The future in rock climbing equipment?...

[klenke]

Forget about finger jams and laybacks, the future is in suction climbing...

 

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20020826/gecko.html

 

Routes which max out at 5.13 could be a thing of the past. "Like, dude, I just suctioned my way up the 5.18 'Gecko of the Gods'."

[Gary_Yngve]

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Originally posted by klenke:

Forget about finger jams and laybacks, the future is in suction climbing...

 

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20020826/gecko.html

 

Routes which max out at 5.13 could be a thing of the past. "Like, dude, I just suctioned my way up the 5.18 'Gecko of the Gods'."

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Those geckos are amazing... I heard an awesome talk on that stuff. They can climb a vertical sheet of glass about as easily as we can jumar.

[salbrecher]

Would it be considered aid climbing

[Dru]

theyve already made gecko like pads that humans can use to climb plate glass. only problem is they are only rated to 500 lbs, that's like 2.5 kN, less than an RP....not UIAA approved.

[Cpt.Caveman]

I use the snaffle as my ropegun

[terrible_ted]

So it looks like climbers will be the first to take advantage of hairy palms...

 

All you sport climbers looking to move up a grade: get to work on it!

 

[Gary_Yngve]

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Originally posted by terrible ted:

So it looks like climbers will be the first to take advantage of hairy palms...

 

All you sport climbers looking to move up a grade: get to work on it!

 

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But you might get blind too...

[Retrosaurus]

I seem to remember a great many drill happy sportwads laughing when I suggested that the future of climbing protection was likely to be super-adhesives . And that the current whaterer goes attitude about drilling would make their "accomplishments" seem rapacious.

 

I'd just like to say:

"RIM ME!"

[Dru]

quote:

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Originally posted by Retrosaurus:

I seem to remember a great many drill happy sportwads laughing when I suggested that the future of climbing protection was likely to be

super-adhesives

. And that the current whaterer goes attitude about drilling would make their "accomplishments" seem rapacious.

 

I'd just like to say:

"RIM ME!"

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Ya but Retro did you really expect the sport climbers to wait for adhesives any more than the aid climbers waited for cam hooks to climb those thin cracks instead of bashing hell out of them with pins?

 

Just think of all the fun when you and Peter Puget, armed with "stick on" bolts, go on a "chop on lead" spree at Vantage and 38 5 years from now.