Dru Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 Examples: Opening beer with nut tool. Digging icy snow out from under car, to make hole and insert jack, with ice axe. Hanging engine block with borrowed rope from partner. Portaledge in tree as summer backyard hammock. Today's example: Bosch Bulldog, 1/4" bit, piton hammer and long ring spike to chisel geodes out of boulder. More? Quote
Dru Posted September 22, 2003 Author Posted September 22, 2003 i will say "rope in bedroom" before anyone else Quote
PONCHO&LEFTY Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 Dru said: Examples: Hanging engine block with borrowed rope from partner. Almost, but it was just a cylinder head I couldn't handle myself Quote
MysticNacho Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 I use oval biners to open beers all the time. Never tried the nut tool.... but I'm going to! Nut tools are aid. Quote
jon Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 On a number of occasions in college I had to rap into people's locked rooms that had a window open using a 2x6 in a doorjam as "pro". Quote
snoboy Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 Dru said: Examples: Opening beer with nut tool. Digging icy snow out from under car, to make hole and insert jack, with ice axe. Those two don't really count do they? They could be argued as climbing uses... Quote
Distel32 Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 I like to wear my harness around because it makes my package look large...... Quote
Beck Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 ropes, swami and rap device prerigged as escape device off balcony from crime syndicate clubhouse. Quote
lummox Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 i done used prana pants to try and look cool while strutting around town. Quote
Necronomicon Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 Use rope for autoerotic self-strangulation. Quote
catbirdseat Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 I saw an embedded geode on my climb this weekend, but I didn't want to ruin my ice axe to get it out. I'll bring a cold chisel for next time. Quote
snoboy Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 babnik said: crash pad for shagging. You wish! Quote
Figger_Eight Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 harness and rope so I don't kill myself cleaning out the gutters Quote
adventuregal Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 My old roommate used to leave her gear in her backpack(even tho she hardly ever climbed...) when she went to the library and then leave it visible under the table to try and attract men... Another one I've heard of: climbing rope to pull a car out of the ditch. Quote
MATT_B Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 I used a 3:1 to pull my dead car up the drive way when no wone else was around to push. My hand drill came in handy when I needed to put some holes into the concrete padio in the back yard. Hall bag makes one kick ass laundry bag. Quote
Cpt.Caveman Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 I use my icetools to scare off the neighbors kids when they are too loud. Quote
catbirdseat Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 Kurt would call that "tree abuse". Quote
Dru Posted September 22, 2003 Author Posted September 22, 2003 i anchored my dad's boat to a beach with a cam once Quote
E-rock Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 My friend and I girth-hitched a bunch of natty old spectra slings together to tow his car off the freeway. It worked. I told him he should throw them out so he doesn't use them while climbing (because I knew he would) Sure enough months later he told me that he wound up using them on a route. Quote
Al_Pine Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 Hung christmas stockings with stoppers in stonework fireplace. Million and one uses for wads of slings removed from the Tooth. I think a much more interesting topic would be what non-climbing gear have you used for climbing purposes. Quote
Dru Posted September 22, 2003 Author Posted September 22, 2003 i saw someone place a 3-lb yam in classic crack once as a chockstone, and sling it for pro! Quote
sketchfest Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 Tied my dog up at Broughton with a #2 stopper so I could climb and she wouldn't jump on everybody. Wore crampons while mowing the lawn to help aerate Used rope and harness to belay my brother-in-law while he repaired damage caused by 24" of snow on the roof Not climbing tools, but used seatbelt buckle to open beer, when rack was to far away (10' behind me) Quote
ChrisT Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 My webbing was used to tow a car and I promptly returned it! Quote
David_Parker Posted September 22, 2003 Posted September 22, 2003 sketchfest said: Wore crampons while mowing the lawn to help aerate I thought about that, but never tried it. How did it work? Quote
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