billcoe Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 I work hard all my life. Scrimp and save for my kids and family. Finally get ahead enough that I can put myself first and buy some gear I've always wanted but never bought AND NOW THIS KIND OF SHIT POPS UP AFTER I FINALLY GET A SH*TLOAD OF ALIENS. GD IT PISSES ME OFF. 2 OUT OF 12 TESTED ALIENS FAIL IN INDEPENDENT TEST Scroll down to June 11th on the link. G.Dammit it. 3 Aliens up, ran out the last 20 feet on a single Alien and a small Bugaboo - pic from last weekend jumping into it as it was just starting to rain, Before the Storm. WITH MY NEW ALIENS!! (I had 10 pcs in 100'. 4 Aliens, 1 pin and 4 small wired nuts, might have been enough to stay off the deck but who knows.) end rant Quote
chucK Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 Perhaps you could look at the bright side? You're not dead due to protection failure! Quote
kevbone Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 Great shot Bill......the rain sucked that day. Quote
billcoe Posted June 12, 2007 Author Posted June 12, 2007 (edited) Post deleted Edited June 16, 2007 by billcoe Quote
kevbone Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 Great shot Bill......the rain sucked that day. Thanks Kev, didn't slow you down much!:-) I tied off the fir tree on top real fast yelled down to Larry - "Belay on", and thinking I would hurry him up then yelled "HEY, IT'S RAINING UP HERE DUDE". From down below I hear: "No Shit? It's raining down here too! .............CLIMBING!" Damn he's funny. Lash is hilarious. You need an anchor put in? Tree? Bolts? Let me know if you need help. Quote
billcoe Posted June 12, 2007 Author Posted June 12, 2007 (edited) Post deleted Edited June 16, 2007 by billcoe Quote
kevbone Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 Whats funny is I have borrowed it once before. I did not have mind and he just happen to have his. I used it to place an anchor......it was the best.....better than mine. Quote
billcoe Posted June 12, 2007 Author Posted June 12, 2007 Not as good as plugging in Aliens: My 1st piece, yellow Alien, Saturday (Note that it is still light out) , presumably the rain cloud wasn't quite over us yet. Looks a lot like this one that was also "tensile tested" and fell apart on Soulders Crack. Poor bastard ate some serious dirt....but lived. these pics are from a thread on rc.com. Quote
jordop Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 (edited) Scuzzy once built an anchor out of two aliens on the E face of Despair near Wadd and then Stemalot ran it out on 30 meters of 5.10 o/w with no pro above the alien anchor. Edited June 4, 2021 by jordop Quote
kevbone Posted June 12, 2007 Posted June 12, 2007 Bill....why to you have your shoes on? Street shoes that is? Man....Jimmy takes nice pics.... Quote
billcoe Posted June 12, 2007 Author Posted June 12, 2007 Scuzzy once built an anchor out of two aliens on the E face of Despair near Wadd and then Stemalot ran it out on 30 meters of 5.10 o/w with no pro above the alien anchor. It was like having sex with death and death had really bad VD and we got death knocked up and then had to pay child support on our death kids for the rest of our lives. Oy shit Jordop, you guys party down up there! _____________________________________________________________ Kev, I just climbed up to plug the first piece while I waited for the old man at the base to finish pleasuring himself or whatever he was doing. Didn't want to prematurly get my climbing shoes dirty. No: Jims pics suck. Makes me look old, and fat, and and balding ......just different. The pic I have in my head has me at 30 years old weighing 140lbs and climbing 5.12 (or at least hard 5.11) with a full head of Blond hair. Almost don't know who that is. Sorry, what was I complaining about? Might need an index to keep track of all the topics if this keeps up. Oh, Aliens....damnit. You click that link of the pics posted yesterday on ST? 2 out of 12 which were stamped "Tested" broke prematurely. Ya want to hear something sicker than that, I'll probably keep using mine. Heres the pic of that yellow one - a different than the broken one above, the one above broke on a lead fall, almost killing the guy. These were in a testing situation and no one was injured. From pull testing it breaks at 1200 lbs. Hell, I could get 1200 lbs with my fat ass in a toprope fall. s' unfair. Quote
ivan Posted June 14, 2007 Posted June 14, 2007 Bill....why to you have your shoes on? Street shoes that is? Man....Jimmy takes nice pics.... notice the large chunk missing out of the lower right pillar? that was fun to set off! Quote
billcoe Posted June 15, 2007 Author Posted June 15, 2007 (edited) Post deleted Edited June 16, 2007 by billcoe Quote
kevbone Posted June 15, 2007 Posted June 15, 2007 You to out there last night? Nice.....how did it go? Quote
billcoe Posted June 15, 2007 Author Posted June 15, 2007 (edited) Post deleted Edited June 16, 2007 by billcoe Quote
Dechristo Posted June 15, 2007 Posted June 15, 2007 Whats funny is... I did not have mind and he just happen to have his. I used it to place an anchor......it was the best.....better than mine. Quote
Dechristo Posted June 15, 2007 Posted June 15, 2007 Scuzzy once built an anchor out of two aliens on the E face of Despair near Wadd and then Stemalot ran it out on 30 meters of 5.10 o/w with no pro above the alien anchor. It was like having sex with death and death had really bad VD and we got death knocked up and then had to pay child support on our death kids for the rest of our lives. :tup: Quote
kevbone Posted June 15, 2007 Posted June 15, 2007 Damn....we looked at that corner a couple of years ago....lots a loose rock.....that why we put the climb to the right in this pic up.....you rule.... Quote
billcoe Posted June 15, 2007 Author Posted June 15, 2007 (edited) Post deleted Edited June 16, 2007 by billcoe Quote
kevbone Posted June 15, 2007 Posted June 15, 2007 Kevin, is that your overhanging bolted route to the right? That Mf*er looks burly hard! Especially pulling the roof. Yeah.....its called "House of Pain".....super fun....I think it goes at 10+/11.a.....you should give it a go. Quote
billcoe Posted June 15, 2007 Author Posted June 15, 2007 (edited) Post deleted Edited June 16, 2007 by billcoe Quote
kevbone Posted June 15, 2007 Posted June 15, 2007 Too big of a pussy. Bolted routes scare me. It would voilate my 3 pullup rule (I got 3 pullups in me and I'm done). Hey, could you do something for me, don't tell Jim I'm spraying about his route:-) He's got a thing about the internet. How could he be upset about something he has never tried :lmao: His route????? Quote
billcoe Posted June 15, 2007 Author Posted June 15, 2007 (edited) Post deleted Edited June 16, 2007 by billcoe Quote
fern Posted June 15, 2007 Posted June 15, 2007 Gear Critic forum ... not a chat room ... is there a better forum for you gentlemen to discuss whatever you are discussing? maybe start a new thread or something? want to talk about aliens falling apart? ... please continue Quote
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