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Thanks guys.

--A

Happy birthday!!! Sorry I was late. Have a new ascender...


and a new belayer



and for those special times when you are "going solo."

Wow, Cag, that's more than any of the rest of us got Av for his birthday. What are you sucking up for?

Shhhh.......(an all expenses paid vacation to Africa, if I play my cards right and prostitute myself just enough....)

Thanks Cag. I need the ascenders.

I'm perfectly happy with my belay device though.



The Black Diamond ATC-Guide. In fact, I have two of them. (Can't recommend them highly enough.) Don't really hold with auto-camming/locking devices like the Grigri or the one pictured in your post...makes for lazy belayers.

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Avatar wrote: Thanks Cag. I need the ascenders.

I'm perfectly happy with my belay device though.



The Black Diamond ATC-Guide. In fact, I have two of them. (Can't recommend them highly enough.) Don't really hold with auto-camming/locking devices like the Grigri or the one pictured in your post...makes for lazy belayers.

--A

Ouch. I liked the grigri...but I was taught early on to be attentive and the ex was very good about yelling out shit like, "climb on" after puzzling out her route. But we also climbed with some people that let me fall further than I was comfortable with, so I guess I see your point.

But the main point of my initial post was to work in a masturbation joke. Yep...that's how grown up I am.

happy birthday my friend, i sure am glad you were born!!

so is marilyn!

Happy b-day, Av, Iquestor, Owlie and anyone else I missed!

Thanks danlo and LuciMay.

Cagliostro wrote:Ouch. I liked the grigri...but I was taught early on to be attentive and the ex was very good about yelling out shit like, "climb on" after puzzling out her route. But we also climbed with some people that let me fall further than I was comfortable with, so I guess I see your point.

But the main point of my initial post was to work in a masturbation joke. Yep...that's how grown up I am.

And I'm so literal minded, I didn't even notice it.

I learned on a grigri to start, and it's a great device. But not only does it make people lazy, but misuse can cause unnoticed catastrophic failure (in extremely rare cases).

Edelrid's new one is quite nice...pulling the lower-lever too far down locks it the same as letting go does...overcomes the problem caused by users inclination to panic and clamp the lever down if something goes wrong. But gimme a friction device and a good belayer any day.

(We should probably get back on topic though. )

--A

Avatar wrote: (We should probably get back on topic though. )

--A

Or we could just open up a climbing thread. Though I suspect it will only be you and I.

You never know. Sport forum?

--A

Happy birthday, Blackhawk!!

Happy Birthday BlackHawk.

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Happy BDay BlackHawk

Happy b-day, Blackhawk!

Merry birthday BlackHawk.

Have a casino!

Happy Birthday, dw!!

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Call dw...

Happy b-day, dukkha!

Happy BIrthday Dukkha

Menolly wrote: When you get in trouble, you
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