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MisterE
Social climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 15, 2012 - 08:28pm PT
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We really want one of these units, but they quit making them. We will pay full retail price for a used one in good shape if you have it.
Thanks! Erik & Skip
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MisterE
Social climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 15, 2012 - 10:03pm PT
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Not helping, but thanks for the bump. ;)
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mctwisted
Trad climber
e.p.
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Sep 15, 2012 - 10:10pm PT
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since i have two and both appear almost new, i could part with one. may have been used for one placement
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Sep 15, 2012 - 10:11pm PT
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Damn, I have 3 of the grey ones, the #3. I'd part with a great condition one for @ $30.
I think that the small purples, the #1's, could be great earrings.
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MisterE
Social climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 15, 2012 - 10:14pm PT
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Mesage sent - thanks mctwisted.
Bill edit: we have the #1 and after much effort, have only found a single placement for it...at ground level.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Sep 15, 2012 - 10:33pm PT
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The #1 is a friggin Barbie-cam. The weight of a plastic doll is about all it would ever hold. Mine is now the world's most expensive keychain ornament. It's a marvel of just plain ludicrous engineering.
I actually saw a guy pushing 200 pounds take a lead fall on a little green Z-2 ... and it held... :0... CRAZY!
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Sep 15, 2012 - 11:09pm PT
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Z-1 I'm assuming this is the smallest cam ever made:
It's just silly small. For anyone who hasn't seen one.. the head is only like 1/4 inch across.
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Sep 15, 2012 - 11:16pm PT
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WTF is wrong with you slackers?!?!?!?!?!11111169
YER GONNA DIE!!!!!!1111
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MisterE
Social climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 15, 2012 - 11:20pm PT
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Nature's just jealous we got a sheep now....
...We don't need no stinkin' rubber chickens!
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Sep 15, 2012 - 11:21pm PT
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Fluffy the Serta-sheep there is coming to the rescue of your blow-up sheep Nature.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Sep 15, 2012 - 11:23pm PT
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Don't discount the #1. It goes in LA slots like nobody's business!
I wouldn't care to fall on it, though.
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Sep 15, 2012 - 11:42pm PT
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sounds like a match made in heaven (AKA Boulder)
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Michelle
Trad climber
the f*#king peninsula.
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Sep 15, 2012 - 11:44pm PT
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I sent you a message. Mine are unused and I'm freakin broke.
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MisterE
Social climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 16, 2012 - 09:19am PT
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Thanks Michelle - message sent!
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adatesman
climber
philadelphia, pa
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Sep 16, 2012 - 12:09pm PT
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Huh... 3 trigger wire guides on the one in the pic. Never realized they made a Long Stem version.
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MisterE
Social climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 16, 2012 - 08:17pm PT
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Adatesman, they changed the design to make the stem 1" longer at some point.
I am guessing that people were burying the cam cuz it is tiny or it was rotating under weight, and either way, it was getting stuck with the short stem.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Sep 16, 2012 - 10:22pm PT
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Ya gotta bury that little one. Ya sure don't want to look at it.
Be skeerd. Be very very skeerd.
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MisterE
Social climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 16, 2012 - 10:45pm PT
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Honestly, Skully - from my experiences and the 200#-guy-falling-on-Z2-cam-win story, I am ready to try something besides the sliders for the sub-grey-TCU sized parallel cracks...
Edit: Notice how the elusive Muppetus Pufficus Californiae never reveals whether there was an extraction of said device or the condition.
*Jotting notes in Naturalist's Journal*
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Sep 16, 2012 - 10:50pm PT
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Well, I was considering the 1, which your Lady brought up.
That 2 is a solid piece. The drift was mine, sir.
Cheers.
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xtrmecat
Big Wall climber
Kalispell, Montanagonia
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Sep 16, 2012 - 11:02pm PT
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If those don't pan out for you I also have one I could part with. Placed two, maybe three times but never fallen on.
Burly Bob
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Sep 16, 2012 - 11:05pm PT
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did I mention.....
YER....
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Sep 16, 2012 - 11:06pm PT
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fer sure gonna die ANY minute!?!!!!!!6!!!
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the czar
climber
meyers, ca.
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Sep 17, 2012 - 01:24am PT
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sports ltd in tahoe has a few of those fer sale still.
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Michelle
Trad climber
the f*#king peninsula.
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Sep 17, 2012 - 02:44am PT
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Stop slandering this fine piece of engineering I need to make money on. It's bomber.
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MisterE
Social climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 17, 2012 - 05:51pm PT
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Thanks mctwisted and Michelle! Now I can protect that thin parallel crack at the crux of the first pitch of Whodunit.
Now I am certainly NOT going to die...on that route, anyway.
Cheers, the Taco crowd comes through again!
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GBphotog
climber
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I'm also looking for a couple of the the same...WC zero size 2. Michelle or Xtrmecat do you still have one or two you're willing to sell?
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Blue42
climber
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Sep 28, 2015 - 07:42pm PT
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I'm looking for one too! I'll give $50 for a good one! message or email at matthew.p.castelli@gmail.com
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Sep 28, 2015 - 07:47pm PT
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skills or bills?
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Anxious Melancholy
Mountain climber
Between the Depths of Despair & Heights of Folly
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Sep 29, 2015 - 08:39am PT
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Got a Z3 and a couple of Metolious 00s if you're interested.
And a whole slew of Aliens, including the little black one.
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Fish Finder
climber
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Sep 29, 2015 - 09:17am PT
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Jeff
Erics last post was from 2012
someone just bumped the thread
dont you have anything better to do than to follow Eric around and take jabs
its getting old and it makes you look pathetic
whats your deal?
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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Sep 29, 2015 - 09:37am PT
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LOL!!! do i care. Other folks on here say way worse stuff to others than me. I was just stating realty. Your post is in no way any different than mine.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Sep 29, 2015 - 10:01am PT
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Hap-hap birday Medusa!!!!!
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Sep 29, 2015 - 10:18am PT
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Bomber Z3 placement at the top of The Grack:
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MisterE
Gym climber
Being In Sierra Happy Of Place
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 29, 2015 - 06:42pm PT
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You need one like a hole in the head..You gonna take Skip up El Cap? Have you done a El Cap wall?
Shit's about to get real Jeff Constine.
You seem fixated on El Cap, so I guess a 25-pitch, 2000' first ascent with zero aid in the North Cascades will not impress you, nor will the 45-minute water taxi followed by a 2-day approach through slide alder and devil's club - or the 5.11X rating. So bummed I am not adequate because I haven't done "El Cap", but at least we made Alpinist 15. Small consolation, I know
http://www.mountainproject.com/v/the-devils-club/106363896
We didn't even summit, adding to our disgrace.
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MisterE
Gym climber
Being In Sierra Happy Of Place
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 29, 2015 - 09:14pm PT
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Happy Birthday, Bro!!!!1111
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MisterE
Gym climber
Being In Sierra Happy Of Place
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 29, 2015 - 09:18pm PT
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Oooo! A link!
Nice comeback, GDavis!
I am sure your quiver is quite full of equally eloquent responses.
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WBraun
climber
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Sep 29, 2015 - 09:24pm PT
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The stem is very ridged and cam lobes have a very limited range.
They can easily skate out of their placement by the weight of the rope causing a slight walking.
They are scary cams .....
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Sep 30, 2015 - 09:02am PT
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I'm assuming this is the smallest cam ever made:
A good friend of mine used to have what I think is the Smallest Cam Ever Made (or at least the smallest one I've ever seen!).
She was friends with Steve Byrne (mastermind of the original Wired Bliss TCUs) and he made her a key-chain TCU. The thing was about the size and length of my thumb. Totally functional, I suppose.
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Oct 13, 2015 - 06:06am PT
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Is this what you have in mind?
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Oct 13, 2015 - 06:15am PT
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Z1 Barbie-cam in action. Fell off my keys recently and got lost- I'm totally bummed. :(
Anyone know where I can get another one?
Quote Dirtineye: "Here- take this stupid thing- it's just an expensive keychain..."
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couchmaster
climber
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Oct 13, 2015 - 06:35am PT
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The rumor is that Wild Country stopped production of the Zero cams. Some folks think they are the best small cams made and they are seeking them out anywhere they can find them. I'm not all that partial to them myself although they work fine and I have some.
Good luck finding them!
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nutstory
climber
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
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Oct 13, 2015 - 07:03am PT
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It seems you are right; these little wonders are no longer manufactured as they are not mentioned in the Wild Country WorkBook 2016.
The rarest being this one:
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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Oct 13, 2015 - 07:21am PT
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I have 10 of them someone send me for free!! Woo Hoo! you can have them for 150$ each!
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Oct 13, 2015 - 07:55am PT
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I have 10 of them someone send me for free!! Woo Hoo! you can have them for 150$ each
dude Medusa I'll take em all..
you and I are getting ready for the next big wall..
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Oct 13, 2015 - 07:55am PT
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nutstory, well I'll be darned...
Love your pic, justthemaid.
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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Oct 13, 2015 - 08:12am PT
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Nipping at Erik's heels is super lame Farouk.
I got the impression you were way cooler than that?? :)
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Nov 30, 2015 - 01:50pm PT
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Z1 Barbie-cam in action. Fell off my keys recently and got lost- I'm totally bummed. :(
Anyone know where I can get another one?
I found a couple for sale...Do ya still need one Just the Maid??
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