Rap ring substitutes

[sobo]

Put a dab of JB weld on the threads of your links. They'll be a little harder to liberate that way. A small tube should go a long ways.

 

Good point. I was just going to drag along a 5/8" open end to crank the gates down, but JB sounds much easier. I'll try to get some tomorrow b4 I leave town.

 

Oh, and is it considered poor form to claim the on your own thread?

[ketch]

The JB is a good idea to keep things around. You may also stop by a auto parts store and get some locktight. There are a few differant grades and there is a red variety that "requires heat or Mechanical force to remove". This might be a little less difficult to use if the anchor is not easy.

[sobo]

...You may also stop by a auto parts store and get some locktight. There are a few differant grades and there is a red variety that "requires heat or Mechanical force to remove"...

 

Bought a tube of the red over lunchtime!

[Dechristo]

Well, I'm amazed by the extent of these considerations of rappell-ring substitutes. Questionably prioritized considerations abound!

 

My favorite: using JB Weld or Lock-Tite on the threads of a quicklink to discourage removal. A quick knife and retying of the webbing kinda makes the effort moot.

[catbirdseat]

Some people will go to significant trouble to get something for free, even if they don't need it.

[Jake_Gano]

Jake: You must be referring to Huddleston's Bluff, about a mile upstream and across the river. Yes, that's quite impressive. Or are you referring to The Dorsal Fin, that "shark fin" lookin'-thingie directly across the river from LD? Just so you know, John also has a Hyperspud here in The Palm Spirngs of Washington. He's been here for about 4 years or so now. Class act that guy.

 

cluck: I can make you a copy of my topo. That should keep you out of trouble, eh?

 

Umm, what I meant to say is, yeah, there isn't really any good granite in the panhandle. Sshh!

 

j/k, westside climbers have bigger fish to fry and most climbers in these parts can barely figure out what to do if a hold is missing tape. I was referring to the Fin, which from what I understand is 8 pitches of solid 5.7 granite that's only seen four or five ascents. Hudd Bluff from what I hear has only seen one ascent, in the 70s, at about 5p 5.9 A4. At least that's what I've heard through John Crock, who, yes, is a class act guy.

 

Jake and Chuck,

 

Either of you guys climb with Jim Tangen-Foster over in Moscow, he was over that way for years?

 

Sorry, can't say I know him.