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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
North of the Owyhees
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Jun 19, 2009 - 12:30am PT
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A Birdie? Did he have a goatee?
Well, did he? And guns, right? Mucho......
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yo
climber
a tied-off Tomahawk™
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Jun 19, 2009 - 12:37am PT
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I remember a truck that blocked out the sun and Slayer...
...and so the legend grows.
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
North of the Owyhees
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Jun 19, 2009 - 12:39am PT
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"The Death Star"..............
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Salamanizer
Trad climber
Vacaville Ca,
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Jun 19, 2009 - 02:38am PT
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5.95 for a bolt and or rivet hanger at Backcountry.com???
Am I reading this right? I'm sorry, but I just can't afford that. I'm diggin the new gear and all, but that's just rediculous. I'll stick to regular bolt hangers at like 1.75.
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up2top
Big Wall climber
Phoenix, AZ
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Jun 19, 2009 - 03:03am PT
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Helluva nice idea, bro.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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yo's new handle: "climber, From: a tied-off Tomahawk™"
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squatch
Boulder climber
santa cruz, CA
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those look great.
i just started walling and took your cam hooks up halfdome, i loved'm. super fun first aid hooking.
i predict these will be stupid useful!
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Ottawa Doug
Social climber
Ottawa, Canada
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I see a Tomahawk in my future. Those things look awesome!
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Ammon
Big Wall climber
Capo Beach
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Very nice guys!!
The Tomahawks were the first beaks I searched for when placing in the thin, on my last two El Cap routes.
Cheers
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Picked mine up at Mammoth Mountaineering
can't wait to destroy granite in microgram amounts
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PhotogEC
climber
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Mine arrived from Mountaintools last week... haven't had a chance to use them yet, but I sure am looking forward to it.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Would it be more politically correct to call them "Metallic Hair-Parting Devices", or something along those lines?
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
way, WAY out there....(OMG)
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While they would certainly work there, I'll stick with "Splittin' the Thin".....Tomahawks.
Yowza, boys. You rock.
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NRC
Trad climber
Land of the little people
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Sep 13, 2009 - 08:25pm PT
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Took a 20+' fall on one after a knifeblade pulled while aiding a new thin line in basalt. 6' of rope above the placement + rope stretch - half the fall was rope stretch as I was 160' off the deck. :0 I had thought the placement was marginal, but it turned out to be adequate. This was a borrowed piece - I'm getting my own!
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Ray-J
Social climber
east L.A. vato...
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Sep 13, 2009 - 08:51pm PT
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Really neat looking gear.
Best of luck with your project!
Very inspiring.
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Sep 14, 2009 - 11:26am PT
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NRC, I got a pic of that placement right here I think.... lol!
These things (Pika Toucans) rule! Their larger size and more substantial offset stem makes a huge and positive difference if you can get them in IMO. They don't have the perfect cable that Theron has put on the Tomahawks. Nor do they have the well thought out features. Anyway, here's my main point: Theron, if you adopt a larger size Tomahawk, you might look at the Toucans and adopt the more extreme offset to increase the camming effect. As they are no longer made, if you want to look at one I can send one down to you, just let me know. The address in my profile is wrong, it's not xxx@mail.com but xxx@Gmail.com
regards
Bill
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NRC
Trad climber
Land of the little people
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Sep 15, 2009 - 02:09am PT
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Hey Bill,
That toucan held my TR fall but after I led past it I took my lead fall on the tomahawk. No pic of that placement in the photos I have.
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
Boise....
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Sep 15, 2009 - 02:14am PT
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Haha.
I've got BOTH!
Just got a little quiver of Tomahawks, Killer Moses Gear!
Dude, these things kick asss. Minerals!
Good work, fellas.
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