carolyn Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Today I was at the gym getting ready to do one last lap and my partner taps me on the shoulder and points to the folks next to us. the guy about to climb TIED a figure eight into some loop on the BACK of his harness!!!!!!! Yes, for real!!!! It was a wild country harness. We asked them about it before they started climbing and they told us that "Joe" said this was how to do it (Pat teaches classes at the gym). The woman insisted her friend standing next to her was on the climbing team and that is how she was told as well. All I can say is Im sooooo grateful I was not witness to a fall....because he would of hit ground. Of course when we mentioned it to the staff, we learned "Joe" never showed them to tie in this way. Very scary!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogen Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 Joe told me that, too. Is that wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 as long as the haul loop is full strength it's no big deal of course when you fall off you assume the "peter pan" position hanging from the rope, facing down and horizontal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterMo Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 This is into one of the little teensy gear loops or something? Yikes! Interestingly enough with the monstrous WISHA approved full-body 'Kondike Klod' harnesses that is where the law insists you tie in: to a monster D ring in the middle of your back. Totally retarded but they insist you'll die instantly from a snapped spine or slowly and horribly from suffocation if you tie in any other way to any other kind of harness. No amount of examples to the contrary from an old, fat veteran of years of swami belt use will convince them otherwise. You do get a cool 'Peter Pan' effect when thus suspended and hanging freely. Once in a while a careless, unsuspecting soul will get to close to the monorail hoist in our fab shop while wearing such a harness. They quickly find themselves helplessly suspended and zinging back & forth along the rail. Nobody makes that mistake twice... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason_Martin Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Regardless of whether or not the loop was full strength, to tie into that particular area is just plain stupid. Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 o.k., maybe this one isn't scary. But WTF? I ran in the St. Pat's Dash today. About 50 yds from the start there is a frickin' cell phone laying on Mercer St. Some dickhead running back to get it. Throughout this 3.3 mile jaunt through Seatle I think I saw atleast a half dozen people in this run TALKING ON THEIR FUCKING CELL PHONES!!!!! Next year, I'm wearing a sign on my back that says: HANG UP AND RUN!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 I saw some American Death Triangles on Three O'Clock Rock. Okay, they weren't THAT scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faster_than_you Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Today I was at the gym getting ready to do one last lap and my partner taps me on the shoulder and points to the folks next to us. the guy about to climb TIED a figure eight into some loop on the BACK of his harness!!!!!!! Yes, for real!!!! Very scary!!!!! Scariest thing? Can we say Hyperbole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_Simpkins Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Yesterday I was on Mt. Sefrit and we got ourselves onto a iced up deathslab before we put our harnesses on. I was able to get the rope out, but all we could do (because we were in the middle of a death slab, was wrap the rope around our wrist (you had to be there, please don't judge, it was the only option.) My partner climbed up with no pro on a 5.6 iced up slab and hip belayed me will standing on a solitary handhold. The rock only provide mostly down sloping holds. We were in stiff boots to top it off. We would of fell a couple hundred feet. THAT, was scary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Today I was at the gym getting ready to do one last lap and my partner taps me on the shoulder and points to the folks next to us. the guy about to climb TIED a figure eight into some loop on the BACK of his harness!!!!!!! Yes, for real!!!! Very scary!!!!! Scariest thing? Can we say Hyperbole? Prepare to be very, very scared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faster_than_you Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Today I was at the gym getting ready to do one last lap and my partner taps me on the shoulder and points to the folks next to us. the guy about to climb TIED a figure eight into some loop on the BACK of his harness!!!!!!! Yes, for real!!!! Very scary!!!!! Scariest thing? Can we say Hyperbole? Prepare to be very, very scared Oh my god, predictable! But you know what, you sure are right Nodder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 1t is b3tt3r t0 B th3 h4mm3r th4n th3 n0dd3r 0h m4 g0d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faster_than_you Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 1t is b3tt3r t0 B th3 h4mm3r th4n th3 n0dd3r 0h m4 g0d Sure right nodder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenderfour Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 Kathy Bates has a full frontal nudity scene in "About Schmidt" That's some scary shizzle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foraker Posted March 14, 2005 Share Posted March 14, 2005 I thought she was going to say Gotterdamerung in spandex tights at a wheat grass bar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faster_than_you Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Note tie in points? OMG! "Soldiers of Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration Special Service Company climb down a building during an anti-terrorist drill, in Taoyuan County, 24 miles southwest of Taipei." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 I'd like to see them take target practice while descending at 10 ft per second. You might not want to only have one at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatinoutliquor Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Dude, I love ninjas... I think I am going to start rappeling with a gun in my hand (for safety reasons). Or maybe a sword. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faster_than_you Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 I'd like to see them take target practice while descending at 10 ft per second. You might not want to only have one at a time. The middle guy is about to cap rounds in the head of the far one. The "bad guys" could lean out the window near the bottom of the rope and cut it. Whoops, big fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottP Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Is it pure enthusiasm or the cinching of the goldline harness around the nad region that is eliciting the facial expression? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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