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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Dec 19, 2017 - 05:17pm PT
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This is what Polish Moose protection looks like:
Moose... Bison... same thing when it’s dark enough and you’ve had enough booze. In any case, doable with or without nuts.
And Terry: have you considered cosmetic surgery for that cat?
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TWP
Trad climber
Mancos, CO & Bend, OR
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Dec 19, 2017 - 08:56pm PT
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What cat? Honey is a Pugel - a cross between a Pug and a Beagle.
I post a more flattering picture of Honey with her kill to make her dogness obvious.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Dec 20, 2017 - 07:54pm PT
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Passive protection will always have its place . . . I don't know of any cams that will replace old #0-4 Stoppers and RP's.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Dec 20, 2017 - 08:01pm PT
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The death of craft and it's not just nostalgia - limiting your options by not taking nuts is just stupid. Maybe you can get away with this on some granite, but anywhere else I can't imaging leaving the ground without my HB doubles. I'll take a good nut over a cam every single time.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Dec 20, 2017 - 08:20pm PT
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I like climbing with my nuts in my mouth. Try that with a blue Camalot...
And you can leave your cams in the car for this one...
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Scole
Trad climber
Zapopan
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Dec 21, 2017 - 08:23am PT
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In my experience, cams can not always be relied on in alpine conditions. Multiple times I have been forced to hang in a desperate position as I tried to thaw a cam enough to hold even its own weight. I am confident that most of these placements were purely psychological protection, as they would never have expanded quickly enough to hold a fall.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Dec 21, 2017 - 08:34am PT
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So, have springs'n things replaced tools you need to know how to use? No!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Dec 21, 2017 - 08:49am PT
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Every so often a tied off pin or two can come in handy.
It’s a rainy day down here in Patagonia.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Dec 21, 2017 - 08:52am PT
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Hey! Don't tell any one 'specially in the 'Junks', I still swing a hammer.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Dec 21, 2017 - 09:02am PT
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All I can say is that I quite often lead a pitch and only place cams, but rarely, if ever, do I do a whole pitch and only place nuts. However, a sweet nut placement should not be ignored. But I never carry hexes.
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