The Brotherhood Of the Traveling Stopper...

Peter Lewis wrote:

Great idea! And I think we can make it even better. Let's start "The Brotherhood of the Traveling Cam." Someone send me a brand new C3 and I promise to use it and then...well....   

How about "brotherhood of the travelling cowbell" where I send you a hex and you just drag that heavy shit all over the place but never actually place it?

How about a Traveling Pink Tri-cam?

AndrewArroz wrote:

How about "brotherhood of the travelling cowbell" where I send you a hex and you just drag that heavy shit all over the place but never actually place it?

Brilliant. Isn't it great how one good idea just spawns another? I have complete set of SMC Cam Locks, BTW (you have to be over 55 to remember these), and they'd be even more embarrassing than hexes to lug around (although they don't have the same charming cow-bell-ness).

Is there a stopper in the brotherhood waiting to be placed into the hands of a new traveler?  If so, please contact me.

Daniel Howe wrote:

Is there a stopper in the brotherhood waiting to be placed into the hands of a new traveler?  If so, please contact me.

If you really want one, AndrewArroz has stated he'd be willing to pass Resurrection along. PM him if you want it, but only if you're confident you'll get out and use it.

Idaho Bob wrote:

How about a Traveling Pink Tri-cam?

If only you could find someone willing to part with beloved pink tricam...

Andrew Krajnik wrote:

If you really want one, AndrewArroz has stated he'd be willing to pass Resurrection along. PM him if you want it, but only if you're confident you'll get out and use it.

I do.  I did.  I will.

Daniel Howe wrote:

Is there a stopper in the brotherhood waiting to be placed into the hands of a new traveler?  If so, please contact me.

There's one sticking in my FA on the back of Der Zerkle that I left there to be part of someone's adventure...

Tony B wrote:

There's one sticking in my FA on the back of Der Zerkle that I left there to be part of someone's adventure...

I’d love to jump on the opportunity of bringing that stopper back into the fold, but 19 hour drive is a little far for me.  

I’m eager to get the stopper.  I plan on recreating some of the climbing trips I made in my youth with a friend as part of a climbing weekend to celebrate my birthday.  Let’s hope for a speedy delivery.

If somebody's actually interested, I've got an SMC camlock I'd be willing to put into circulation 

eli poss wrote:

If somebody's actually interested, I've got an SMC camlock I'd be willing to put into circulation 

Oh YA! You ever placed it, without it;

a) falling out when you looked at it

b) felt that it would stay when you moved past it

Or for htat matter, fallen on one? I bought a full rack of them years ago, and there they sit, in the museum, where they belong!

And ya, horizontals....

Muscrat wrote:

Oh YA! You ever placed it, without it;

a) falling out when you looked at it

b) felt that it would stay when you moved past it

Or for htat matter, fallen on one? I bought a full rack of them years ago, and there they sit, in the museum, where they belong!

And ya, horizontals....

I actually haven't ever placed them. I bought them thinking that they would work as nuts with the added bonus of camming if you ever needed them to. Needless to say, I realized my mistake the moment I set eyes upon them. Boy, did I feel like a real dumbass.

If somebody is crazed enough to seek out the adventure of finding a placement for these guys I'd happily send 'em out and I'd love to hear a TR.

eli poss wrote:

I actually haven't ever placed them. I bought them thinking that they would work as nuts with the added bonus of camming if you ever needed them to. Needless to say, I realized my mistake the moment I set eyes upon them. Boy, did I feel like a real dumbass.

If somebody is crazed enough to seek out the adventure of finding a placement for these guys I'd happily send 'em out and I'd love to hear a TR.

You'd love to hear a trip report, or an accident report? Those don't sound particularly confidence-inspiring....

eli poss wrote:

If somebody's actually interested, I've got an SMC camlock I'd be willing to put into circulation 

Paint it red, send it out, and expect a 50/50 odds of ever hearing of it again.

Andrew Krajnik wrote:

You'd love to hear a trip report, or an accident report? Those don't sound particularly confidence-inspiring....

They are as good as anything else in a good placement.  But they need a certain kind of placement.  Eccentric hexes were superior to them, an or or less killed them off.  But I've had better luck than Muscrat in placing them, when I bothered.  I left my last one in Upper Progressive (at Lumpy) about 20 years ago when it was in a placement so hard to clean that my partner could not get it out.

Got the stopper from Kat yesterday. I have a trip of sorts mapped out in March, as long as weather alows it. 

Got the stopper Thursday.  Here's the trip report.  Who's next?!

I'll take it!

Daniel Howe wrote:

Got the stopper Thursday.  Here's the trip report.  Who's next?!

So here is the benchmark for how fast things like this can/should happen.

Daniel Howe wrote:
Got the stopper Thursday.  Here's the trip report.  Who's next?!

Tony B wrote:

So here is the benchmark for how fast things like this can/should happen.

Yeah, I thought I did well when I only had it in my possession for eleven days. Assuming it goes out on Monday, Daniel has it down to four!

Great TR, Daniel, and kudos on the fast turn-around! (Congrats on the addition to the family, as well.)