ivan Posted January 25, 2010 Author Posted January 25, 2010 do u own a talon? see above is the talon the larger guy in my video above? i have one non-bd hook bigger than that i picked up somewhere but have found the one in the video usually works just fine n the same kinda places... Quote
pink Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 talon has three different hooks on it, i like buying sky hooks and modifying them... beacon is exciting to hook on. Quote
corvallisclimb Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 i wonder how ivan reads the rack reccomendations for an aid climb, i thought super topo made that shit easy Quote
ivan Posted January 25, 2010 Author Posted January 25, 2010 read? novel...  oh yeah, sure, i gotta talon - critical on this climb even, as the one in the video wouldn't work where that one did  mostly i've just never given a shit about learning the brandname of anything...cars, powertools, people...wahtever - i point and grunt and it all works out Quote
LostCamKenny Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 ...u get really good at placing gear which benefits ur free climbing cause ur plugin in pieces as if u were clipping bolts. well said andrew - i hear jim's voice when you post like this - its almost like he has a computer of his own Quote
JosephH Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 We'd need a seperate Opdycke forum if Jim ever got a computer. Quote
LostCamKenny Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 We'd need a seperate Opdycke forum if Jim ever got a computer. Quote
ivan Posted January 26, 2010 Author Posted January 26, 2010 talon has three different hooks on it, i like buying sky hooks and modifying them... beacon is exciting to hook on. what's the mod you make to sky hooks? i done used the interwebs to confirm that my other fancy hook is in fact that particuliar species of which you speak - non-mod seemed to work just fine Quote
ivan Posted January 26, 2010 Author Posted January 26, 2010 ha! the fucking slavs are slithering out of the woodwork to shit on me! i don't recall oleg, didn't we do the lower pitches of stephenwulf 2gether a few years ago? where you BEEN boy? i gotta get you in on this big wall thang! Quote
pink Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 We'd need a seperate Opdycke forum if Jim ever got a computer.  lets all chip in  Quote
kevbone Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 We'd need a seperate Opdycke forum if Jim ever got a computer.  lets all chip in   It would be no use. Didnt we all chip in a few years back to buy him a new harness? Duck tape anyone? Quote
ivan Posted January 26, 2010 Author Posted January 26, 2010  It would be no use. Didnt we all chip in a few years back to buy him a new harness? Duck tape anyone? it's been awhile since i've seen him in a harness since he f'ed up his knee, but i seem to recall the johnson-era swami thing got the boot awhile ago  gotta love duck tape though, my etriers are about 50% tape at the momemtn Quote
stevetimetravlr Posted January 12, 2011 Posted January 12, 2011 Great thread Ivan! Good on ya and kyle for getting Steppenwulf done. I've admired it many times from Big Ledge but looks to thin and desperate to try free. Aid climbing it sounds like the Way! Quote
ivan Posted January 12, 2011 Author Posted January 12, 2011 that'd be crazy to free but not hard for the hardmen for sure (powderhund would dig that fucking thing!). for the mortals, freeing past the hanging anchor is more conceivable, but holy shit falling onto several of those hangers is almost too hideous to contemplate Quote
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