rocky_joe Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 that must have been an awkward night...honey, you wait here...i'm gonna remover the adhesive residue from my tits, err...I mean slip into something more comfortable. that's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 you guys ever climb lichen covered kitty litter cracks? don't drag jens and I into this shit;->. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billcoe Posted August 28, 2009 Share Posted August 28, 2009 HECK YEAH SOL!!! We all sure do. However, the last crack I did named Kiddy Litter was like 30 feet long and 5.5....hrmphhhh.... Â jus sayin.... Â For long hard granite cracks, being able to toss your hands in fast and get a good locks, and not have to slowly reposition each hand each time to get the softest/bestest and avoid painful little nasty rugosites in the crack is invaluable for good time. Or if you are just old and heavy like me...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmace Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 and not have to slowly reposition each hand each time to get the softest/bestest and avoid painful little nasty rugosites  ahhhh...is that why you guys wear tape gloves, cause the mean cracks hurt your hands...thats just so cute.   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckaroo Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Calluses are better than tape, you don't have to take them on and off and you can laugh at the waitress at the Mexican restaurant when she tells you the plate is hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superB Posted August 29, 2009 Share Posted August 29, 2009 Taping your rack is aid.   that is sickass!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Crunch Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Hides your ass! Â What's in the little box on your harness? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drederek Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Hides your ass! Â What's in the little box on your harness? The souls of humans I've captured on film! MUAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCamKenny Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Taping your rack is aid.  wow, she's f*%ked up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchuck71 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 And I thought I had figured out all the uses of duct tape! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
counterfeitfake Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 ahhhh...is that why you guys wear tape gloves, cause the mean cracks hurt your hands...thats just so cute. Â Calluses are better than tape, you don't have to take them on and off and you can laugh at the waitress at the Mexican restaurant when she tells you the plate is hot. Â I just think it's pretty funny that you wankers are going on and on about how real climbers don't use tape, when our resident hardmen just tape up and go send. Â Less spray, more action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmace Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 I just think it's pretty funny that you wankers are going on and on about how real climbers don't use tape, when our resident hardmen just tape up and go send. Â No one ever said that, I dont think it has anything to do with skill, more about where you are from. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCamKenny Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 No one ever said that, I dont think it has anything to do with skill, more about where you are from. So taping is a regional thing, huh? What is the status quo for our region? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sklag Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 (edited) Â You'll find that with cam placements, often, a slight pocket, constriction or nubbin can be found within seconds and within inches of your placement if you look for it... You'll find that when you get into hard fingercracks [real climbing], the best and only finger lock is often the best nut placement as well [this reeks of french freeing], and you can sit and fiddle to get your fingers out of the perfect lock so you can slot a nut in the constriction while you pump out, or you can instantly plug and go a perfect green or yellow alien small mastercam right under or above the neck down spot where your fingers and your bodyweight are residing [thus acting like the jug you desperately wished for]. Thats when one really starts loving [to pull on] cams gear. Â Ha! I just read between the lines here. Sounds to me like some tape would help your cause. Edited September 3, 2009 by sklag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCamKenny Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 [this reeks of french freeing] Sounds to me like some tape would help your cause. Â I'm curious - how would tape help french free technique? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMR Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 and not have to slowly reposition each hand each time to get the softest/bestest and avoid painful little nasty rugosites  ahhhh...is that why you guys wear tape gloves, cause the mean cracks hurt your hands...thats just so cute.  man...you're so core... Having spent a week in the valley with Jens several years ago, watching him climb everything in sight with no rest days and no tape, i just have to say that "you, sir, are full of shit"...  my guess, from that picture, is that he'd been climbing for something like 9 days straight and probably had some big holes to contend with on his hands, then went up there for that route...  carry on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazedmaniac Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 they've been breaking?????????? Â says who?? and big question....how???? Â i got to know dave when he first started out w/ his narrow cams, and what he was putting up with, and....what kind of guy he is/was... perhaps he has nothing do to with it anymore??? or ??? think you should clear a fry your selve here. got questions to this 'statement' of 'fact'??? "been breaking" is a big set of words here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkporwit Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 There's multiple long and educational threads on SuperTopo about the quality control problems with Aliens... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
counterfeitfake Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 they've been breaking?????????? says who?? and big question....how????  i got to know dave when he first started out w/ his narrow cams, and what he was putting up with, and....what kind of guy he is/was... perhaps he has nothing do to with it anymore??? or ??? think you should clear a fry your selve here. got questions to this 'statement' of 'fact'??? "been breaking" is a big set of words here.  You obviously have not been paying any attention. Look around, info is very easy to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bstach Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Taping your rack is aid.  One use you won't see on the Red Green show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 One use you won't see on the Red Green show. I love those guys. Especially the old codger. Reminds me of me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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