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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Mar 28, 2011 - 02:14pm PT
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Either that's one BIG DOG, or it's a small ledge, moof!!!!!
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mooch
Trad climber
Old Climbers' Home (Adopted)
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Mar 28, 2011 - 03:33pm PT
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Props Mucci.
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wallyvirginia
Big Wall climber
Stockholm, Sweden
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BUMP for big wall DIY
Spring has finally reached us up here in the Stockholm area of Sweden, there's only a little snow left and big wall training season has begun!
We slept in the portaledge this weekend, on a small rockface half way out in the archipelago.. We were a little late so conditions were rough on us. Basically pitch black and lots of heavy fog when we finally started setting up the bivy.
Excellent practice, I suppose! =)
The backpack/camelback/gearsling seem to work just fine. I had to shorten the straps a little bit, because the gear was hanging a little low. Other than that - Perfect!
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Rocman
Trad climber
Reno,NV
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Apr 22, 2011 - 11:16am PT
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Plastic shipping containors[ olive] make a great haul drum,with sewn or knots on harness,plywood portaledge,5/8 thick riged with webing are good for your first wall,BlackDimond prymid works as rainfly both on and off the wall,knoted aiders adjust well for us taller people who are outside manurfacture spic. 5 gal w/ lid,web tie off for storage of fruit,bread,candys attached to bottom of hauldrum, webbing taped to sunglasses [crockies] all can be collected at little or no cost[craiglist]Delis,foodstores,construction sites[ask first]I ve always got buckets at Delis,free so if Big Walls are not to your likeing,your not out big $$
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Jonnnyyyzzz
Trad climber
San Diego,CA
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Here just some of the soft gear I've built. I've done more climbing stuff like Gear Slings, chalk bag, Bivi sack, some more haul bags and crag packs, ect, but haven't taken any pictures to post. I'm working on a ledge now. I have done lots of non climbing stuff as well. It's cool to build this kind of stuff. You get stuff the way you want it with the materials, sizes, and features that you couldn't get any other way and I've found that the stuff I've been making is nicer, just as strong or stronger, and way, way, way less money So go get a really nice sewing machine start learning to use it. Take a sewing class It will pay for it's self in no time.
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GuapoVino
Trad climber
All Up In Here
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Awesome work, great looking gear. I used to make a lot of my own gear on my Juki DNU-241 sewing machine - backpacks, tents, bivy sacks.
The roof membranes are pretty similar to some of the materials that are used to make rafts. Several years ago I built a one-man cat-a-raft out of PVC coated nylon, the same material that Seal Line drybags are made out of. I glued it together with a glue called HH-66. It was a royal pain in the ass to get those curving cone shapes to lay right on the ends and not look like crap (and hold air). I did a lot of exploring in that home built raft. I can post pics if anyone is interested. Of course if you're making something like a haul bag out of roof membrane type material and it doesn't have to be completely waterproof you can just sew it, assuming you have a beast of a sewing machine.
I built a fiberglass sea kayak and a kevlar canoe also. Epoxy is pretty cool to work with.
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jfailing
Trad climber
Lone Pine
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Very cool stuff everyone!
I already posted this on another thread, but oh well... Myles in Lone Pine has been making tons of gear. Here are some pics of the mods he made for the fly on my Fish ledge.
I'm sure he'd post some pics, but he's probably freezing his ass off up on Keeler Needle right now...
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