Stuck totem on Birdland

Long story short

I screwed up and welded my partners yellow totem on the first pitch of birdland a couple days ago. The cam has sentimental value to him, and Im well aware that a totem is a primo piece of booty.

So heres my offer… if anyone manages to pull the YELLOW totem (theres a blue one above it that was already fixed) off the first pitch without destroying it Ill buy you a new totem (and obviously cover the costs of shipping)

How can a cam have sentimental value? Do his locking carabiners also have sentimental value?

Mike Climbersonwrote:

How can a cam have sentimental value? Do his locking carabiners also have sentimental value?

Maybe someone gave it to him. Who tf cares enough to leave this condescending comment? You can do better bud <3

"My lost cam has sentimental value."

"My lost Nalgene has sentimental value."

"My lost hat has sentimental value."

I think you have to be kind of gullible to believe these.  

Edit: The OP did offer to buy a new Totem to get the old one back, so that lends more credence to the claim of sentimental value.

FrankPSwrote:

"My lost cam has sentimental value."

"My lost Nalgene has sentimental value."

"My lost hat has sentimental value."

I think you have to be kind of gullible to believe these.  

Edit: The OP did offer to buy a new Totem to get the old one back, so that lends more credence to the claim of sentimental value.

What's hard to believe about that? It's way easier to work a couple hours and buy a replacement than deal with getting shit back and reading posts like this

Instead of “sentimental value” lets just call it “he’d rather get the stuck one back than a new one”.

Todd Berlier wrote:

if it came out that mother theresa slept 9 hours a night, someone on MP would call her lazy.

Typical MP exchange:

Climber A: "I prefer mangoes to oranges..."

Random climber B: "So basically what you're saying is that you hate oranges? You also failed to mention pineapples, bananas and grapefruits. Educate yourself."

Jackfruit is essentially all the other fruits flavor profiles combined. Not only that, but you also get up to 40 pounds of fruit per unit.

One could say it’s the yellow totem of the fruit world

Edit: FURTHERMORE!! The jackfruits advanced cam lobe technology can easily be seen in action. 40 pounds of fruit easily grips itself to the offset trees that grow them. Mangos/oranges/nanners/tangerines/tangelos/grapefruits/passion fruits/star fruits/lychees/limes/lemons/sugar apples simply cannot compete with such high numbers. My grandmas yard is littered with mangos every year because their outdated camming technology typically starts to slip and fall out of the tree after a measly 2(maybe 2 1/2) pounds of fruit. God forbid non-jackfruit grows on anything but a splitter branch   

Pretty sure anything can have sentimental value.  The biggest whip I ever took was on a BD #4 nut.  Not huge, but 35' or so and that tiny little thing is now rendered unusable.  Had it blown, I would have connected with a ledge, so yeah, that stopper has sentimental value to me, and even though it'll never get placed again, I keep it.   You know, because of sentimental value.  What in the holy fuck is the big deal with the insanely anal pedantry that you all like to engage in?  Go rough up the suspect or make a Tinder profile or something (maybe just log off for a while?).  Jesus Christ.

Sentimental value:  pronunciation: sen·ti·men·tal val·ue

1. the value of something to someone because of personal or emotional associations rather than material worth
   
   

Jake Joneswrote:

What in the holy fuck is the big deal with the insanely anal pedantry that you all like to engage in?

Just another form of dick swinging that some folks here find incapable of avoiding.

Man, I love you guys. This is what I come here for. 

Marc801 Cwrote:

Just another form of dick swinging that some folks here find incapable of avoiding.

Haha, I guess man.  Seems pointless and exhausting to me.  I guess my comment just adds to the fray though, so a bit hypocritical perhaps.

Samuel Puckettwrote:

I screwed up and welded my partners yellow totem on the first pitch of birdland a couple days ago. The cam has sentimental value to him, and Im well aware that a totem is a primo piece of booty.

I fought with this totem for a solid ten minutes... it is realllllly in there. Gonna need a hammer and more finesse that I was able to give it. 

Sorry to tell you, one of the wires on that yellow totem is already cut. Someone tried a little too hard to get it out.

Mike Climbersonwrote:

How can a cam have sentimental value? Do his locking carabiners also have sentimental value?

I have sentimental carabiners. They’re inherited from my brother’s original rack. Meaningful relationships, go fig.