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BoKu
Trad climber
Douglas Flat, CA
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Oct 25, 2008 - 11:43pm PT
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I dropped Spyork's Camalot #4 from near the top of the first pitch of The Caverns last year. I bought him a new one and kept the one I dropped. I inspected it closely, dressed some of the nicks with chainsaw file, and pull-tested it to 1/2 its rating with the Break-O-Tron. It held fine, and now it's on my rack and everyone's happy.
Bob "BoKu" K.
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Euroford
Trad climber
chicago
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Oct 26, 2008 - 06:30am PT
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dropped a 1.5 dmm 4cu from 5 pitches up the diamond. went all the way down. pete was on boardway when i bumbled it and saw where it landed, so two days later he picked it up on the hike out. he bumped into my now girlfriend on the hike out and gave it too her. she had it for 6 months or so before i made it back over to her place to pick it up.
now the poor thing is back on my rack and livin life nicely.
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perswig
climber
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Oct 26, 2008 - 10:16am PT
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You better visit her more than every 6 months, or she ain't gonna be your GF much longer.
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Dr. Rock
Ice climber
http://tinyurl.com/4oa5br
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Oct 26, 2008 - 12:36pm PT
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I think he was hoping his GF would use it.
If you replace it, then you don't climb thinkin "is that cam gonna hold when I fall?"
That right there is worth the price of admision.
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Euroford
Trad climber
chicago
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Oct 26, 2008 - 01:20pm PT
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well, at the time, she wasn't my girlfriend. didn't become so until at least a year after that.
but its ultra cool that my girlfriend hiked out to chasm view to see my working my way up the diamond.
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kwit
climber
california
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 26, 2008 - 04:15pm PT
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yeah, you're right dr. rock. its now-former owner won't use it, but i was thinking about adding it to my own rack...after coughing up the $$ for a sparkly new model that i'd have to hand over immediately .
and i haven't yet been able to figure how to make the compromised one into something useful like, uh, either jewelry, maybe a jetsons-style planter, retro cookware, or maybe an industrial-punk bikini. i'll work on it. suggestions welcome.
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