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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Topic Author's Original Post - Dec 18, 2014 - 02:44pm PT
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Found this ad in the latest Rock and Ice.
"Shout with a tiny voice: 'Help me, Climbird!'"
Huh?
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WBraun
climber
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Dec 18, 2014 - 02:48pm PT
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Cheater stick attachment for placing gear out of ones reach ......
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Dec 18, 2014 - 02:51pm PT
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What would be really cool is to hook it up with a little servo motor and an arduino with a mic and a little dsp for speech recognition for basic commands.
"Help Climbird" -- it slowly extends.
"Oh shit!" -- it quickly extends
"F..." -- same
and so on.
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Dec 18, 2014 - 02:51pm PT
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Oh, I am definitely going to add "Help me, Climbird!" to my list of annoying climbing catch phrases, only I won't be using a tiny voice.
Not that I'll be using a Climbird.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Dec 18, 2014 - 02:52pm PT
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Does it come with a ten foot eyeball extension to see if your cam is good?
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John Mac
Trad climber
Littleton, CO
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Dec 18, 2014 - 02:54pm PT
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This has to be some sort of April Fools joke, right?
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WBraun
climber
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Dec 18, 2014 - 02:55pm PT
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In that video above.
Did you see how she placed that cam?
Holy sh!t .....
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Dec 18, 2014 - 02:56pm PT
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Too fn funny. It has to be a joke.
edit: at work, can't view the video.
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 18, 2014 - 02:56pm PT
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I wouldn't have yarded on it. It was barely in there!
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LearningTrad
Trad climber
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Dec 18, 2014 - 02:58pm PT
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I know suicide is not a joke, but if this is real, it makes me want to eat a bullet right now.
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WBraun
climber
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Dec 18, 2014 - 03:01pm PT
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It's actually pretty cool invention.
It has its purpose like all things ......
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Onewhowalksonrocks
Mountain climber
In the middle of the ocean
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Dec 18, 2014 - 03:02pm PT
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That person seams to be proud of this tool.
I for one think if you need to cheat your on the wrong climb.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Dec 18, 2014 - 03:04pm PT
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New thread idea:
'Would you actually climb with someone using Da Climbird?'
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Dec 18, 2014 - 03:07pm PT
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'Would you actually climb with someone using Da Climbird?'
As someone who is not too proud to admit that he has financially supported Da Brim, Da Climbird is still an emphatic no!
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Dec 18, 2014 - 03:16pm PT
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That thing works pretty well for cupping also....
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jonnyrig
climber
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Dec 18, 2014 - 03:20pm PT
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It's all short-sighted. In the modern age of electronics and gadgets, what they need to invent is a climbing robot with gecko hands or suction cups or something that can drag at least 50 ft of rope, place a cam or a nut or such, with video and remote operation on an android or iphone platform, and has an integral roll-up solar charger for the LI battery. Best of all you could use the voice-to-text feature. Man, that would be great fun when auto-correct kicks in!
Maybe a cam placing stick-clip attachment for one of those hovering drones?
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son of stan
Boulder climber
San Jose CA
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Dec 18, 2014 - 03:22pm PT
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Hey its someones dream come true and probably dreaming in chinese and translated to english later on the web page. lol
When install cam between cracks: 5. Adjust the length of pole shaft as crack height to installing.
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Dec 18, 2014 - 03:24pm PT
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I've also been enjoying the Engrish in the ad. Though based off the videos I believe it's a Korean product, not Chinese.
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paul roehl
Boulder climber
california
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Dec 18, 2014 - 03:35pm PT
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Technology: always producing the unexpected.
How do you get back to 1972?
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Dec 18, 2014 - 03:46pm PT
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Werner, if you're not comfortable with that cam placement, you should look into this for more solid anchors... fast forward to 1:30 into the video:
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Dec 18, 2014 - 03:55pm PT
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Not sure I'd get one for cupping. There seems to be a lot of yanking to get it off.
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MisterE
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Dec 18, 2014 - 03:58pm PT
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The clipping in of the rope and carabiner in the first video to the 2nd to the bottom loop of the aider is just baffling ...
WTF?
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Dec 18, 2014 - 04:42pm PT
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That thing is sick!
And I'm not even an aid climber.
Doubles as a backscratcher or superfatty roach clip.
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alannamal
climber
B.C.
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Dec 18, 2014 - 07:41pm PT
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Climbird, whaat? This is why I look at Supertopo every day! Fantastic.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
in the oil patch...Fricken Bakken, that's where
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Dec 18, 2014 - 08:27pm PT
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Madness.
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Dec 18, 2014 - 08:48pm PT
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Even as fat and old as I am I think I would just jam up till standing on that giant foothold and place my first piece......and, oh yeah.. it would be good.
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WBraun
climber
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Dec 18, 2014 - 08:53pm PT
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You can give it to your back seat driver wife so when she freaks out while you're imitating NASCAR maneuvers in your Prius
so she reach the ignition keys and turn off your engine ......
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 19, 2014 - 07:46am PT
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NutAgain - I'd tie off to that. But...can it be put on a cheater stick?
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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Dec 19, 2014 - 08:00am PT
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Opens up opportunity to become sport trad!
Great idea....
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