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Do you stick clip? Why or why not?

don'tchuffonme · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2014 · Points: 26
Rauzer wrote:Y'all are so friendly.
No less friendly than you. This comment is as snide as anything else in this thread:

Rauzer wrote: I'm sorry your mind can't handle anything beyond a simple dialectic.
Sorry your mind uses adjectives where nouns should be.
Marc801 C · · Sandy, Utah · Joined Feb 2014 · Points: 65
don'tchuffonme wrote: No less friendly than you. This comment is as snide as anything else in this thread: Sorry your mind uses adjectives where nouns should be.
Er, dialectic is a noun, as well as an adjective.
don'tchuffonme · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2014 · Points: 26

Shit.

dino74 · · Oceanside, CA · Joined Sep 2016 · Points: 70

We convinced a girl at the crag that our super clip stick was trapping rattle snakes ...

Marc801 C · · Sandy, Utah · Joined Feb 2014 · Points: 65
dino74 wrote:We convinced a girl at the crag that our super clip stick was trapping rattle snakes ...
I once said mine was for fishing in the secret trout pond at the top of the cliff.
dino74 · · Oceanside, CA · Joined Sep 2016 · Points: 70

I've been taking my stick clip out for the past couple of outings but never felt the need to use it. Last weekend, I decided to leave it in the car cause I was getting tired of carrying it around. I'm with a newer lead climber and I hit up a classic 10a. After leading it, I thought this would be great climb for for my buddy to lead. The start was a little tricky and I could tell he was wasn't fully comfortable. I offered to clip the first draw for him but he declined cause we'd have to switch belays/put shoes on/etc. He slipped and fell before he could clip, luckily he only bruised his heel but it could have been worse. He didn't climb much the next day. So now I'm always bringing my clip stick with me. I used to use a telescopic painters pole but its not that portable. I realized the Swiffer in the kitchen is super light, so I bought two packs and retrofitted the tip to one of them. Now I keep the disassembled poles in my pack.

BigB · · Red Rock, NV · Joined Feb 2015 · Points: 340

that's pretty cool idea^ how many 1' sections come with each Swiffer? how much was each Swiffer?

M Mobley · · Bar Harbor, ME · Joined Mar 2006 · Points: 911
J.Kruse wrote: a scene I witnessed once while climbing at jackson falls in southern illinois. very innovative technique.
seen it at the New as well, the dude wanted to work his proj
dino74 · · Oceanside, CA · Joined Sep 2016 · Points: 70
BigB wrote:that's pretty cool idea^ how many 1' sections come with each Swiffer? how much was each Swiffer?
Three 1 foot extension pieces and 1 handle come in each pack.

Each pack was $11.
amarius · · Nowhere, OK · Joined Feb 2012 · Points: 20

Buddy modified "golf ball retriever" to use as a clip-stick. A bit floppy, but quite compact

Aleks Zebastian · · Boulder, CO · Joined Jul 2014 · Points: 175

climbing friend,

do not just utilize the sticking clip for bolts 1-3 for the safety.

please take every final shredding of adventure and unknown out of the sport by bringing it up with you on your hardproj, and clipping bolts above you thusly as while indirect, creating the toprope for glory, so you may not risk falling on safe route, and you may avoid trying a hard move and falling and may be reducing any adventure or unknown into a carefully rehearsed gymnastic routine. MYAH!

Jason Halladay · · Los Alamos, NM · Joined Oct 2005 · Points: 15,153
J.Kruse wrote: a scene I witnessed once while climbing at jackson falls in southern illinois. very innovative technique.
Unknown climber employing innovative ground up top rope tactics to reach the anchors on Master Marley. I had to capture the moment.

T Roper wrote:seen it at the New as well, the dude wanted to work his proj
That's a good procedure for working through hard sections on projects and/or not wanting to leave a bail biner. I consider it another good reason to have a stick clip.
Aleks Zebastian · · Boulder, CO · Joined Jul 2014 · Points: 175
Jason Halladay wrote: That's a good procedure for working through hard sections on projects and/or not wanting to leave a bail biner. I consider it another good reason to have a stick clip.
climbing friend,

no.

you are killing your father.

unless it is ledge/groundfall/30 footer terrain, you are contradicting entire point of the sport with the adventure, stepping outside zone of comfort, et seterra.
Zachary k · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Apr 2015 · Points: 80
Aleks Zebastian wrote: climbing friend, no. you are killing your father. unless it is ledge/groundfall/30 footer terrain, you are contradicting entire point of the sport with the adventure, stepping outside zone of comfort, et seterra.
+1
So true
M Mobley · · Bar Harbor, ME · Joined Mar 2006 · Points: 911
Aleks Zebastian wrote: climbing friend, no. you are killing your father. unless it is ledge/groundfall/30 footer terrain, you are contradicting entire point of the sport with the adventure, stepping outside zone of comfort, et seterra.
yeah, projecting way above your head on TR with a stick is kind of silly IMO, unless the numbers are that important then go for it, its still a semi free country
Frank Stein · · Albuquerque, NM · Joined Feb 2012 · Points: 205

Question: Why is stick clipping through a crux move that you cannot get through worse than leaving a crappy bail biner in the hanger for others to clean?

Frank Stein · · Albuquerque, NM · Joined Feb 2012 · Points: 205

I mean we have collective fits of apoplexy over chain draws or uncamouflaged hangers, but leaving shiny crap in the hanger is a-ok as long as you don't haul up a stick.

Sandbagger Vance · · Cincinnati, Ohio · Joined May 2016 · Points: 0

Edited: for grammer n stuff

the schmuck wrote:I mean we have collective fits of apoplexy over chain draws or uncamouflaged hangers, but leaving shiny crap in the hanger is a-ok as long as you don't haul up a stick.
For me it's not about the carabiner. Most routes started off as open projects anyway. I respect route projecting, especially harder routes that the pro's can do. Usually these routes require specific training or dyno's, but if you are projecting a 5.11 and usually climb 5.10 then brag about how you are a 5.11 climber, that's not very cool. Climbing isn't very cool in the first place, for all intents and purposes we are just trying to climb on top of stuff in the woods. Your grandma doesn't care what grade you climb. Carefully rehearsing a 5.11 just sandbags your friends. If you want to get better, hangboard. If you want to prove yourself, onsite or try to get it before your belayer gets bored.

I forgot what we were supposed to be talking about.
Marc801 C · · Sandy, Utah · Joined Feb 2014 · Points: 65
Sandbagger Vance wrote:...for all intensive purposes...
Gah! Seeing that is the visual equivalent of nails on a chalkboard!
"For all intents and purposes"
Marc801 C · · Sandy, Utah · Joined Feb 2014 · Points: 65

Should have stick clipped (and his friend really needs to learn how to spot):

youtube.com/watch?v=wFn0du8…

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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