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| rpc | Re: My mank | |
Hasn't voted | sounds like a fun (after the fact) adventure eh? Thanks for visiting. | |
| Posted Nov 26, 2007 1:16 pm | ||
| AJones | Good idea | |
Voted 10/10 | I'm going to keep this in mind on future climbs - I've used some pretty funky looking gear. | |
| Posted Nov 23, 2007 1:40 pm | ||
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| rpc | Re: Good idea | |
Hasn't voted | THanks AJones - yeah, I'd guess you too must've seen your share of crap pro on routes :) | |
| Posted Nov 26, 2007 1:18 pm | ||
| Nigel Lewis | Gear just wasn't there! | |
Hasn't voted | Not about gear, more about the lack of it. Imagine the look of suprise on Lisa's face when she topped out of a sea cliff route she seconded at Pembrokeshire in Wales! The best belay I could come up with was walking back across the field about 10 metres and sitting down. Luckily I'm heavier than her, even luckier, she didn't fall!! N | |
| Posted May 2, 2008 8:35 pm | ||
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| rpc | Re: Gear just wasn't there! | |
Hasn't voted | you could always post a photo of your feet dug into the said field Nigel :) thanks for visiting! | |
| Posted May 2, 2008 9:33 pm | ||
| Marcsoltan | Love this album. | |
Voted 10/10 | Being an old timer, I have seen more mank than I could possibly remember. I just wish I had a camera, and thought of taking photos of them. Cameras were very large and heavy and they would get in the way of climbing. Digital cameras are heaven sent for climbers. Very creative album. | |
| Posted Oct 15, 2008 4:23 pm | ||
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| rpc | Re: Love this album. | |
Hasn't voted | Thanks Marc. I'm thinking about re-naming the album as I kind of think "Mank" sounds negative. I had two gentlemen mention (not unkindly) that the stuff they placed during their FA back in circa 1940s-50s & I found and included here was the best that they could afford at the time. I'll probably modify to "interesting gear placements" or something. | |
| Posted Oct 15, 2008 4:54 pm | ||
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| Marcsoltan | Sounds like | |
Voted 10/10 | a good idea. But, those gentlemen shouldn't have been offended. I have climbed walls in Yosemite that have nothing but "mank". I was happy to have mank, mank or not. One time two of us ended up rapping off of a single "Chiounard Arrow" piton, without which we would have been in deep trouble, or still up there. | |
| Posted Oct 15, 2008 10:20 pm | ||
| Sierra Ledge Rat | Brilliant | |
Voted 10/10 | What a brilliant idea - MANK! I used to rappel off 1-inch webbing after jamming the knots in cracks -- I hated to leave hardware behind. Wish now I had taken photos of those rappel anchors. | |
| Posted Mar 29, 2009 5:56 pm | ||
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| rpc | Re: Brilliant | |
Hasn't voted | thank you very much - if you DO happen to find a shot or two of the junk you've seen out there, be sure & post up here. | |
| Posted Mar 30, 2009 12:10 pm | ||
| SteveMarr | Great Collection | |
Voted 10/10 | This album truly makes you appreciate solid pro in solid rock! Classic pictures... | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2009 6:39 pm | ||
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| rpc | Re: Great Collection | |
Hasn't voted | thanks Steve & glad you like it :) | |
| Posted Sep 9, 2009 7:04 pm | ||
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