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by **Mountain_Marc** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 4:20 pm

Anyone need some. I have some for sale...

by **martha** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:40 pm

ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME

What year are they? come with leashes and pinky rests? condition? why you selling?

cara

by **Mountain_Marc** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:28 pm

martha wrote:ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME

What year are they? come with leashes and pinky rests? condition? why you selling?

cara

2004 I think. Leashes - BD Android. Pinky rest - Yes. Condition - Good.

I'm selling because I got Nomics.

by **chossmonkey** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:34 am

Mountain_Marc wrote:I'm selling because I got Nomics.

Nomics are quite nice. Do you carry a third tool for pounding pins?

by **Mountain_Marc** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 8:01 am

chossmonkey wrote:
Mountain_Marc wrote:I'm selling because I got Nomics.
Nomics are quite nice. Do you carry a third tool for pounding pins?

It's never gotten to that point yet. Usually I'd just place rock gear in less than optimal ice but I do have a light wall hammer that I'd carry along if the routes requires pin bashing.

by **granite_grrl** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 8:25 am

Gah, I think next year I'll be keen on getting some leashless tools. My Vipers are all well and good, but it would be great to be able to hook better and have a nicer handle for going leashless.

I used my friend's Quarks once this season, but they had allowed their picks to become so dull that it was pretty miserable climbing with them.

by **Mountain_Marc** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 5:28 pm

Cara, did you get the email?

by **szymiec** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:02 pm

A little somethin somethin i discovered.

If you are having dirty leashless thoughts about your quarks, you can go to MEC and buy the Grivel finger triggers, size large and they fit on the Quark like a dream.

Yeah Yeah

Chris

by **chossmonkey** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:11 am

szymiec wrote:If you are having dirty leashless thoughts about your quarks,....

While not about the Quarks, I will admit to having dirty thoughts about leashes. :oops:

I think the only time I ever climbed with leashes was my first time out. It was on a set of Quarks that our friend had just got and he insisted on only using them as tethers because the dirrections said that they were non-load bering. :roll:

by **Elvis** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:37 pm

chossmonkey wrote:
Mountain_Marc wrote:I'm selling because I got Nomics.
Nomics are quite nice. Do you carry a third tool for pounding pins?

Mountain Marc does not pound pins... the Nomic is an awsome tool but has limitations in the alpine and trad protected mixed terrain... the only thing that pounds pins well is a real hammer. try and use an ice tool and you will see what I mean...

E.

by **Mountain_Marc** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:02 pm

Elvis wrote:Mountain Marc does not pound pins...
E.

Hey bro,

That's what I said earlier. Popping in a cam so much easier. Not much pin pounding happens in these parts. To be honest, i've never seen anyone do it around here while ice climbing.

by **chossmonkey** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:18 am

Elvis wrote:the only thing that pounds pins well is a real hammer. try and use an ice tool and you will see what I mean...

Been there, done that.

If you do plan on pounding a lot of pins a pin hammer is the way to go, but if you only bring along a few blades that you may or may not need to use, bringing along a pin hammer wouldn't make any sense if you have hammers on your tools.

Most fixed pins should be tested or at least given a decent tap to make sure they are set before trusting them. Most people skip that step in clipping a fixed pin, but on ice/mixed routes that see so much freeze thaw action and moisture that rots them from the inside out I really don't care to. Bringing along a pin hammer to test a couple of pins wouldn't be overly practical either if you already have hammers.

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