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I can only understand this opinion if you usually operate a cam supported on your hand palm. Otherwise, you have a loop for your thumb! Just like in another widely used cam brands. mike the flaw in the thumb design is that your thumb is pressing against a soft material, and its hard to figure out how to position your hand when the stem flares out at the end where the sling is. I have placed and led routes with pretty much every cam out there, using the thumb methtod. I will say that your cams place very well and seem to have great holding power in what other cams might have marginal placement. However, I cannot see using these until they have a better thumb rest for placing quickly on lead.

Bill does that mean I should just post these babies up for sale in the yard sale and buying us some beer instead of giving them back?

Not sure how many of you other pDx'rs got the groupon to club sport, I work like a block away and am looking for some belay partners. Lead or TR, if you dont have your lead cert....we will get it. Hit me back.

Borrowed bills totem cams for some free climbing this weekend. They are terribly difficult to place on lead. I could see them being good for aid only. Getting them off your rack and your thumb on that stupid thumb trigger is dificult and time consuming. Wont purcahse them. But they did place well once they were situated in my hand propperly.

Hey Ivan/Eric and I climbed Jensens Ridge this last weekend. When you finish the 11a pitch that makes you want to puke you are right below a set of double cracks that are crappy looking. Ivan/Eric explained that is the regular way to finish. To the left of these is a beautiful arcing and overhanging fist to hand crack that arc left to right and joins the standard finish. I climbed it and it was amazing....anyone else wanna help with a grade? I didnt onsight so I beleive it would be harder to do it without hanging or falling. Thinking 10c/d?

BEAUTIFUL week ahead....lets get some people out at rocky, carver, madrone.....ect. Who wants to rope up? TR or Lead. I cant today but would love to tuesday and wednesday!

lets do it!

BUMP Today

voyage of the cow dog the 2nd pitch is one of my favorite at smith. one of a kind, in an incredible setting. almost 360 views of the entire area.

I can leave friday night and I want to climb all day saturday. I can climb most of sunday but I need to be back in pdx to drink beer and slam demo tools into plywood. Stoked for bout anything. but prefer obscure. No smith trips. Would even climb aid. Thinking barad dur on wolf or the other 5.9 a2 route on steins. taking applications. Send me pm.

going to be nice.....anyone up for some laps after work?

try the super taco

I am in. check your PM's. I got bailed on.

Shit wouold have joined you. Found a partner for trout instead. Hope your find someone!

Anyone want to do a day trip to trout? I can drive. pm me thanks, Bryan Schmitz

pm sent on snowshoes

Weather looks like it is going to coperate. So skander and I will have a TR over on the drytool lines and then head over and get some rock laps in with bill. Hope to see some of you out there!

that mine!

if its dry I'll do both

tell dark, brign yer head light

Skander and I will be dorking around with our tools tomorrow night at rocky butte. We are leaving work at 5:00pm. Interested alpiners show up. Should be at rocky by 530/545.

Hey yall, moving to portland. Job strts monday. Searching on craigslist. Let me know if anyone is looking. Prefer: NoPo, or SE Cheers, Bryan Schmitz

yeah thats what I thought at first, maybe they share the same start, but I think its about twenty feet right. I really wish there was a photo that shows RPM, and then the regular starts to O/S. I was pretty ripped at the time and I just was climbing, straight up! None of this meandering BS looking for gear, lol. But yeah I guess I deserve some shit for getting off track on the first pitch.

anybody know of anything that goes pretty much straight up from the tree to the main ledge?

no.....like one that shows all the variation that have been done, but thanks for the google link, didnt know what a google was. you wanna spray me, lets do it in spray, not when I have a real question. I have the guidebook you d bag.