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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 9, 2011 - 06:08am PT
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Still amp'ed up, wife recorded 2nd half of Seahawks / Saints game...
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Captain...or Skully
climber
leading the away team, but not in a red shirt!
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I hope all the recipients are as stoked as we who've gotten ours already. I bet they will be. Big thanks for the above & beyond efforts, you guys. Big cheers for the volunteers.
Seriously.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Paid Nov 23rd.
Still nothing.
Glad everyones stoked. Can't wait to see it.
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squishy
Mountain climber
sacramento
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got my notification yesterday, I can't wait!!
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Slakkey
Big Wall climber
From Back to Big Wall Baby
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Got my notification as well. thanks for all the hard work Looking forward to seeing my new D 5
Thats a nice looking hammer you got there Skully :)
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BrendenR
Trad climber
Alberta, Canada
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Patiently awaiting delivery to Canada of 2 D5 hammers.
We still climb when it's cold up here, and should it arrive before Friday of this week it will see use in the replacement of some rather old manky belay bolts on a couple ice routes (potentially some aid if the -30°C temps in the forecast do not appear).
I have every intention of having as few days between receiving the hammer and it's use in the mountains.
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John Mac
Trad climber
Littleton, CO
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Should we have our email notification by now or should we expect it on Monday?
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Joseph will be putting together a few pics.
There are several unsung contributors to this project.
Shipping is being done by Theron's wife Cheyenne, his brother Orion and his wife Katie.
This is only a partial of Saturday's shipping boxes with Katie.
This is the culmination of 5 years effort driven by healyje and Theron.
Talk about persistence.
In case you missed it earlier, all hammers were finished yesterday and a number were shipped. It might be a couple more days before they all get shipped. The same care is going into packing, shipping and bookkeeping as in manufacture.
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Moof
Big Wall climber
Orygun
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Got my shipping notification last night. Can't wait! Still jealous of Paul getting #13, even though it cracked. But I'm getting my wife's birthday instead, so I still couldn't be happier.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Paul,
we had a chat about cracked hammers last night. We're all curious what the real world effect will be.
Seriously: Use #13 at your own risk and be careful!
Consider just how far you want to press your luck with #13
Go ahead and hammer a few pins or drill a few bolts. Just be SURE to wear safety glasses (and take a spare hammer)!
Report to Theron and healyje, send pics of the pieces if you can find them all.
My guess is the cracks will propagate and result in sudden and catastrophic failure.
You are warned.
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Shack
Big Wall climber
Reno NV
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Could a crack be welded?
Anyone magna-flux one to see how far the crack goes?
Any good close-ups of the cracks?
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Could a crack be welded? presumably. But why would you?
Anyone magna-flux one to see how far the crack goes? Theron has those answers.
Any good close-ups of the cracks? See Disaster Master's pics 2 pages back. There are three cracks making a perfect "T" in #13
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Whoa... notification pending! Thanks to all.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
leading the away team, but not in a red shirt!
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Thanks, Slakkey. I've been customizin' it to my liking, already, too.
Check it out.
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MTucker
Ice climber
Arizona
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Why the duct tape? So that there will always be a stick mess on the handle. Takes away from a nice hammer.
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Captain...or Skully
climber
leading the away team, but not in a red shirt!
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You haven't seen my swing. Protection. It is paramount. Some webbing just underneath. Looks are for chicks anyway.(no offense, girls, it IS appreciated).
Edit: Minerals has a good swing. Mine is a bit challenged.
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Shack
Big Wall climber
Reno NV
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Skully, Minerals asked me the same thing.
"Why do you have tape on the handle?"
I guess some guys don't need it.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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it's like duct tape on a ski pole. why put on it on a ski pole?
cuz you never know when yer gunna need it.
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Acer
Big Wall climber
AZ
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You haven't seen my swing. Protection. It is paramount. Some webbing just underneath. Looks are for chicks anyway.(no offense, girls, it IS appreciated).
Edit: Minerals has a good swing. Mine is a bit challenged.
Good reasoning.
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Disaster Master
Social climber
Born in So-Cal, left my soul in far Nor-Cal.
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Paul,
we had a chat about cracked hammers last night. We're all curious what the real world effect will be.
Seriously: Use #13 at your own risk and be careful!
Consider just how far you want to press your luck with #13
Yeah, I know. Still had to get it prepped, even if for limited use...
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