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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 22, 2008 - 10:31pm PT
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I just received my new CU Belay Glasses a few days ago and got a chance to try them out today at the Gorge. As promised, here's my unbiased semi-professional opinion with a shot of them in action.
They are great I must say. Super clear image. Exquisite workmanship. Lightweight. And the "looking noble carrying case" is well, pretty darn cool too.
Everybody who tried them on thought they was the shiznit as well.
I didn't even have to bend my neck to freak out during the leader's sketchfest....
http://www.powernplay.com/pi1/pd1.html
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WBraun
climber
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Mar 22, 2008 - 10:59pm PT
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You should have had that rope around your waist as a hip belay to freak em out, just like ole TM, used to do.
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nick d
Trad climber
nm
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Mar 22, 2008 - 11:09pm PT
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I am waiting until they come out with the kaliedescope version!
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WoodySt
Trad climber
Riverside
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Mar 22, 2008 - 11:09pm PT
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Don't need em; I keep my eyes shut.
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 22, 2008 - 11:18pm PT
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A hip belay like TM...like all of us back in the day!
Good idea though. I'm getting tired of "holding people" while they "practice the moves". Maybe the hip belay will change their minds about practicing too much.
Damn, you're still a genius WB!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Mar 22, 2008 - 11:48pm PT
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what tha?
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Varied locales along the time and space continuum
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Mar 23, 2008 - 12:20am PT
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Lookin' something like a cross between a Rutger Hauer and Christopher Lloyd character, John! I suspect that's a good thing. :-)
Those puppies are 97.50 Euros... that's about $150.... they'd better be crystal clear at that price.
Fletch
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Mar 23, 2008 - 12:25am PT
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I'd need to modify them with a flap of black tape for when Woody is leading.
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nevenneve
Trad climber
St. Paul, MN
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Mar 23, 2008 - 01:24am PT
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Any review on the flipside at the bar afterwards?
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SteveW
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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Mar 23, 2008 - 02:01pm PT
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Do they have the warning "objects may appear closer than
they look" on the glasses? (Sort of like the warning
on your passenger-side mirror on the auto. . .
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Jay Wood
Trad climber
Fairfax, CA
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Mar 23, 2008 - 02:45pm PT
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Does the sketching leader look, in effect, upside down?
Oh, I see- w/ double reflection it corrects.
OK, what about that statement on the car mirror?
"Objects are closer than they appear" --- Do you find that to be true?
I don't. If I look in the mirror to see if there's room to change lane right, and see a car, it might look like there's not enough room, but when I turn my head and look, there is actually more room- the car is further away than I thought.
So the true statement would be 'Objects in mirror are further than they appear'.
Agree/ disagree?
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 23, 2008 - 03:13pm PT
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Nothing is upside down. Rotating your head makes the rock "tilt" like a rocking boat or something. If you look straight on and face directly towards the rock, then everything looks "normal" - just like you were looking straight up at the climber.
Climbers are pretty much the same size as in normal vision but the whole scene is slightly "cropped" - and amazingly you can see quite a bit around the climber.
The image is completely crystal clear, I mean it's clean.
They did a pretty damn good design job on these babies I have to say. They even put my name on them - JOHN in orange letters.
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Ouch!
climber
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Mar 23, 2008 - 03:54pm PT
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WBraun
climber
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Mar 23, 2008 - 07:51pm PT
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Hahahahaha LOL
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MisterE
Social climber
My Inner Nut
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Mar 24, 2008 - 10:27am PT
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Funny, Ouch.
yeah, the glasses thing. I am wondering about bright days that require sunglasses, personally...
Cool idea, though!
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Flanders!
Trad climber
June Lake, CA
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Mar 24, 2008 - 12:54pm PT
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John,
you might consider flossing first
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Nate D
climber
San Francisco
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Mar 24, 2008 - 01:17pm PT
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prescription available?
sunglass versions?
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Mar 24, 2008 - 01:21pm PT
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I think the dwarf version had a mirrored surface, no?
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Mar 24, 2008 - 09:51pm PT
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Way too funny!
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