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paganmonkeyboy
Trad climber
the blighted lands of hatu
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 29, 2007 - 12:39am PT
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so its been about two weeks since i have actually been able to climb sorta...and i figured - what better way to spend a monday than learning to haul ? better here than at the base of something huge, right ?
it's off to little cottonwood, and a quick run up to the base of a thin crack.
i only brought a static rope, so it's gonna be a lazy TR on a kroll...
gonna get this
up this
we start with a blue alien - stand back !! these things just EXPLODE !!!!
how about a rurp ? mmm rurp...
i'm not gonna lie about the size of my pecker...this would be pecker #2, as numero une popped three seconds after weight applied...
what can possibly follow a pecker joke ? nutz...which i have just dropped at least 4 of right before taking this pic, sliding them off the biner the wrong way...n00b...
mmmm thin...i'm getting addicted to this sort of thing...i shoulda brought a dynamic rope and led it...
finally - it's getting huge...
and we are having a ball
lesson 3 - remember all the slings and the cordalette you were going to arrange the haul all pretty with ? the ones in the bag ?
the bag on the ground ?
well, just pull them up...
i noticed something interesting with the haul bag. it didn't matter *what* i wanted - water, boots, hammer - it was always in the *bottom*...i think they make them that way - all bottom or something...
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L
climber
A small kayak on a very big ocean
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May 29, 2007 - 12:45am PT
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Funny stuff, Pagan!
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climbrunride
Trad climber
Durango, CO
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May 29, 2007 - 12:47am PT
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Looks like a good day. That crack is great! Looks like a great aid lead - lots to learn there. It will really test yer nuts, balls and pecker. Cams too, I suppose.
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Oakville, Ontario, Canada, eh?
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May 29, 2007 - 01:37am PT
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Way to go! If you can haul 2x your body weight up a 2-pitch route [or a one-pitch route with a belay half-way up] you can solo El Cap.
I can see your concern with the blue Alien - looks like that Utah granite is rather coarser with larger crystals than the Yosemite stuff - so be careful with those small cam placements.
So now you're an Aid Climber, and you have learned that you don't rack your wires on a keylock crab like you used to as a free climber, but rather on a crab with a big notch in the gate - a big notch, right? RIGHT?! Sheesh.
Nice lookin' Charlie Foxtrot. Brenda says, "Look at that nice clean haulbag!" Dr. Piton says, "hmmmm, it could be that of a Big Wall Theorist..." So go out and scuff the heck out of that pig, boy!
And yes, you should have got a dyno rope and led the pitch. And here is your Dr. Piton Big Wall Tip of the Day:
Your pig makes a great belayer... ;)
Shut up and climb, eh?
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paganmonkeyboy
Trad climber
the blighted lands of hatu
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Topic Author's Reply - May 29, 2007 - 01:59am PT
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"...you can solo El Cap..."
penciled in for september...dunno if it will be solo, but i'm hoping for fall at the momento...
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Shack
Big Wall climber
Reno NV
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May 29, 2007 - 03:47am PT
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Is that the budget FISH haul bag?
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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May 29, 2007 - 04:35am PT
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HAULING???
The idea here is to use a bicycle-type mechanism, with mechanical advantage, . . .
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paganmonkeyboy
Trad climber
the blighted lands of hatu
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Topic Author's Reply - May 29, 2007 - 09:57am PT
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hehe - i had two other little kong pulleys to set up a z system, but for half a pitch i just pumped the aider and it actually went fast, once you get in the groove...of course it helps there isn't more than 40 lbs in the bag...
and that is the deluxe FISH piggie - geez that thing is huge - you have to dive into it to get to the bottom of the thing...i think it's similar to the budget - just burlier material and a huge storm collar...
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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May 29, 2007 - 10:49am PT
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Hey Dude are you gonna be at SF2 and are you working on the 3 reqested tunes? Sweet looking crack, later.
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