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sonoran climbing gear
Trad climber
AZ
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 16, 2012 - 12:41pm PT
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New product from Sonoran Climbing Gear... Stop losing cams, retrieve lost cams and extend your reach! The Cam-Extractor is made out of aircraft grade aluminum, stainless steel tubing and high carbon piano wire. It comes in two different lengths, 30" and 18" and is proudly made in the USA. Check out our website sonoranclimbinggear.com or find us on Facebook. [photo[photoid=268282]id=268281]
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 16, 2012 - 12:50pm PT
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Looks like a good back scratcher, too.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Oct 16, 2012 - 12:56pm PT
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Yep...two of those on my harness along with my two belay devices, belay gloves, utility knife, two daisy chains and six cordelletes....good to go! Ooops, can't forget to jump off and test the belay. Now where is that walki talki? Must be next to my GPS.
Does look like a handy tool to have on standby.
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Oct 16, 2012 - 01:03pm PT
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It does look nicely made.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Oct 16, 2012 - 01:09pm PT
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Modularize it with this, and you'll be on to something...
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j-tree
Big Wall climber
Classroom to crag to summer camp
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Oct 16, 2012 - 01:17pm PT
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$110? seems a bit pricey.
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bigwall shitter
Social climber
the wild west
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Oct 16, 2012 - 01:37pm PT
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at the low price of $117 per unit I'm sure they're selling like hotcakes!
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Hardman Knott
Gym climber
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley, Ca
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Oct 16, 2012 - 01:37pm PT
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For those who climb at Lovers Leap, this could be like a modern-day gold rush!
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brotherbbock
Trad climber
Alta Loma, CA
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Oct 16, 2012 - 01:46pm PT
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Wait for the "I was impaled by my Cam Extractor" threads to start.
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Jingy
climber
Somewhere out there
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Oct 16, 2012 - 01:53pm PT
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Looks like something invented by the military for use at Guantanamo Bay Cuba
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Oct 16, 2012 - 01:53pm PT
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You sure that's not just one of them gigs for getting olives out the jar?
Looks like an impalement waiting to happen. The upside is, when that 30" job hooks your hamstring tendon, it will just rip it right out...wait, is that an upside?
In 20 years, I've lost one cam and needed more than a single nut tool to clean maybe five. Sounds like a solution looking for a problem to me.
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Texplorer
Trad climber
Sacramento
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Oct 16, 2012 - 02:35pm PT
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I still like the original cam extractor.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Oct 16, 2012 - 02:37pm PT
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$110? seems a bit pricey.
Could buy a few used cams for that price.
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OR
Trad climber
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Oct 16, 2012 - 03:07pm PT
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It looks beautifully made. Apply you skills to something that people actually need and you will be wealthy.....or you are already wealthy and this is a labor of love. That makes a bit more sense.
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Oct 16, 2012 - 03:26pm PT
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LIKE! Sonoran climber, what is the smallerst crack that your device will fit?
2 Leeper Friend of a Friend.
Thanks for sharing that.
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sonoran climbing gear
Trad climber
AZ
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 16, 2012 - 04:10pm PT
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1/2 inch. Here is a photo of a cam from the mid 70's we took out using the cam-extractor. The thing had been deep into a crack for years and nobody could get it out. I obviously don't think we'll be re-using this "artifact" but it gives you an idea of the possibilities. Take a cam-extractor to Indian Creek, Utah and you'll have your entire trip paid for in used cams in half a day. We'd love to get the price lowered but if you want the highest quality parts machined in the United States, it isn't cheap. Hope you like it.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 16, 2012 - 04:12pm PT
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I obviously don't think we'll be re-using this "artifact"
I guess you haven't seen my rack.
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crasic
climber
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Oct 16, 2012 - 05:21pm PT
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40 years? I highly doubt that forged friend has been in that crack since before the mid 80's
Hell, I'm only 22 and I have a few forged friends on my rack :\
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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Oct 16, 2012 - 05:25pm PT
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Here is a photo of a cam from the mid 70's we took out using the cam-extractor. The thing had been deep into a crack for 40 years and nobody could get it out.
Not likely. Late 80's or so.
Wild Country cams weren't available in the mid 70's, FWIW.
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