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By Ben Lyon
From Birmingham, AL
May 7, 2008
Post climb snack...<br /><br />If you were wondering, the guy is Strappo (could be my long lost brother according to one of my climbing partners), a famous British climber and madman. <br /><br />The photo was taken in the Yosemite Lodge parking lot in 1982. Russ Walling took the photo. Strappo provided the bread.....

Greg- I agree with Kevin...

Kevin Stricker wrote:
I'm guessing you could shave about 3 pounds with new biners. Trango Superfly and Superfly lockers.


Rock those Superflies or some other light biner under 30 grams. You could go so far as to rack with Camp Nanos, using the larger Superflies for your draws.

Kevin Stricker wrote:
...Also 2 pounds in cordalettes sounds like a collection to me. 60m of 6mm cord only weights 6 pounds.!


For any given crag trip, I'll cart 5' of 6mm chord with a quick link to backup a rappel or somesuch...past that, if the situation dictates, I'll be trimming my cordalette...

Kevin Stricker wrote:
...My recommendation, besides the biners, would be to get a BD speed pack, which is JUST big enough for everything you would need on a long alpine day. The smaller your pack the less gear you will bring. PS great trad rack....I'll carry that anyday!



No matter the particular bag, a smaller one always helps. One of my partners uses the BD Speed...fine pack...just the right size, IMO.

And yes, that rack looks solid.
By Stymingersfink
May 7, 2008
Redtail Hawk, circling nest 40' up the tower at Anderson Pass

Greg wrote:
I'm either carrying too much gear, a way too heavy pack or a combo of both.

I offer a third option:

you need to pack more weight around when you're hiking the dog. It will make you stronger, and by comparison your craggin' pack lighter.

I've not weighed my pack, but with gear/rope/essentials, I'd guess it's easily 40lbs. Give the rope to the partner, the thing feels much lighter. ;)
By Mark Nelson
From Coniferous, CO
May 7, 2008
In a zoo in California, a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to complications in the pregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely and due to their tiny size, they died shortly after birth. <br /><br />The mother tiger after recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health, although physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused the tigress to fall into a depression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate another mother's cubs, perhaps she would improve. <br /><br />After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to the mourning mother. The veterinarians decided to try something that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother of one species will take on the care of a different species. The only "orphans" that could be found quickly, were a litter of weaner pigs. The zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger.<br />

Greg German wrote:
.. The size 13 shoes don't lighten the load.


neither does the 15 pounds of mustache, aerodynamically streamlined as it may be.
By Tea
May 7, 2008
super bad ass ninja guitar fight.

cut that rack down to a single set up to a 4, and let'r buck.

Cuts the weight, and keeps ya honest on the sharp end.

Now where can I find Newcastle cans behind the Zion curtain?
By Greg German
From Broomfield, CO
May 7, 2008
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½Nelson,
Then again, having this handlebar flavor-saver on my face gives me hands-free access to leftover food while on lead.
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