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Gunkie
Trad climber
East Coast US
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Apr 25, 2013 - 04:39pm PT
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Apr 25, 2013 - 04:55pm PT
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Have had those ring hooks for several months now. Stable hook, wide range, and style points. Worth a go but as Russ said, they aren't as strong as the originals...
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crunch
Social climber
CO
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Apr 25, 2013 - 07:31pm PT
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I have a set of the Pika hooks. They were only available for a short while and I was way too cheap to buy them but then won a set in a raffle at Neptunes. Three sizes. Two orientations. The hook end was twisted to either sit along a small edge, or left straight to fit into a thin crack, hole or pocket.
Love 'em!
Th Fish Hooks look burly, but maybe a tad heavy for how much use they get?
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Captain...or Skully
climber
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Apr 26, 2013 - 01:33am PT
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I, too sport a buncha Pika gear. Big Ibises, a bunch of Toucans. I dig 'em.
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thebravecowboy
Social climber
Colorado Plateau
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I have an Ibis hook, similar to yours Crusher, that a tradesman in SLC made for me. I found a smaller hook of similar design, though lacking the stabilizing lateral fins in a slot in UT. Great tool for technical canyons or sketchy solo explorations where a drill kit is too heavy or uncool or whatever. I understand that these are most often utilized in upward progression but I most commonly employ them as a janky and retreivable 'anchor' for descent. I also use them to back up meat belays in canyons quite often. Wonderful tools methinks. It is always a tad awkward though, to lead with one on the harness. They are essentially giant meathooks after all. I keep my big one sheathed in an old webbing sleeve to ease my mind.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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May 17, 2013 - 01:52am PT
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BITD we used to call that a "ring angle claw," not a hook
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