RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Oct 28, 2012 - 12:07am PT
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The last 2 posts sum it up pretty good I'd say.
I think that rubber crack gloves could add that needed protection in the situation Bruce presents.
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Oct 28, 2012 - 08:24am PT
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This is after a week of climbing in JTree. None of us used tape. Guy on the left had a ton of technique and experience. Guy on the right had a fair bit of experience but not the greatest hand crack technique (also he took a fall coming off Intersection Rock during a drunken kegger).
It's like anything else - if you let your equipment substitute for technique you'll never develop the technique.
Do you know which way is north right now or do you need to check the GPS?
Do you know your climbing partner's cell phone number or do you have to look it up in your own phone?
Can you climb a 150 foot hand crack without bleeding out or do you have to tape up like a mummy?
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Oct 28, 2012 - 08:31am PT
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Word, Oplapanax.
Plus, bleeding is good for you. It insures that your blood is always fresh.
;-)
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BuddhaStalin
climber
Truckee, CA
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Oct 28, 2012 - 08:34am PT
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It's like anything else - if you let your equipment substitute for technique you'll never develop the technique.
Word to this here^^^
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Norwegian
Trad climber
Placerville, California
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Oct 28, 2012 - 08:36am PT
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dude jah,
i wont hope gloves,
my shite is always slippin off
reality 'nd we could use
a better purchase
so's the alter-economy
can thrive,
and maybe then i can believe
is something bigger
than a can o' natural light,
be right back,
i'll be gone forever,
but forever is weath
and im broke and
by the way im the president
of the stongest sorrow
in the world
and when i wave my economical wand
the satans and jesus' and buddhas
and even hitler,
they all lay down at my feet and beg for change
see, im me.
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kennyt
climber
Woodfords,California
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Oct 28, 2012 - 08:48am PT
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Jebus H Bomz
climber
Reno, Nuh VAAAA duh
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Oct 28, 2012 - 08:51am PT
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I think I just got a boner.
You can call me Lacy, cowboy.
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BuddhaStalin
climber
Truckee, CA
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Oct 28, 2012 - 09:50am PT
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Those gloves only help if theyre red or black
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Eric Beck
Sport climber
Bishop, California
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Oct 28, 2012 - 09:56am PT
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Wifey says she gets a tremendous feeling of power with her crack gloves.
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Cosmiccragsman
Trad climber
AKA Dwain, from Apple Valley, Ca. and Vegas!
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Oct 28, 2012 - 11:32am PT
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Locker KNOWS about...
CRACK GLOVES!!!
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Oct 28, 2012 - 12:03pm PT
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Cosmic! That one is great!
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Oct 28, 2012 - 12:48pm PT
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^^^^^^^^
my eyes!!! the horror!!!
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PSP also PP
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Oct 28, 2012 - 12:55pm PT
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The better your technique the less need for hand jammies. The better your feet the less pressure on your hands. Yadda yadda
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Oct 28, 2012 - 01:27pm PT
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hahahahaha Cosmic, bad news for Locker- she doesn't have great technique!
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Cosmiccragsman
Trad climber
AKA Dwain, from Apple Valley, Ca. and Vegas!
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Oct 28, 2012 - 01:33pm PT
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Do you use a GLOVE when you crack climb, Vitaliy????
:)
Edit: I got the PISTOL you sent me the other Day, Vitaliy.
I can't wait to get out and try it soon.
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ImplicitD
Trad climber
Boise
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 10, 2012 - 10:50pm PT
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Wow, 56 thats pretty good.
Sunny but cold up here today, went bouldering around 4:30, it was like 34 degrees...but sunny.
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JLP
Social climber
The internet
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Nov 10, 2012 - 11:13pm PT
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Guy on the left had a ton of technique and experience. Guy on the right had a fair bit of experience but not the greatest hand crack technique
Reality: Guy on the left was climbing routes that were easy for him. Guy on the right was climbing routes that were hard for him.
Fact: If you are working on routes that are hard for you and you are not taped, you will bleed, scar and be forced to climb less for fewer days.
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John Butler
Social climber
SLC, Utah
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Nov 14, 2012 - 06:57am PT
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Tape and Hand Jammies are aid?
Next thing yer gunna tell me is that standing on a cam hook is aid
;-)
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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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Nov 14, 2012 - 07:10am PT
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What did Reardon say? "Naked, chalkless onsighting is climbing. Everything else is a compromise."
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