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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Jan 23, 2010 - 12:49pm PT
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cool video of the crew, Ed.
It's gettin' bigger isn't it, the group?
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Slakkey
Big Wall climber
From Back to Big Wall Baby
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Jan 23, 2010 - 12:54pm PT
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Very Cool
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Jobee
Social climber
The Portal
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Jan 23, 2010 - 12:58pm PT
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I just love it! YOU guys having so much fun; right on wide team.
Jo
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Jan 23, 2010 - 01:10pm PT
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That's it, from now on I live my life with a Jimmy soundtrack!
Z
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 23, 2010 - 03:57pm PT
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the crew gets bigger, people get hurt and take a "vacation" slab climbing or something...
the curious come by and give it a go...
...we try to have fun, be supportive, and stay in shape...
everyone's welcome to come by!
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jan 23, 2010 - 04:19pm PT
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Wide Fetish is the site of the month on the front page of the Gripped website.
The intro: No, it's not what you think. Wide Fetish is a site devoted to the off-width climbing aficionados - all six of them. For the rest of us it offers an interesting insight into the why climbers enjoy wedging themselves into oversized cracks. Entertaining.
http://gripped.com/
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 23, 2010 - 04:20pm PT
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Whoa! the BIG TIME!
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seneca
climber
jamais, jamais pays
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Jan 23, 2010 - 04:34pm PT
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Ed-
Thanks for the post up.
The sky cam really worked!
Bob
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jan 23, 2010 - 10:49pm PT
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AWESOME!!!!!!
How high are those routes, gang?
Ed, how's the back--you takin' care of it?
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MisterE
Social climber
Across Town From Easy Street
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Jan 23, 2010 - 10:56pm PT
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Really cool!
Wish we were closer!
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Daphne
Trad climber
Mill Valley, CA
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Jan 24, 2010 - 12:21am PT
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So much fun in Zanderland-- hope I can make the next time.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
SoCal
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Jan 24, 2010 - 01:16am PT
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I WANT one of those!!
What kinda paint are you using?
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jan 24, 2010 - 01:43am PT
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That was a really fun evening!
I'll post up photos of tomorow's debAuchery tomorrow prolly over there.
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Dirka
Trad climber
SF
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Jan 24, 2010 - 04:45am PT
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Party training!
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Jan 24, 2010 - 04:52pm PT
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Spider,
I used Gecodec elastomeric paint, which is a material used to waterproof plywood decks that are walked on. It is one of the easier deck coatings to use so we use it for small decks and I tend to have some left over so that's what I used. I think any thick elastomeric paint would work. Prime 1st coat, elastomeric paint 2nd coat. elastomeric paint third coat with 60 or 30 mesh sand cast into it to saturation. Light sanding (or not). final coat.
This is just one way. Look at the other threads for other ways.
Zander
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 24, 2010 - 06:42pm PT
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thanks for asking Steve... the back is getting better, but progress is still measured in how much less pain I have doing a particular activity: sitting.
On the flight today from SFO to IAD I actually sat most of the way, and while it started to be uncomfortable, and the taxi ride from the airport to the hotel was uncomfortable, there have been times in the not too distant past where it would have been unbearable...
...so progress!
No climbing yet, I've started to be in reasonable spirits to be able to start to "document" climbing. It took some time to come to terms with the possibility that I wouldn't be climbing again. But it looks like I will... but that is still to be determined in the future.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jan 24, 2010 - 07:32pm PT
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Ed
Good to hear you're on the mend.
Hopefully we'll both get some climbing in this year!!!
(though my absence is due to school, these days). . .
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zeta
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Jan 25, 2010 - 02:36am PT
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awesome video ed!
hope to make it to one of these someday
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Jan 25, 2010 - 03:34am PT
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I saw a finger and hand crack machine made from 2 x 12 lumber here in SLO. It had been sculpted with a disk grinder to create undulations to provide better jams.
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