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gblauer
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Feb 7, 2013, 1:38 AM
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insane...My low temp is 38 degrees!
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Gmburns2000
Feb 7, 2013, 1:55 AM
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Mine is about 50, unless it's in the sun then I'll go to about 45. One of those pics shows him climbing a thin crack barehanded at -25 C.
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theextremist04
Feb 7, 2013, 3:52 AM
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Finger cracks probably hurt a lot less when you can't feel your fingers.
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kyro
Feb 7, 2013, 5:26 AM
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theextremist04 wrote: Finger cracks probably hurt a lot less when you can't feel your fingers. The cold makes it so much worst! Couldn't imagine -15. I'd just dry tool the route at that point
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meanandugly
Feb 7, 2013, 12:47 PM
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The coldest rock I've been able to handle is -5c and that was for very short periods. Having cold hands added a scare factor because I had no idea if I was hanging on to anything good.
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Gmburns2000
Feb 7, 2013, 1:04 PM
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meanandugly wrote: The coldest rock I've been able to handle is -5c and that was for very short periods. Having cold hands added a scare factor because I had no idea if I was hanging on to anything good. This clearly shows my inexperience with cold, alpine rock, but I would have assumed at those temps the rock would be pretty solid (i.e. - frozen enough that it doesn't really matter)
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theextremist04
Feb 8, 2013, 3:56 PM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: meanandugly wrote: The coldest rock I've been able to handle is -5c and that was for very short periods. Having cold hands added a scare factor because I had no idea if I was hanging on to anything good. This clearly shows my inexperience with cold, alpine rock, but I would have assumed at those temps the rock would be pretty solid (i.e. - frozen enough that it doesn't really matter) I interpreted that as not knowing how good your jams are. You base your opinion on how good a hold is based on feelings from your hands.
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meanandugly
Feb 8, 2013, 4:24 PM
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I wasn't hand jamming.
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Gmburns2000
Feb 8, 2013, 11:42 PM
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theextremist04 wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: meanandugly wrote: The coldest rock I've been able to handle is -5c and that was for very short periods. Having cold hands added a scare factor because I had no idea if I was hanging on to anything good. This clearly shows my inexperience with cold, alpine rock, but I would have assumed at those temps the rock would be pretty solid (i.e. - frozen enough that it doesn't really matter) I interpreted that as not knowing how good your jams are. You base your opinion on how good a hold is based on feelings from your hands. while I suck at jamming, I misunderstood what you said when you said you had no idea if you were hanging on to anything good. It seems you meant to say that you wanted a good jam. I thought you were talking about the quality of rock. Sorry for the confusion. edit: clarity
(This post was edited by Gmburns2000 on Feb 8, 2013, 11:43 PM)
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