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GoBig
Big Wall climber
beakland
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Thanks for the water stash on mescalito. It made the suffering much more enjoyable. Hope we didn't disturb your beauty rest with our night time antics. Nice send
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dave goodwin
climber
carson city, nv
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great job Zak.
i met you this year in June. I was one of the two Dave's that saw you starting Mescalito. Looks like you had a great time. thanks for the pics and video.
peace
dave
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Jingy
Social climber
Flatland, Ca
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LOVE THE BEAT BOX SOUNDTRACK!!!
Cool pics and Video!!!
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NMClimber
climber
New Mexico
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That is why I come to SuperTopo! Well done and thank you!
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bubble boy
Big Wall climber
T100
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 7, 2009 - 04:25pm PT
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GoBig - nice work on the 'lito... hope you didn't mind my razzing you guys... "so, you must be gettin tired...." as the second night approached, etc. i started up with 20 (yes, twenty) gallons thinking i'd do something much harder, so forced myself to drink and went as slow as possible.
Werner - i'm sure you've seen the 2by4 blocks stacked with cams and bros, you probably invented it. must be refering to my use of the hammer to "clean" a cam placement on p5 of the straw... the camera didn't pick it up, but i remember saying something like "not sure about the ethics of this" as i tapped away the edge of the flake - slamming in an arrow would have broken off far more rock if not the whole flake, but there you have it, i used the hammer to bust off an inch of a thin flake so i could get a micro cam behind it.
gear question - those are ushba basic ascenders. somewhere there's a thread in here where Kate describes their use. same rig, but i use'd quicklinks between the ascender and 'biner. a bit bulky, like when the piece you're testing pops theres now an ascender in addition to the piece hitting you in the helmet, but i love the system and will never spend anoth 40 bucks on (yet another) set of yates adjustable daisies (the rest of their stuff rocks).
helmet cam question - it's a pov 1.5. pretty sweet system!
thanks for all the positive responses! (we're all going to die!)
-zak
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salad
climber
Escondido
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alright thread. thats far enough. get yerself back up the front of the line...
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BriGuy
Trad climber
SL,UT
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super excellent zak!, awesome video, thanks for taking the time to shoot the hooking sections, that was cool!
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mr8615
Trad climber
Brevard, NC
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Awesome TR! Great photos and video. How did you go about securing your slr/tripod setups while shooting remotely and/or long exposure? Nicely done.
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yo
climber
a tied-off Tomahawk™
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Ahoy Shortest Straw!
haha
Awesome TRs man, thank you.
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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Nice! How'd you like the Straw?
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Gene
climber
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Bubble Boy,
Props to the Happy Hooker of the Shortest Straw. Fun stuff. Looking forward to seeing more.
gene
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Boise....
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My Bud Spaz told me about the Straw, they chopped a lead line & had to do some antics to work it out.
Good job, Man, it looked kinda Real on that one.
Sketchy!
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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That was a really cool perspective. One I have yet to see. Great video footage and editing on the Straw vid.
It is cool to see how others search out the next move, feel for loose stuf, make the next move and what not.
That was fun to see you climb.
Thanks
T2
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
crimping through the start of the Generator
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Wow! that put me right back in there, in solo-space. I love the cackle of relief at Peanut Ledge. Nice footage.
Thanks!
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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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nice beat box...dig the 2x4 with fat cam trick
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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Briguy,
Lets get on the straw together this fall!
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Prod
Trad climber
A place w/o Avitars apparently
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One of the best TR's for sure.
Prod.
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NFB
Mountain climber
Wilson, Wyoming
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Aug 11, 2009 - 01:05pm PT
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AHOY SHORTEST STRAW!!!!! AHOY DOWN THERE!!!!! Proud, Thanks for the water on Bismark, we had a much-needed water party. HOLY FARGIN HOTTT. Hope we did'nt keep you up. The second night lead to some funny albeit delirious moments of uncontrollable monkey calling and laughter.
Thanks also for the great video! the hooking pitch was scary even to watch, sucked me right in there. Awesome.
OOOOOAOAOAOAOAUUUUGH
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