Anyone want some old school rigid shaft friends?

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zip

Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 23, 2017 - 10:44am PT
2 #.5
3 #1
1 #1.5
2 #2
2 #2.5
1 #3
Price is whatever they are worth to you.

Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Jan 23, 2017 - 11:01am PT
What sort of shape are the .5 friends in and are they the aluminum or titanium versions?

I would be interested in those two depending on your response.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jan 23, 2017 - 11:16am PT
ONLY if you throw in the heater!
zip

Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 23, 2017 - 11:18am PT
Steve, it does not appear they are aluminum.
Condition? Fair?

Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
Jan 23, 2017 - 11:59am PT
Looks like they got a lot of loving over the years.
Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Jan 23, 2017 - 12:07pm PT
Hey zip,

Check your email and let me know if my offer works for you.

Cheers
zip

Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 23, 2017 - 01:42pm PT
Steve,
never got your e mail.
blairw0@aol.com

Cosmics rack?-------BRUTAL!
Steve Grossman

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Jan 23, 2017 - 03:14pm PT
Is that a zero in your email address?
zip

Trad climber
pacific beach, ca
Topic Author's Reply - Jan 23, 2017 - 03:23pm PT
yes it is
Dick Danger

Trad climber
Lakewood, Colorado
Jan 23, 2017 - 03:54pm PT
You guys are a bunch of f*#king gear snobs. Nothing wrong with those 'old' rigid Friends. I still use mine all the time... Trust them as much as any of the new, sexy-looking gear... Maybe more.
Gunkie

Trad climber
Valles Marineris
Jan 23, 2017 - 04:21pm PT
Nothing wrong with those 'old' rigid Friends. I still use mine all the time... Trust them as much as any of the new, sexy-looking gear... Maybe more.

Me too particularly in the Gunks where a tied off rigid Friend can take falls forever if tied-off. These new cable cams go bad after a few bombs over an edge and forget hanging belays while bending the stems out of a horizontal for an hour. However, I guess you get a nice rear view mirror ornament.
Edge

Trad climber
Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO
Jan 23, 2017 - 05:03pm PT
As a young man I had rigid stems, but alas, they are now flexible.

Like shooting pool with a piece of rope at times.
Clint Cummins

Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
Jan 23, 2017 - 05:51pm PT
I still use mine, too.
I'd offer, but I already have 4-8 of each size!
The #1.5 and higher would sell for $20-25 each on ebay a few years back when I bought them there.
Ksolem

Trad climber
Monrovia, California
Jan 23, 2017 - 05:59pm PT
Back in the Gunks we used those things in horizontals, often the stem would stick out most of its length. The trick was to tie a loop of thin perlon through the slot where the trigger bar runs and clip that...

Clint Cummins

Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
Jan 23, 2017 - 07:28pm PT
I think you meant perlon threaded through one of the holes on the
shaft between the axle and the trigger bar slot.
Ksolem

Trad climber
Monrovia, California
Jan 23, 2017 - 07:38pm PT
Yes, exactly. Been a while...
SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
Jan 23, 2017 - 08:05pm PT

If you don't get any bites for them here, try Mountainproject.com.
the Fet

climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
Jan 23, 2017 - 11:38pm PT

Jan 23, 2017 - 05:03pm PT
As a young man I had rigid stems, but alas, they are now flexible.

These old school friends are on viagara.
Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber
Out Of Bed
Jan 24, 2017 - 12:15am PT
They are competitive in weight and action to any of the "disposable" stuff you can buy new today.
Why are you giving up on trustable tools?I have whipped and re-used solid stem cams repeatedly.
Some times you can do that with a cabled stem, sometimes,
But not often.
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