Decommissioning a belay device.
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So, I have a Reverso 3 that must have encountered my nut tool or some other piece of harder metal in my pack. As a result, there are dents with sharp edges on both sides of one of the braking channels. I decided that the $30 for a new belay device is cheaper than a new rope (not to mention the value of my friends' lives) so I've replaced it, and now I'd like to destroy it to avoid accidental use. |
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go where some repaving is going on and toss it underneath the roller...or sledge hammer, thats always fun. |
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Test the strength of epoxy by gluing it to a sidewalk in Boulder. Make sure to go-pro any testing. |
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train tracks !!! it will smash it in to a cool shape or have a nice big fire find steal cup place in coals till red hot then drop the old device in an watch it melt.. cool thred dude |
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FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!!!! |
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christmas tree ornament/wall art |
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shoot rifle round at it, drop it off cliff onto a boulder (be careful nobody below), tape it to your bumper and run into a wall (wear a helmet), use it as passive pro and take a whipper on it, or just throw it in the trash. |
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Why not just file off the rough spot and save $30? |
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Liquid nitrogen idea is bad ass it will shatter like a light bulb. Try going to a welding supply place you can get a small canister for like 10 bucks plus a deposit on the container. |
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attach it to your vehicle in the same fashion as truck nutz. besides, rock climbing is more bad ass than owning a truck. definitely dont just file down the sharp edges, no one will want to see a picture of that on MP after you do it. |
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Thanks for the responses, all! |
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This is so simple I can't believe anyone hasn't mentioned it yet. |
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liquid nitrogen and then shoot it out of a potato canon aimed at a brick wall. |
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liquid nitrogen, wtf? so I have an anthill in my driveway, anyone have any plutonium I could snag. just toss it, how many people are picking through the trash for a reverso? pound on it with a hammer if you're really worried. |
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Liquid nitrogen won't shatter it. The cool shattering effect only works on stuff with a lot of water content (biological cells) or like rubber balls. Aluminum will still be really hard, maybe if you whacked the fuck out of it with a sledge, but you don't need liquid nitrogen to do that. |
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Thermite!! Being aluminum it will be an intereating meltdown |
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liquid nitrogen + sledgehammer sounds pretty hard to beat. |
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Toss it in the aluminum recycling bin. |
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Whenever you find wet concrete in a climber town put the wire into the wet cement... Leave for other dirtbags to dry to pick up and enjoy many Lols. |
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Out of all the humor posted here, oddly enough the one that got me laughing to myself just now, was this one: |