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adam3
Jul 31, 2007, 8:13 PM
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ok so im not that new to the sport.. buuut I do have one question that no one has told me a answer to. Is there a specific reason why people put tape on their biners? is it to remember the age.. drops.. or what?
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SawtoothClimber
Jul 31, 2007, 8:25 PM
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I put blue tape on all my gear. Reason being that I associate with several other dirtbags that have the same gear, this way we know who gets what at the end of the day.
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dingus
Jul 31, 2007, 8:25 PM
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"If it's red it's mine!"
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adam3
Jul 31, 2007, 8:27 PM
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I figured the drops wasn't the reason with all hype about hairlines and junk.. but yah marking it makes sense.. hah I guess I don't climb with people that have their own gear to require me to mark mine..
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shimanilami
Jul 31, 2007, 8:36 PM
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Besides marking what's yours, if you use reflective tape then you can see stuff better at night.
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dingus
Jul 31, 2007, 8:40 PM
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adam3 wrote: I figured the drops wasn't the reason with all hype about hairlines and junk.. but yah marking it makes sense.. hah I guess I don't climb with people that have their own gear to require me to mark mine..
"Officer, someone broke into my car and stole my climbing equipment."
"What does your gear look like in case it shows up at a pawn shop?"
Er.... ummmm.... well, its, its, its SHINEY?
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adam3
Jul 31, 2007, 8:42 PM
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Well actually.. it is shiney!
Don't care enough right now to sit down and tape all my biners..
Donka posters! now I know... And knowing is half the battle!!
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Basta916
Jul 31, 2007, 8:47 PM
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dingus wrote: "If it's red it's mine!" DMT
ohhhhh..thats where "RED YOU DEAD!!!!!!" comes from.....
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dingus
Jul 31, 2007, 8:50 PM
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You can Dingusize your rack mate!
Here's what you do... take all of that shiney gear and lay it out individually on some newspapers. Then spray paint the stems of cams and spines of biners. Flip em and repeat.
You can mark all your gear in about 2 minutes that way.
It'll wear off in a year or two. Repeat as needed.
Don't use red, its taken. Ditto Contractors Orange. And yellow, Brutus of Wyde has yellow LOCKED UP.
How about soylent green?
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adam3
Jul 31, 2007, 8:53 PM
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and no issues with the spray paint on them?
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dingus
Jul 31, 2007, 8:54 PM
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Well a few of my biners developed self-esteem problems but nothing a few dozen clips didn't cure.
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caughtinside
Jul 31, 2007, 8:59 PM
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dingus wrote: Well a few of my biners developed self-esteem problems but nothing a few dozen clips didn't cure. DMT
one of the 'tough love' guys, huh?
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boku
Jul 31, 2007, 9:04 PM
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To inhibit microfractures.
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carbonrx8
Jul 31, 2007, 9:46 PM
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My wife made me put plum fingernail polish with metalic flake on all our hard gear.
I am sooo000OO000o embarrassed.
But it sticks, and no one steals our gear.
(and we can match our gear markings to our matching shirts and socks! Yey!
Oh God please let me mis-tie that clove hitch on the 4th pitch and call off-belay)
j/k
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Jul 31, 2007, 9:55 PM
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dingus wrote: "If it's red it's mine!" DMT
WHAT?! You bastard! Red is mine!!
I know this guy who was told that red markings meant the gear wasn't safe to climb on. Then he saw my entire rack and his eyes got as big as saucers. Funny shit.
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zeke_sf
Jul 31, 2007, 10:28 PM
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dingus wrote: You can Dingusize your rack mate! Here's what you do... take all of that shiney gear and lay it out individually on some newspapers. Then spray paint the stems of cams and spines of biners. Flip em and repeat. You can mark all your gear in about 2 minutes that way. It'll wear off in a year or two. Repeat as needed. Don't use red, its taken. Ditto Contractors Orange. And yellow, Brutus of Wyde has yellow LOCKED UP. How about soylent green? DMT
You can tell Brutus I have his spray-painted yellow #11 BD hex. Somebody hung it up in a tree at the Leap a year ago. I took it because it was booty, my rack was miniscule at the time (I think it was actually an 11th of my rack), and...it was booty. I've been thinking of hanging it up in that same tree, but since it's Brutus', it's probably best he decide how to use that Christmas ornament himself...
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zeke_sf
Jul 31, 2007, 10:30 PM
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adam3 wrote: and no issues with the spray paint on them?
You run the risk of the authorities busting you as a graffiti artist. But that's just the risk you've got take, Adam.
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moose_droppings
Jul 31, 2007, 10:38 PM
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I stamp all mine with BD on it. Please return what is not yours, its good karma.
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NSFW
Jul 31, 2007, 10:59 PM
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adam3 wrote: I figured the drops wasn't the reason with all hype about hairlines and junk..
That is f-ing awesome. I'm sure I can come up with a use for that misnomer.
I hate when I drop my biners and they get a receding hairline. Then they only want to trad climb.
..and you know what that does to me.
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Basta916
Jul 31, 2007, 11:02 PM
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zeke_sf wrote: moose_droppings wrote: I stamp all mine with BD on it. Please return what is not yours, its good karma. Ah, crap, that's like most of my gear! Goddamn you you climbing suppliers, re-selling moose_dropping's equipment to me! Just send me, oh $100 for shipping and they'll be on their way.... 
I put prepaid selfaddressed envelope on all my gear, makes it easy for lost gear to find its way home
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drm1st
Jul 31, 2007, 11:06 PM
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NSFW wrote: ..and you know what that does to me.
Makes you pee..."The Urinator!"
For those who don't know what I'm talking about, or can't remember:
http://www.rockclimbing.com/...6;page=unread#unread
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ClusterFock
Aug 1, 2007, 1:17 AM
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Please return what is not yours, its good karma.
What ever mate. Booty is booty 
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kriso9tails
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carbonrx8 wrote: My wife made me...
I see who leads the pitches in this pair.
Re: marking dropped gear and, "If it's red, it's mine." I don't tape my gear, but my mom marks hers with green. The odd biner that's questionable, but still has some utility in terms or racking or bailing or what have you, she marks with red so it doesn't get placed anywhere important... so feel free to lay claim and climb as hard as you want on them; I don't think she'd care too much.
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