if you call leaping off of cliffs with telemark equipment on "teleing", well, I guess there is some teleing. actually I guess their feature film is more skiing than leaping, like their first short video (which was cool).
It often seems people have to have an enemy to understand and feel comfortable with their own identity.
For years the USSR was a common quantifiable enemy around which Americans could rally, and through this shared hatred and fear, in some perverted way we could identify with each other as Americans.
Yeah I was mainly considering the rappels. Just feels a touch more invigorating when your skinny little lines shift over unavoidable edges while they are weighted.
The ice line is pretty damn thin at 8.1mm. Be careful on the double rope raps when ice climbing with this. It felt a little out of control w/standard device when soaking wet near the end of a rap a few times with a small pack on. Maybe throw in an extra biner on the device or get something like the reversino.
It is also a little spooky seeing that diameter of cord over an edge. The rope itself is plenty strong for clean falls, but beware the falls in broken rock. Ropes of this diameter demand a little more care over edges.
Put in my vote for the Mammut Genesis 8.5mm half'rs for all applications, ice or rock. They are a touch heavier obviously.
People tend to shut up when Cobraâ„¢ lines up their asses in the crosshairs of the Jehovahmatic 1999. Fire a couple rounds of witnesses off their starboard bow and see how they respond.
UNLEASH THE WITNESSES
TUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAY AT THE METRODOME
10 TRUCKS 10 BUCKS THAT'S A BUCK-A-TRUCK
SUPER-MODIFIED BUGGIES-UGGIES-UGGIES GRAAAVVVEEEEEDIIIGGGGER
WE'LL SELL YOU THE WHOLE SEAT BUT YOU'LL ONLY NEED THE EDGE