rocketparrotlet Posted June 20, 2010 Posted June 20, 2010 What kind of weird and funky pro did you guys use before the advent of "modern" gear? How much did you place it, and did you ever fall on it? I've seen some pieces that I would DEFINITELY not trust my life to. Quote
summitchaserCJB Posted June 20, 2010 Posted June 20, 2010 haha the old number 1 camalot I found on Serpentine Arete. Quote
dennyt Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 (edited) SuperTopo - photos of bad fixed gear  Edited June 21, 2010 by dennyt Quote
genepires Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 protection on rock climbs are important. so is hydration. the above photo is a perfect piece of pro. Quote
Plaidman Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 Try the 3rd pitch of the South East Corner of Beacon Rock. There is some scary stuff on that one. Weird hangers with button heads. Quote
rocketparrotlet Posted June 21, 2010 Author Posted June 21, 2010 My favorites were the faucet and the fixed camera... Quote
Dane Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 Easy to go on but more fun to look here: http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/988679/Bad-Fixed-Gear-Pics      Quote
billcoe Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 No pics but my friend Dave cut off a tapered plastic frying pan handle, threaded it with 7mil cord and made a working chock out of it that he seemed to always have on his rack. It paired well with the harness he had sewn himself. Quote
JosephH Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 Try the 3rd pitch of the South East Corner of Beacon Rock. There is some scary stuff on that one. Weird hangers with button heads. Huh? I can't think of any hangers on p2 or p3 of the Corner. Quote
fenderfour Posted June 21, 2010 Posted June 21, 2010 Easy to go on but more fun to look here: http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/988679/Bad-Fixed-Gear-Pics     What's the issue with the drilled angle? Sure it's weird, but it works well in sandstone. Quote
Plaidman Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 Â Here is a pic for Steins Pillar old rotten gear along with the new. Photo credit rpc on MountainProject.com Quote
Plaidman Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 Try the 3rd pitch of the South East Corner of Beacon Rock. There is some scary stuff on that one. Weird hangers with button heads. Huh? I can't think of any hangers on p2 or p3 of the Corner. Â I am sure there were at least one rotten nasty tinfoil looking hanger just above and left of the crux on the 3rd pitch. Quote
JosephH Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 Oh, I know where you mean. It's on the original high traverse variation - I never go over there, so out of sight, out of mind. Not sure who considers that p3 rather than p2. Yeah, those old hangers are sometimes dubious which is a shame because by and large the split shank buttonheads they're on will still be around long after Beacon has turned to dust. Quote
counterfeitfake Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 I don't get it, I would clip any of those pieces. Surely you can do better than that for "sketchy". Quote
ScottP Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 wow! my fave so far:Â Â Except for being flattened, this looks like one of the meat cleaver hangers that originally protected a pitch on Silent Running. Quote
fgw Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 (edited) i collected some photos of (mostly) fixed stuff on sp, here:  mank  some examples:   Edited June 22, 2010 by fgw Quote
counterfeitfake Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 Except for being flattened, this looks like one of the meat cleaver hangers that originally protected a pitch on Silent Running. Â It actually looks like it was a good hanger until it got whanged, I wonder what the story is. Quote
fenderfour Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 Except for being flattened, this looks like one of the meat cleaver hangers that originally protected a pitch on Silent Running. Â It actually looks like it was a good hanger until it got whanged, I wonder what the story is. Â Given the abrasions, I would bet rockfall. It's clearly made of aluminum. Maybe even some hardware extrusion. Not what I would call "good". Quote
ScottP Posted June 22, 2010 Posted June 22, 2010 Â This one reminded me of the ladder of superglued 1/2 inch blue tubular webbing loops somebody put up on a boulder (Wine?)in Camp 4 back in the 80's. Some of them were missing, but word was they held body weight. Â Â Quote
Plaidman Posted June 23, 2010 Posted June 23, 2010 I LOL'D Â WOW!!! Very frightening. I think I would pass on that one. Quote
Plaidman Posted June 23, 2010 Posted June 23, 2010 (edited) this actually isn't too bad... Â That I would trust on aid. Not sure I would trust it as a free piece. Edited June 23, 2010 by Plaidman Quote
LostCamKenny Posted June 23, 2010 Posted June 23, 2010 this actually isn't too bad... Â That I would trust on aid. Not sure I would trust it as a free piece. i was going to say that same thing, scotty, but i felt i might get too wordy and lose people while stating so Quote
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