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I'd love to see either Paul or Newt get the nomination, for two different reasons.

I have a Candela, too. No prob wit it.

Stick the v thread tool into the hole first before you thread the cord. I get it on the first try almost every time.

This one's good for shorties: Linky

Use waxed based stuff (nikwax) on goretex. Seems to work better on synthetic materials, so...and is fine for leather. Oil based products (sno seal, whatev) will destroy goretex.

BTW, my last TR had a party of 8 guys. It was a blast.

"I'm not trying to poo in your punch...but I'm doing it anyway". Holy shit, this site. Somebody's TR, their personal stoke, is NOT the forum for this kind of bitch fest. Got a problem with the Mazamas? Start your own thread and go nuts. If you're really not trying to poo in anyone's punch...then don't.

Yeah. That's Hollywood's typical line: poor little writers! 'My poor little coke dealer!' should actually be the tagline.

Haro, Spidermonkry!

It's basically Hollywood pissed off because they can't figure out how to make money on the web. They do this every time there's a new technology they want to control: TV, VCRs, whatev. This time they're stumped, so its off the Congress the game the system. In the age of the thousand dollar budget movies and laptop music production, perhaps Hollywood's enormous overhead is no longer justifiable.

That's not impossible. Unlike steel, aluminum can't be designed for infinite life under fatigue loading. It would probably take a lot of cycles, however. Plus, the gate doesn't have much play, so maximum stress caused by fatigue loading would be limited. I'll need to perform a virtual finite element analysis on the biner in question based on the photo before fabricating a conclusive cause of failure. I just think that the the slackline was too tight and the force on the anchor headed for infinity...when the gate momentarily opened for some reason...the group was forced to break out the hacky sack. For you slackers out there, keeping your loaded slackline angle below 172 degrees should prevent similar failures. Steel locking biners are an even better idea...double up on that webbing, though.

Gene, Maximum stress is what breaks stuff. There is no time component. If the force divided by the area across which that force is distributed is higher than the maximum tensile stress of the material, even for a nanosecond...snap. Force itself has a time component, of course. F=MA and all that rot. Human error (not locking the gate) is pretty common. In addition, some locking biners, my big Omegas included, can get stuck in an 'almost locked' position sometimes. Usually a little hand filing will fix things. Biner gates sometimes momentarily open when the biner, particularly its spine, is slammed against something. The biner stops suddenly, the gate keeps moving (and opens) due to inertia. If the biner's under a huge load, it might deform enough during that brief time such that the biner can no longer close. This is one reason why wire gates are inherently a tad bit safer in general: lighter gates = less gate inertia, and wires allow for more room for a stronger gate spring in the biner itself. The twang of a slackline could also vibrate a biner fast enough to open the gate momentarily, I'd wager. Don't know. I suppose that if you've got a mix of biners on your draws, its best to use the wire gates for the rope end...they're the most likely to be slammed hardest against the rock during a fall.

I was just messing whicha dood. I think about 20 people must have asked that same damn question here by now...

Fortunately, no one thought to protect it against threats from below...

Speakin' of pourin'...I believe I felled a Big Man with but a single mai tai last weekend. He was beggin for a second, tho...

Dog

Thank

Good Morning America!

particularly if your belayer's still standing on it...

I can stick clip and haul the gas up, no prob. Get it running, light it on fire, cut it loose, post viral video.

Stow this shit in the TR forums. It's moderate, not popular, and its on a ridge, mostly. Perfect for a larger group, I'd say.

Hope its still there...with some gas in it.

No means no.

Ain't gonna happen. Solar Output and Mylankovytch Cycles. Take a class..seriously.

Bone, j-B, FW, KKK, E-rock... ...a veritable Battle of the Titans.