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Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 02:03:36 pm
 IO1 in ladder scandal .....

Apparently I shouldn't be able to sleep at night and need to take a Long hard look in the mirror.

Anyone else getting grief for using an extendable ladder ?

ps Thanks for dobbing me in Lagers
« Last Edit: April 06, 2014, 12:57:20 am by habrich »

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#1 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 02:15:12 pm
If it pisses Adam Long off, it has to be a good thing.

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#2 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 02:17:20 pm
Apparently I shouldn't be able to sleep at night and need to take a Long hard look in the mirror.

Anyone else getting grief for using an extendable ladder ?

ps Thanks for dobbing me in Lagers

Seeing as lagers dobbed you in I'll chip in ;)

You know it was wrong Shark - as the other week between using it you laid it down on the ground "so no one from the other side of the valley can see" ;)

Anyway - its fine on limestone, but not on grit... :D

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#3 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 02:24:11 pm
A great riposte on twitter to Adams incredulity  :lol: :clap2:

Quote from: Johnny Brown
Again, someone was working West Side Story today with a bloody ladder. I don't know how they sleep at night.

Quote from: Bonjoy
Bunkbed I reckon

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#4 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 02:36:48 pm
You know it was wrong Shark - as the other week between using it you laid it down on the ground "so no one from the other side of the valley can see" ;)

I don't.

I suspected other people would think it was wrong or at least unsightly. 

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#5 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 02:45:09 pm
I can see why folk would get pissed off with them in Burbage valley on the likes of WSS. However, they're a great bit of kit for cleaning and establishing new problems, especially if those problems are highish to massive and you're climbing alone.

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#6 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 02:49:42 pm
Any recommendations for a good one btw? Got a project I need to clean, 10 ft of good rock at the bottom of a seacliff,50 ft of choss above.

As far as working grit probs, I personally really wouldn't bother.

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#7 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 02:52:33 pm
If it's good enough for Nalle...


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#8 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 03:14:16 pm
If it's quite steep (~>40 - full roof) a super cheap step ladder is best (cheap = light) I also have a 4 m ish telescopic ladder which is great for less steep and higher stuff. Quite heavy, but fits into a pad and is easy to extend / collapse. IIRC, it was about 70 notes off Amazon.

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#9 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 03:18:17 pm
Cheers. Something to fit into pad would be ideal, I also need two hands free to get to the bottom!

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#10 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 03:22:13 pm
Chris - can't you make one out of driftwood down there?

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#11 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 03:24:45 pm
I think they may be justified for opening a hard new line where abseiling is unhelpful.

For repeating a thirty year old mid-grade problem with a perfect landing and a break that allows you traverse in, its fucking embarrassing frankly. On both occasions I could see it just from driving past.

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#12 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 03:30:34 pm
Apparently I shouldn't be able to sleep at night and need to take a Long hard look in the mirror.

Which bit were you trying off the ladder, the top out? Seems like a tricky problem to be able to pull on to.

The telescopic ones have definitely been a game changer at the top end of bouldering over here, you only have to look at the recent ascents of High Fidelity, Dandelion Minds, Rhythm, etc.

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#13 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 03:42:42 pm
Which bit were you trying off the ladder, the top out? Seems like a tricky problem to be able to pull on to.

Not the top out. Its only 1.7m high. I was mainly using it to brush the sidepulls and sort out the best way to use the top sidehold.

Like you say it is tricky to pull onto but I had a few attempts mainly to sort out where I was going to place my right foot when jumping for the porthole.
« Last Edit: February 11, 2014, 03:49:57 pm by shark »

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#14 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 03:45:50 pm
Funny really... If you ab in to clean a sport route, would anyone complain? If you stood on a pile of mats to brush, would anyone moan? As long as you take the ladder home, what's the beef?

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#15 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 03:48:04 pm
Chris - can't you make one out of driftwood down there?

Given my carpentry skills and the size of the bits of wood lying about it might take me a month or so of full time work. There used to be an enormous shipping buoy in the bay, but sadly it got washed back out in storms last year. Would have been ideal for some comedy balance on a barrel stylings.

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#16 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 03:58:12 pm
As long as you take the ladder home, what's the beef?

Its an opportunity to take the piss out of Shark ;)

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#17 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 04:20:27 pm
Funny really... If you ab in to clean a sport route, would anyone complain? If you stood on a pile of mats to brush, would anyone moan? As long as you take the ladder home, what's the beef?

Same reason people take the p*ss if you're unwilling to even leave the floor / try to bolt-to-bolt a route before breaking out the clipstick?

Lets hope if it catches on people at least have the brains to wrap the ends of the ladders in something padded. Did anyone else happen to notice the lack of chalk on the Bowden rail poster in a recent magazine?

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#18 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 04:39:23 pm
I was slightly disappointed, but mainly because I was expecting some bachar like training device and not a foot up for midgets to brush holds with. So did you manage WSS then Shark, reckon my best bet would be to just climb the ladder...

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#19 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 05:15:36 pm
I am late to this shocking story due to my unhelpful time zone. Has it had adequate social media attention yet? Should we be tweeting and farcebooking it?

Get with the program! It started on twitter.. and spread like wild fire!

(a kind of slow moving damp moorland whilst raining wildfire..)

Flappy birds is yesterdays news...

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#20 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 05:30:54 pm
News thread? Ladder Hall Of Shame sticky?

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#21 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 07:50:04 pm
I enjoyed a great 45mins soloing after work at burbage north last night. I saw someone with a ladder on westside.

Would I use a ladder on westside? No.
Do I think carting a ladder in is probably easier than checking out moves/holds from the side or piecing it together from a deck? No.
Do I think its looks a bit ridiculous? Sightly
Does it bother me that someone would use a ladder on westside assuming nothing is damaged? No.
Did it spoil my enjoyment of a lovely evening? Not really.

End of story.

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#22 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 08:20:11 pm
I've already rung the ethics police, this is a step in the wrong direction as far as I'm concerned. etc etc.

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#23 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 09:30:16 pm
If they help you.. And they leave no impact.. End of the day you've still got to climb it.... Whatever..  Wtf not...

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#24 Re: Bouldering ladders
February 11, 2014, 09:43:56 pm
ladders for traversing are called gantries  - I think Shark asked for the wrong tool

as long as they've got an appropriate DPM paint job, some rock friendly organic cotton rags wrapped round one end and won't be left where I will stand/fall on them I don't mind ladders at the crag

I remember thinking how fucking stupid bouldering pads looked when they first started appearing - now I've got a shed full

it's the same as I said about not bothering to top out on WSS - it depends on how much peer approval matters to you (apart from how much fun you have)

from Sharks point of view: he's getting on a bit (no telling how many more grit seasons he'll get), his knees only have so many landings left in them, he has limited time until the oak season starts, he likes lifting heavy weights and he's never done WSS. £14.99 and a bit of stick via social media seems a reasonable price to pay

 

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