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Mal on Fat Cat

Submitted by maldaly on 2006-01-02   

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Mal on Fat Cat

I'd just made this new thin crack foot and was trying it out on Fat Cat. Damn thing didn't work.  (Photo by: Unknown)

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edge 2006-01-02	Mal, do not give up! You are a true inspiration!
musicman1586 2006-01-02	Wow, that really is inspirational, thank you for keeping with what you obviously love.
insanefox 2006-01-03	I just find this pic and i realize that you are a trully climbing hero for me. God i am still impressed of your courage, i was complaining cause i was having some troubles training hehe. Man take care, and greetings from Monterrey, Mexico.
elvislegs 2006-01-04	word insanefox.
kyhangdog 2006-01-04	Awesome. Mind if I ask what brand of cams you're using...lol.
veganboyjosh 2006-01-04	looks like it's working better than my "thin crack foot".
averagejoe 2006-01-04	Mal saw Brittany G do that route in her approach shoes and had to man up! You da man!
paganmonkeyboy 2006-01-04	might i ask what the material is ? you could put some points on the sides, like a small crampon perhaps ?
keith_b00ne 2006-01-06	Just a thought - Could you make the bottom like a camming device to where it expanded when weighted?
maldaly 2006-01-06	keith, I have thought about that but don't think it would be too good. How would it work when you needed to stand on a face hold or smear the edge of a crack?
j_ung 2006-01-06	Or released when you wanted to move up? Hahahaha! Lookin' good, Mal.
weaver 2006-01-06	I dont usually post comments on photos, but that is awsome. Keep climbing man!
the_shoe 2006-01-06	Mal, after meeting you and seeing these amazing photos of you pushing the limits of what was believed impossible I feel the need to tell you what an inspiration you have become to me and everyone who gazes at these amazing images. Myself and the Bonnie camp say keep pushin for all of us.
rick_marsh 2006-01-07	very cool... keep working on the design. you'll get it...
johnnym 2006-01-07	Very cool Mal. Thought this might interest you: http://www.symbiotechsusa.com/
jonathanyang 2006-01-07	rock on mal, rock on!
brent_e 2006-01-07	awesome! and you're even sporting a headband!!!
johnclimbrok 2006-01-07	way to keep at it! but is that metal? how does it treat the crack?
maldaly 2006-01-07	thx for all your wonderful and heartwarming comments. Had an awesome day in eldo today and just find I want to keep climbing. That foot is made from a piece of hickory covered with Stealth, thus the lightening holes. Damn stuff is heavy but I can't imagine it doing any damage to the crack. Mal
mr8615 2006-01-08	Rad headband! See you in Ouray :P
tgreene 2006-01-08	-2 points for Aiding! :-) ..... Actually, how would a block of solid rubber or polyurathane (like skateboard trucks) work for jamming cracks..?
maldaly 2006-01-08	I'm working on that urethane thing...
goob3r 2006-01-08	inspirational
musicman 2006-01-09	i've climbed down in Moab with someone with a below the knee prostethic, it was amazing. Although, on Flakes of Wrath he ended up torquing it weird and put lots of pressure on it and ended up getting it stuck for a while, funny times. Climbing with him was inspirational and i'm sure it would be climbing with you.
mheyman 2006-01-09	Any help from Hugh? He'd certainly be worth looking up with all the effort he's put into ths area. Otherwise it's been said - the pic is inspiring
maldaly 2006-01-09	I've thrown myself at lots of different IC cracks and what I find is that it's all about geometry for me. If it's a right facing dihedral with the crack going left (think Incredible Handcrack) I'm golden. If it's the opposite (Think Pink) I may as well be wearing ski boots. I would have thought that straight in would be easy--in fact, I made that foot for Coyne's Crack-- but it didn't help at all. Maybe it's because I basically suck but that's another story. I have talked to Hugh Herr and his best advice was to not be afraid to experiment. Actually, that was terrific advice, as ou can see by all my different feet. Mal
seed1ckrunfast 2006-01-10	Wow man.. You're really an inspiration.. Keep it up..
iamthewallress 2006-01-10	Nice pic! So...how many different feet do you have?
spete 2006-01-11	not fair!! i have to drag my damn right foot up the rock!! need a saw.... you rule mal!
jumaringjeff 2006-01-11	from one amputee to another, keep kicking major ass dude. although, my amputation isn't nearly as groovy as yours (pointing finger on left hand...boooriiing).
crimpstrength 2006-01-11	rip it up man
cosmin 2006-01-11	Hat off!
philbox 2006-01-12	Major props to you maldaly, keep going hard mate.
mcgivney_nh 2006-01-12	very cool...
dmclimbs 2006-01-15	Awesome!
dutyje 2006-01-15	2 words: Bad Ass
cedarhillsclimber 2006-01-17	cool man, so i think i saw u at the Quarry once
flack2005 2006-01-18	Hi man,eso es tener ganas,gente asi es la que hace falta en el mundo,VERY GOOD!
maldaly 2006-01-19	flack2005, Lo siento. No estoy muy fluido porque no hablo mucho hace 25 anos. Habla usted ingles? Malcolm
sidepull 2006-01-20	here here!!
maculated 2006-01-22	I still think for cracks you'd rock if you got something kinda mushy to wedge in there - it'd almost be cheating. :)
maldaly 2006-01-23	The problem that happens when the foot is too soft is that I can't get it out. You can't pull on a prosthetic like you can a real foot and you can't "undo" a twisted in foot. It's my biggest climbing challenge.
heximp 2006-01-24	I am very much in awe of you. I have problems to "undo" my own feet without your issue of prosthetics. Is there a way to create for you a type of spring between rubber pads, "a big brother mimicing a foot?" I won't think it is cheating if it is the same width of a regular foot. (Just an idea.)
maldaly 2006-01-24	scurvydog, I'm in the unique situation that allows me to cheat as much as I can. I figure that, as long as it's attached to where my foot ought to be, no one (at least no one who has 2 good feet) can call me a cheater. Hell, Hugh Herr jacked himself up 6" to lead a .13 in the Gunks that still hasn't been repeated. Did he cheat? You bet, but no one I know would call him a cheater.
climbingbums 2006-01-24	what in the hell is a one legged man doing climbing cracks?
cragmasterp 2006-01-25	Mad props to ya Mal for your efforts; But as far as the photo goes I find it highly ironic that the other foot is cut off by the frame of the photo.
maldaly 2006-01-26	cragmaster...that's 'cause I'm standing on the ledge! I told you I couldn't do it.
virginia_alpinist 2006-01-26	When you lose your passion...you pretty much die. Way to go Mal!
primategirl 2006-01-27	awesome
pyrosis 2006-01-28	hardman
ryanwms 2006-01-30	Holy crap. You bested me. Big time. I am in awe. Keep the great photos coming.
angry 2006-02-06	Mal, I have an idea. It'd work almost too well for the creek but be unsuitable outside of a splitter. PM me and I'll describe it, I don't want to clutter the comments section.
tradrenn 2006-02-12	People like you and Hugh Herr are the inspiration to the rest of us, awesome job man.
helpimstuck 2006-02-14	AWESOME KEEP AT IT INSPIRATIONAL PHOTO B) anytime you in tn we should climb Caleb
jaybro 2006-02-14	very, cool. I asume you use a different one on the approach. What about stemming? do you have an El Matador foot? Say hi from me to Rev Brumbaugh when next you talk with him
maldaly 2006-02-15	I use a regular a pair of Montrail CTC's for hiking around. Don't have an El Matador foot yet--regular foot will work fine--but I'll definately make a longer leg when I go for that one. I'm all about cheating. Imagine a lower right leg that's 4 foot long to reach across the gap!

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