it makes sense crack n ups are not beat to hell. The few I’ve placed were hand inserted, weighted gently then moved off as quickly as possible...maybe the # 5or 6 were secure, but I’d rather use a pin or something I could bounce test or the very least beat the hell out of if A 5 or 6 are used. But what does an old fart like me know, should listen to the wise words posted, they are outdated, much better gear now for micro cracks, status symbol(?) well ok, hard climber...Jim was pretty good at one time.
Peace
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Late Starter
Social climber
NA
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Wouldn't a pecker/tomahawk pretty much do the same darn thing...?
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ron gomez
Trad climber
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Yup, hence, outdated, better stuff out there for micro cracks.
Peace
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