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Geir www.ToofastTopos.com · · Tucson/DMR · Joined Jun 2006 · Points: 2,751

This is a photo from a recent climber get-together. Any guesses as to what it is?

what is this?

Mark Cushman · · Cumming, GA · Joined Sep 2006 · Points: 980

Looks like load testing the oval carabiner (loaded across the gate) by pulling it with a comealong. Rope looks like it is there to keep things from flying around and plywood is a shield.

Buff Johnson · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2005 · Points: 1,145

looks like crossloading a biner (possibly to failure) with some type of dynamometer to offer a reading. -- basically what Cush said.

Stucker · · Centennial, CO · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 75

Someone's plan to keep their little piece of California from sliding off into the ocean?

tooTALLtim · · Vanlife · Joined Apr 2007 · Points: 1,786

Looks like breaking stuff is fun!

Tim Stich · · Colorado Springs, Colorado · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 1,520

Can you find the hidden climber in this picture?

Devil's Head on the back side of the Training Ground.

Yes, there is one.

Dirty Gri Gri, or is it GiGi? · · Vegas · Joined May 2005 · Points: 4,115
Geir Hundal wrote:This is a photo from a recent climber get-together. Any guesses as to what it is?
what is this?

I've narrowed it down, and these are my final guesses.

Drilling a glory hole, or two.

Setting up for the annual "Burning Cam" event.

Playing pin the big bro on the donkey. (He'd better be blind-folded!)

Back woods red-neck trying to set a booty trap for a climber, because he's lonely, and hungry.

He's dead drunk, about to puke, while trying to impress the girls at camp that he's figured out how the Titanic really sank.

Edit: [send. more. hidden. pictures.]
John Maguire · · Boulder, CO · Joined Nov 2008 · Points: 195

Dirty Gri Gri, or is it GiGi? - "Drilling a glory hole, or two."

Hahahahaha. Awesome!

Geir www.ToofastTopos.com · · Tucson/DMR · Joined Jun 2006 · Points: 2,751

Award goes to Cush for the correct answer, with GiGi as a second runner up for the funniest post!

It's a pull test station we built to pull slings/rope/gear up to around 8,000 pounds.

Here's another shot...

take two

England · · Colorado Springs · Joined Aug 2008 · Points: 270
Geir Hundal wrote:Award goes to Cush for the correct answer, with GiGi as a second runner up for the funniest post! It's a pull test station we built to pull slings/rope/gear up to around 8,000 pounds. Here's another shot...
May I ask why?
Adam Stackhouse · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2001 · Points: 13,970
Stich wrote:Can you find the hidden climber in this picture? Yes, there is one.
Couldn't find it. Post this in a higher resolution so I can get another look.
Rick Blair · · Denver · Joined Oct 2007 · Points: 266
England wrote: May I ask why?
I think the beverages you can see in peoples hands in the picture answers that.
Geir www.ToofastTopos.com · · Tucson/DMR · Joined Jun 2006 · Points: 2,751

HAHAHA Rick!

Yeah, the beverages did make the whole event a lot more festive.

England,

Mostly out of interest. I've done some research over the years to check out various climbing myths, and this thing is a part of that. stuff like: is he EDK really safe for rappels? does a carabiner that gets dropped a long distance weaken? does use/aging weaken dyneema slings significantly? etc. I also wanted to do controlled testing of hardware so i built a "crack" into the form to pull cams & stoppers. (it's hard to see in the photos). Plus I know some folks that are designing new climbing hardware that wanted to test it.

Anonymous · · Unknown Hometown · Joined unknown · Points: 0

@Gier -

Ever break a comealong with that setup? I mean the plywood looks totally safe and all, but what if something breaks on the other side? Or rather when.

England · · Colorado Springs · Joined Aug 2008 · Points: 270
Geir Hundal wrote:HAHAHA Rick! Yeah, the beverages did make the whole event a lot more festive. England, Mostly out of interest. I've done some research over the years to check out various climbing myths, and this thing is a part of that. stuff like: is he EDK really safe for rappels? does a carabiner that gets dropped a long distance weaken? does use/aging weaken dyneema slings significantly? etc. I also wanted to do controlled testing of hardware so i built a "crack" into the form to pull cams & stoppers. (it's hard to see in the photos). Plus I know some folks that are designing new climbing hardware that wanted to test it.
Is this the device you used to do your report on the Gri-Gri, and clove hitch slipping forces etc.., that was very informative. Thanks for that, good stuff.
LeeAB Brinckerhoff · · Austin, TX · Joined Aug 2008 · Points: 10,288

I think barefoot and mildly inebriated are probably requirements for this sort of activity.

Rick Blair · · Denver · Joined Oct 2007 · Points: 266
Geir Hundal wrote:HAHAHA Rick! Yeah, the beverages did make the whole event a lot more festive. England, Mostly out of interest. I've done some research over the years to check out various climbing myths, and this thing is a part of that. stuff like: is he EDK really safe for rappels? does a carabiner that gets dropped a long distance weaken? does use/aging weaken dyneema slings significantly? etc. I also wanted to do controlled testing of hardware so i built a "crack" into the form to pull cams & stoppers. (it's hard to see in the photos). Plus I know some folks that are designing new climbing hardware that wanted to test it.
Myth busters for climbing, I like it. Post up.
Tea · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Feb 2006 · Points: 223

looks like a picture of a guy not worried about losing a toe.

Doug Foust · · Oroville, WA · Joined Sep 2008 · Points: 165
Stich wrote:Can you find the hidden climber in this picture? Yes, there is one.
Is the climber trapped between her breasts?
Geir www.ToofastTopos.com · · Tucson/DMR · Joined Jun 2006 · Points: 2,751
Price wrote:@Gier - Ever break a comealong with that setup? I mean the plywood looks totally safe and all, but what if something breaks on the other side? Or rather when.
God I really hope not! The comealong is rated to 8,000 pounds and I'm pulling no more than 3K right now - will probably have to get a bigger one just to be safe when it comes time to pull bigger loads.

:)
Hendrixson · · Littleton, CO · Joined Sep 2007 · Points: 3,290

That's a pretty cool setup. I'll be curious to hear what you discover.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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