Cobra_Commander

CBS has been waiting his entire life for just this thread, don't spoil it for him.

I'm ordering some Hip Maternity & Baby (Winter Clearance!)

so much free sean john clothing! Seeing how google ads are targeted, that's some funny commentary on this site's patrons.

no shit Scurlock

well just rent a suite in the stadium then. you would have a nice lawn.

arosed jackov partner yet? I gym sport wood climb, jackov

I believe "just a little" was their conclusion. It is nice to have such easy access to individuals like Long who have put so much time into this. But to be honest, I found his anchor book (admittedly an old version) to be overly complicated, perhaps causing new climbers to be overly focused on anchor building and less focused on equally important safety issues. It is nice to see such openness to change however, and he seems like a great guy with obviously a ton of practical experience.

I have not seen it online but was given a presentation of it at a Rigging for Rescue seminar. The data may have been presented at ITRS at some point. I'll see if I can find it. The Trango device mimics what was called the "Load Distributing Anchor" used by a number of rescue units and featured in "On Rope" the classic caver's vertical techniques book. It looks like it is doing something when you shift the load around, but in reality, it's not doing much according to R for R, who usually is fairly cautious in making these statements.

I realize all of that as I have read the thread. I agree with Matt that I would still run away if I saw some of those rube goldberg anchors used. to add: I can't believe people continue to bring up that Trango alpine equalizer or similar home-brew rigs. Rigging for Rescue did plenty of testing of this setup and it just does not do anything close to equalization, and it's damn complicated. They even substituted the biners for pulleys, still no good. But here it is, yet again.

My AMGA comment was more to illustrate the sheer volume of use the cordolette has seen, (and taken big falls) yet one doesn't hear about anchors failing all over the world because of it. It was not suggesting an AMGA endorsement, simply that it has seen heavy use w/o consequence. Perhaps there is a stronger method of linking pieces together. However there is something to be said for a very simple and clean power point that can be clipped and cleaned quickly, and w/o error. Of course it is important to be open to new data, as you suggest.

hah perhaps, perhaps

was there a story on that page? I was busy watching the MacBook Pro ad(s)

Clearly if you use a cordolette you are going to die. Those AMGA guys have been dropping like flies!

I thought the climbing sucked too. Run out iron nubbin pinching on slab? In a nice wind? SWEET!

I say with 100% honesty that guy would not be out of place at rocky butte.

that doesn't look complicated at all

That would be the "president" based on this morning's press "conference".

or apparently act like an oxygen-starved baboon

Let's not get carried away now.

In JayZ's Delorien he uses a FunkmasterFLEX capacitor, and it uses Jiggawatts instead of jigawatts. don't forget the diamond-encrusted autographed nutsack hanging from the towing hitch.

That number doesn't mean much to me without knowing the sheer number of people frequenting that terrain. It's similar to building a high-speed tram network into the North Cascades. There would be a hut perched on Mt. Fury.

Lift skiing is fun. A lot of fun. I had a phenomenal, deep day today on the lifts, bombing down steep, loaded terrain. I repeat lift skiing is fun. That said, who wants to be skiing the lifts in April? April is one of those months where you can't figure out what you want do because there are so many options. Steep corn skiing? Check. Long ski tours with easy travel? Check. Alpine climbing? Check. Sunny cragging? Check. Lift skiing falls by the wayside once the storms stop rolling in. But while it's storming, you can't beat a quiet day on the lifts!

nice bukkake collection you have there

I preferred E-Rock's diseased colon walk-through TR.

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