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up2top
Big Wall climber
Phoenix, AZ
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Feb 18, 2005 - 10:30am PT
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Nope. BD is out of the ledge business.
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clustiere
Big Wall climber
running springs, ca
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Feb 18, 2005 - 12:09pm PT
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Anybody , how did that happen , they had the most convienient ledge on the market??
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ricardo
Gym climber
San Francisco, CA
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Feb 18, 2005 - 12:45pm PT
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Which ledge to buy? -- the question comes up all the time .. and there are some really good products out there ..
i'm going to be in the market for a new ledge+fly this year ..
the top contenders in my book are (all doubles -- i alrady have a single)
Fish
A5 Anker
Metolious
.. what i need to do is make a chart that has compares weight.
all of these portaledges are probably ok in the ease of setup.. and probably all of them would do fine in a storm on el cap .. so the only real deciding factor is weight.
(this is of course assuming that money is no object)
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Mungeclimber
Social climber
N. California
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Feb 18, 2005 - 01:02pm PT
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I ain't doing yer werk for ya.
Though for testing purposes, see if you can get to a firestation and ask them to hose you down.
LOL!!! (with the ledge and fly of course)
;)
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couchmaster
climber
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Apr 29, 2007 - 11:41am PT
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What did you decide?
Did Pete finish the review or is he still workin on it? Maybe he writes slow too:-)
Regards:
Bill
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Oakville, Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 29, 2007 - 12:16pm PT
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I don't know if you can find it on Gripped's website or not.
What I remember is that the Pika was pretty nice, better than I expected. About the only piece of Pika gear I've used that I like, so much of their stuff I don't like.
Metolius is definitely easiest to set up, for those who bother to set up and take apart ledges. With this one you have to because the spreader bar won't let you flag the ledge. I don't like the spreader bar - I'm not that heavy, and when lying on the ledge I could sometimes feel it, though in hindsight I may not have had the bed tension tight enough.
Anker's ledge is superb, of course, and superbly expensive, though you get a choice of cheaper flies if you like. He didn't include a set of instructions with the ledge, and I missed the bit about the rubber bumpers against the wall which are definitely a good idea.
I use a Fish Double, and have done so for over 300 nights on the Big Stone, though it wasn't in the review.
If you find the review, you have to find Conrad's letter to the editor in the next edition! He gave me arguably the best big wall insult-moniker-poke/jab ever! I laughed my ass off!
Cheers,
Dr. Piton
BWP
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