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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 22, 2008 - 10:31pm PT
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I just received my new CU Belay Glasses a few days ago and got a chance to try them out today at the Gorge. As promised, here's my unbiased semi-professional opinion with a shot of them in action.
They are great I must say. Super clear image. Exquisite workmanship. Lightweight. And the "looking noble carrying case" is well, pretty darn cool too.
Everybody who tried them on thought they was the shiznit as well.
I didn't even have to bend my neck to freak out during the leader's sketchfest....
http://www.powernplay.com/pi1/pd1.html
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WBraun
climber
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Mar 22, 2008 - 10:59pm PT
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You should have had that rope around your waist as a hip belay to freak em out, just like ole TM, used to do.
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nick d
Trad climber
nm
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Mar 22, 2008 - 11:09pm PT
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I am waiting until they come out with the kaliedescope version!
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WoodySt
Trad climber
Riverside
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Mar 22, 2008 - 11:09pm PT
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Don't need em; I keep my eyes shut.
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 22, 2008 - 11:18pm PT
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A hip belay like TM...like all of us back in the day!
Good idea though. I'm getting tired of "holding people" while they "practice the moves". Maybe the hip belay will change their minds about practicing too much.
Damn, you're still a genius WB!
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Mar 22, 2008 - 11:48pm PT
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what tha?
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Fletcher
Trad climber
Varied locales along the time and space continuum
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Mar 23, 2008 - 12:20am PT
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Lookin' something like a cross between a Rutger Hauer and Christopher Lloyd character, John! I suspect that's a good thing. :-)
Those puppies are 97.50 Euros... that's about $150.... they'd better be crystal clear at that price.
Fletch
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Mar 23, 2008 - 12:25am PT
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I'd need to modify them with a flap of black tape for when Woody is leading.
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nevenneve
Trad climber
St. Paul, MN
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Mar 23, 2008 - 01:24am PT
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Any review on the flipside at the bar afterwards?
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SteveW
Trad climber
Denver, CO
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Mar 23, 2008 - 02:01pm PT
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Do they have the warning "objects may appear closer than
they look" on the glasses? (Sort of like the warning
on your passenger-side mirror on the auto. . .
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Jay Wood
Trad climber
Fairfax, CA
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Mar 23, 2008 - 02:45pm PT
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Does the sketching leader look, in effect, upside down?
Oh, I see- w/ double reflection it corrects.
OK, what about that statement on the car mirror?
"Objects are closer than they appear" --- Do you find that to be true?
I don't. If I look in the mirror to see if there's room to change lane right, and see a car, it might look like there's not enough room, but when I turn my head and look, there is actually more room- the car is further away than I thought.
So the true statement would be 'Objects in mirror are further than they appear'.
Agree/ disagree?
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bachar
Gym climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 23, 2008 - 03:13pm PT
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Nothing is upside down. Rotating your head makes the rock "tilt" like a rocking boat or something. If you look straight on and face directly towards the rock, then everything looks "normal" - just like you were looking straight up at the climber.
Climbers are pretty much the same size as in normal vision but the whole scene is slightly "cropped" - and amazingly you can see quite a bit around the climber.
The image is completely crystal clear, I mean it's clean.
They did a pretty damn good design job on these babies I have to say. They even put my name on them - JOHN in orange letters.
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Ouch!
climber
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Mar 23, 2008 - 03:54pm PT
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WBraun
climber
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Mar 23, 2008 - 07:51pm PT
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Hahahahaha LOL
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MisterE
Social climber
My Inner Nut
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Mar 24, 2008 - 10:27am PT
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Funny, Ouch.
yeah, the glasses thing. I am wondering about bright days that require sunglasses, personally...
Cool idea, though!
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Flanders!
Trad climber
June Lake, CA
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Mar 24, 2008 - 12:54pm PT
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John,
you might consider flossing first
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Nate D
climber
San Francisco
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Mar 24, 2008 - 01:17pm PT
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prescription available?
sunglass versions?
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Mar 24, 2008 - 01:21pm PT
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I think the dwarf version had a mirrored surface, no?
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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Mar 24, 2008 - 09:51pm PT
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Way too funny!
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
Lake Oswego, Oregon
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Mar 24, 2008 - 10:04pm PT
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Dwarf... I'm stayin' out of this one!
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cab
Sport climber
Littleton, CO
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Jun 18, 2008 - 11:21am PT
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I want these!
Can you give me an idea on how to order them? It states cash in advance, but I can't decipher if this is a mailing address or bank that I am supposed to deposit the money too.
Has anyone else bought these?
Cash in advance
Your order will be shipped as soon as the invocing amount is in our account: Albi Schneider Volksbank Solling eG KtoNr.: 6811000 BLZ: 26261693 IBAN: DE60 2626 1693 0006 8110 00 BIC: GENODEF1HDG
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juanito_sev
climber
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May 16, 2009 - 02:17am PT
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hello, I´m going to make these glasses. And I need something help me send me to e-mail some photos with diferents angles. Please help me!!
This is mi e-mail: juanito696@hotmail.com
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
the greasewood ghetto
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May 16, 2009 - 03:11am PT
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Rajmit can hook you up .
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ct
climber
CO
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May 16, 2009 - 11:06am PT
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I've been wanting something exactly like this for a while now. Brilliant design, very nice and clean.
Bachar, how did you get a pair of these (engraved, no less!!). Would love to bust these out at the crag to stares of envy all round...
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Moof
Big Wall climber
A cube at my soul sucking job in Oregon
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Jul 14, 2009 - 12:12pm PT
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Bump, for my personal favorite Ouch-ified Bachar pic.
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Jul 14, 2009 - 12:32pm PT
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Thanks moof. That's an Ouch! I missed first time around.
classic.
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Ragz
climber
Tartarus, black hole of the internet
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Bump for two greats
Ouch & Bachar
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Make that three.
Woody showed up here too. I was just rereading the book he recommended last night.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
Will know soon
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Dec 21, 2009 - 03:50am PT
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Climbing at the International Indoor Gym here in Antwerp Friday when I saw a guy actually using these (the walls are high.) I really wanted to take his pic, but for once I was intimidated......he had a growl on his face and was covered with tatoos....at first I thought they were lycra he was wearing.
Anyway, I thought of John and his Thread and couldn't get him out of my mind. Thinking of JB's family and friends and their first Holiday's without him, which led to Ouch.......So my thoughts and prayers are with you all. Been there. May Peace reign in your hearts. Lynne
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Controlled4Folly
Social climber
Carmichael
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I am looking for higher sources of inspiration. Will they block subtle psychic energies?
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pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
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medusa uses em so they must be even more kool!
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Jul 22, 2017 - 08:06pm PT
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Just watched the movie "Bucket List" with Jack Nicholsen and there were the Belay Glasses.
All these years later.....missing two awesome people. A person that helped me transition into Life Part 2 as well as our wonderful Ouch. Dudes, Love and Peace.
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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Jul 22, 2017 - 09:39pm PT
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Yet another reminder that PHOTOBUCKET SUCKS
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