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The Firefly...Creative genius or for the birds.

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Tradiban · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Apr 2004 · Points: 11,610
Jim Titt · · Germany · Joined Nov 2009 · Points: 490

Well it was spammed all over MP a week or two back, the general feeling on this thread https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/113698755/the-firefly-by-dcmountaineering-quickdraw-retrieval-device was no thank you.

amarius · · Nowhere, OK · Joined Feb 2012 · Points: 20

p.s. I'll repost this link after each response to make other posters fully appreciate the power of hyperlinks

baldclimber · · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · Joined Jul 2015 · Points: 6
amarius wrote:
Tradiban · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Apr 2004 · Points: 11,610
Jim Titt wrote:

Well it was spammed all over MP a week or two back, the general feeling on this thread https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/113698755/the-firefly-by-dcmountaineering-quickdraw-retrieval-device was no thank you.

Ha, thanks, missed that. 5 pages of bullshit, impressive!

Luke Bertelsen · · Tucson, AZ · Joined Feb 2005 · Points: 4,862
Tradiban wrote:

Lotsa hullabaloo on Fbook about this thing:

https://www.climbing.com/gear/kickstarter-the-firefly-bail-without-leaving-gear/

Making someone watch this video is a valid form of torture.

Jim Titt · · Germany · Joined Nov 2009 · Points: 490
amarius wrote:

p.s. I'll repost this link after each response to make other posters fully appreciate the power of hyperlinks

Hey, you stole my link.

amarius · · Nowhere, OK · Joined Feb 2012 · Points: 20

There already is a thread on MP.com

https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/113698755/the-firefly-by-dcmountaineering-quickdraw-retrieval-device

p.s. I'll repost this link after each response to make other posters fully appreciate the power of hyperlinks

baldclimber · · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · Joined Jul 2015 · Points: 6
amarius wrote:

There already is a thread on MP.com

https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/113698755/the-firefly-by-dcmountaineering-quickdraw-retrieval-device

p.s. I'll repost this link after each response to make other posters fully appreciate the power of hyperlink

Andrew Rice · · Los Angeles, CA · Joined Jan 2016 · Points: 11

Are you suggesting something can't be BOTH creative genius AND for the birds?

slim · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2004 · Points: 1,093

as much as i want to rip on the guy for leaving an entire quick draw, not thinking to just grab a stick and some tape to stick clip up the rest of the route, etc - i have to hand it to him - he came up with a fairly slick little device.  i am actually pretty impressed with the simplicity of it.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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