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karodrinker
Trad climber
San Jose, CA
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Sep 10, 2010 - 02:01am PT
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Jaybro, having email issues. I'll be building a wall, crack trainer with adjustable hands to finger plus offwidth. Along with my 16 foot wide mini ramp, I'm turning my new backyard into my fantasy land before October 21st. Just in time for my grand 30 year old birthday bash! I'll check email and get in touch with the artificial offwidth maestros that you mentioned. All help and encouragement accepted eagerly.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Sep 10, 2010 - 02:17am PT
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go Karo!
with a south bay contingent, that isn't over the hill, excuses will be harder to come up with!
and Brokedown! rock on
Dig that Deto simulator Jay!
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Kalimon
Trad climber
Ridgway, CO
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Sep 10, 2010 - 03:04am PT
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Get your asses out on some real stone . . . no simulators can compare. Quit your lame city jobs and go where the wind don't blow so strange . . . maybe off in some high cold mountain chain!
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Sep 10, 2010 - 03:15am PT
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I have seen that concrete, and even just sand and Portland cement, will adhere strongly to clean wood. An impasto type application of some sand and cement could provide more naturalistic undulations within the body-sapping confines of a self-built, limbs-only, Iron Maiden torture device.
Flat panels do not exist in the real world.
God, in his infinite rock architecture wisdom, always seems to provide a rare spot where you can breathe normally, and get a teeny bit of a rest.
Undulations in a Crack Machine can embody the idea that Man seeks to mimic God.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 10, 2010 - 08:17am PT
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Like I said, go for the warped boards.......
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 10, 2010 - 10:20am PT
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Jaybro-
Ah Hah! Now I understand!
Warped Boards + Warped Mind = OW Crack machine!!
or is it
Warped Boards + OW Crack machine = Warped Mind ??
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 10, 2010 - 10:32am PT
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Let's do the time warp again.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 10, 2010 - 10:55am PT
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Whatever you say, Riff-Raff!
How about a couple of shots of those awesome SLC gym fatties?
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 10, 2010 - 11:08am PT
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For Mr Grossman, by request;
"god is dead"-nietzche
(just playing along, Tom)
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scuffy b
climber
Eastern Salinia
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Sep 10, 2010 - 02:41pm PT
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Another idea occurred to me, Brokedown.
If you have some sturdy wall space available, you can build a panel to
sit parallel to it, giving you two corner cracks. This could end up easier
than building a straight-in crack, though ultimately, of course, you will
want everything.
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scuffy b
climber
Eastern Salinia
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Sep 10, 2010 - 02:44pm PT
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Karodrinker, am I right in believing that you climb some with
High Traverse? He can get us together.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 10, 2010 - 02:51pm PT
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In Tempe I had a panel against a wall deal. Somewhere in cyberland there is a diagram of it.
Imagine a 4' x 4' panel of three quarter inch plywood mounted on 4x 6" beams against a wall. Bottom of panel is say, 5' off the ground. Making it possible to invert one's feet and legs into the space between. Panel and wall.
With me so far?
Inside the gap is a rail to heel hook on, making the foot jams bomber.
On the front of the panel are three eyebolts in a triangle pattern. The center lower bolt is to clip into to avoid inerted head honking in case of a slip.
The other 2 bolts are at about arms length when doing an inverted situp. The goal was transfer a chain of 'biners from one eyehole to the other, one at a time. While at the top of the inverted sit-up.
This was the best core conditioner for inverts I ever had!
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Gary Carpenter
climber
SF Bay Area
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Sep 11, 2010 - 09:32pm PT
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RE Cost. I estimate about $200 in materials for the Sunol Antichrist.
Gary
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Sep 11, 2010 - 10:09pm PT
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Compared to how much does it cost to drive to the valley,gas, entrance & camping fees, etc and fail, again, 10' from the top of Sahersr crackerer, and have to repeat?
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 11, 2010 - 11:14pm PT
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Gary-
That's less than I was guessing! THX!
Rodger
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scuffy b
climber
dissected alluvial deposits, late Pleistocene
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Jul 15, 2011 - 07:53pm PT
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Rodger, have you made any progress?
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Willoughby
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Feb 29, 2012 - 12:30am PT
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Rodger, have you made any progress?
What he said ^^^^
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 29, 2012 - 09:29am PT
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Still working at clearing out 15+ years of accumulated..."stuff." Weather has been too cold to do anything through the Winter.
Yeah, excuses, excuses...and more excuses. Ask me again after I manage to get all my wind damage on my house repaired...
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Sonic
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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Dec 14, 2012 - 04:17pm PT
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Winter training bump!
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Dec 14, 2012 - 04:18pm PT
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stay off the crack... mmmkay?
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