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JuanDeFuca
Big Wall climber
Peenemunde
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Get your self a chop saw at OSH.
Bang in a few for me on the Shield.
Thank You
Your are going to DIE!
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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BLaw you, WB and M/dorf are giving out to much info and will be Beamed back to the "Mutha ShiP".....
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deuce4
climber
Hobart, Australia
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Here's another top secret tip:
X-em
Paste-em
Rock-em
then, ....
Sniff 'em!
And for those who have read the plagiarised Freedom of the Hills, check to see if it is "emitting a metallic odour", which will indicate it's integrity.
Otherwise, use your judgement, and if it stinks, get off it!
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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^^^^Classic!
Wonder how often that ritual is done nowadayz?
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Rock!...oopsie.
Trad climber
the pitch above you
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Dang... I was hoping somebody would endorse the table saw idea.
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Top of the 5.2-5.12 Boulder
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Hey, Deucey.
Still laughing robustly over THAT one. Cheers!
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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I used to think the "rules" for heading posted above by Deucey were real! I thought that you could smell the copper oxidizing or something if you put it in wrong. Sheesh.
As for sawed-offs:
Remove about 40% of the blade for 1/2" and 5/8", and about 50% of the blade for bigger angles.
I have sawed-offs of slightly different lengths, that make it handy. You're probably good with two each of the smaller sizes and the larger sizes, but for whatever reason, the 3/4" is the size you will use the most on El Cap. So I would cut three of those in three slightly different lengths.
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deuce4
climber
Hobart, Australia
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<ahem>Pete--was it you, then, who rewrote the aid section in one of the editions of Freedom of the Hills, paraphrasing greatly, sometimes verbatim, from my "Big Wall Tech Manual" without providing references?
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Top of the 5.2-5.12 Boulder
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It Can't Be Done. Ever.
To do so might upset the balance of the Universe, Man.
Do you want THAT on your conscience?
Assuming that you survive the Upset of the balance of the Universe, of course...........Put the saw down Man. Seriously.
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deuce4
climber
Hobart, Australia
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yeah, like what are you going to do with all those left over little bits of the tips of the pitons?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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the aid section in one of the editions of Freedom of the Hills
You mean there is an aid section? It must be hidden away between self-arresting and proper use of a space blankie. I guess I haven't been keeping up on my reading.
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Top of the 5.2-5.12 Boulder
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Dude.
It's the balance of the Universe at stake here.
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