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Wilson
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 28, 2002 - 04:41pm PT
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I saw a great contraption in a book that's designed to aid hauling a load up a wall. It looked like a sort of vertical-bound rikshaw with bicycle tires made for keeping the load from scraping. Are there any online sources for buying or building one of these things? Thanks!
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Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2002 - 05:15pm PT
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dude, that technology is older than you (probably). Say you do cart one of those POS to the top of El Cap... then what do you do with it?? - ride it down the east ledges???
Buy a real haulbag and haul like the rest of us!!
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Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2002 - 05:50pm PT
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Dolt Racer X
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2002 - 07:20pm PT
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I've added a 2 stroke engine and knobby tires to my dolt cart. I use it for driving to the base of the route as well as hauling and descending. Yep...the Falls Trail is the descent route of choice.
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Mr jiales
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2002 - 07:24pm PT
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Those dolt carts didn't do too well on the big wall scene but I have twenty ready made, and I can shift about 100 tones of manure from my farm to the market inside 4 days. My wife says they are the best thing since sliced bread. But she doesn't have to take them full of dung to the market every week.
On a lighter note I was thinking of making maybe a divise that was a little more light weight something which resembled strap on wheels. Mind you the whole twisting thing could be a nightmare.
You could always coat your bag in some kind of lubrication, maybe sweat and blood would make a good coating.
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Luge
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2002 - 07:40pm PT
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Dolt Racer X,
I am humbled.
Luge
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Dolt Racer X
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2002 - 07:52pm PT
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Well, no matter how hard I try I still haven't been able to beat your impressive 25 minute record Luge. I'm usually in to my spare six pack when I'm rounding those last few turns. Ofcoarse, that could be part of the problem.
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Luge
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2002 - 08:05pm PT
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X Man,
Ever take it up the Half Dome death slabs?
Luge
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Dolt Racer X
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2002 - 08:31pm PT
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No...and who knows when I'll get the opportunity. The damn park rangers confiscated my dolt cart recently. They busted me doing donuts in El Cap meadow.
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Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2002 - 08:34pm PT
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"Not all of the technical developments lived up to expectations. The infamous "Dolt Cart," invented by Feuerer, was a wheeled basked used to roll supplies up the sheer wall. It was abandoned early in the climb because loading, hauling, and unloading the cart took more effort than it saved. "
From...
<a href="http://members.aol.com/ptakeda1/writing/nose_elcap.html>http://members.aol.com/ptakeda1/writing/nose_elcap.html</a>;
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desert racer
Novice climber
silver state
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2002 - 10:03pm PT
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Wow, that was pretty cool!!! And WAY FUNNY!!!
I thought I was the dude who was into fat 2-stroke power and gnarly knobbies...
Let 'er rip!!
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coop
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 29, 2002 - 08:50am PT
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Has anyone ever put much thought into imbedding some wheels on the outside edges of the haul bag or where most of your wear occurs. The wheels would of course need be made of a non marking rubber or polymer of some type.
The wheel would only need to protrude out from the haul bag a small amount, but you would need several around it to make it effective I think.
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haul monkey
Novice climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 29, 2002 - 01:15pm PT
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Sounds too complicated, expensive, and adds weight. The real problems are roofs or flakes that catch the top of the bag. Do steeper routes.
This string is startin' to do some funkmo computer jivemo --?????
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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reading about the Dolt Bolts being too good for the ones pulled out of the Pinnacles by Bhilden got me thinking about the cart. He was on to something.
Like this ancient post says, why not a bunch of strategically placed little wheels- like casters around knot and the top of the bag?
Anyone ever experiment with this?
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Would greasing the pig make it haul better to the heart??
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