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What is Chockstone for?

Duang Daunk

15-Aug-2014
2:11:42 PM

On 15/08/2014 mattyj wrote:
>I agree with what Steve said and I'm really only posting to indulge some vaguely narcissistic tendencies and relieve boredom, which it seems is what Chockstone is for.
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>Secondly, ignore most of what Steve said: (deleted)

His second sentence backs up his premise?

Anyway, I think it is more than that, so what do you reckon?
A poll on this topic would have been too limiting and is why it is a thread, so go for your life.

kieranl

15-Aug-2014
2:16:58 PM

The long, dark, tea-time of the soul.

IdratherbeclimbingM9

15-Aug-2014
4:33:10 PM

>What is Chockstone for?
Distraction from the more meaningful aspects of life.

Macciza

15-Aug-2014
4:41:24 PM

Chockstone is for protection ....
If not many on rock when climb, take extra in pockets...
Is also good for make regular....

ajfclark

16-Aug-2014
7:55:45 AM

I have noticed some retro chockstoning of Arapiles classics lately... The decent from Piccolo... I've heard that Claw has one in the wide section now...

Capt_mulch

16-Aug-2014
8:32:05 AM

The answer has been provided by asking the question, oooohhhhmnm.

Ben_E

16-Aug-2014
9:43:53 AM

On 16/08/2014 ajfclark wrote:
>I have noticed some retro chockstoning of Arapiles classics lately...
>The decent from Piccolo... I've heard that Claw has one in the wide section
>now...

Myself and a partner pried the chockstone out of Claw earlier this winter. Not sure if it has been replaced.

Either step up to the plate (as we didn't) or bring a #6 cam (as we did); don't change the climb for others.

sbm

16-Aug-2014
11:47:14 AM

On 16/08/2014 Ben_E wrote:
>Either step up to the plate (as we didn't) or bring a #6 cam (as we did);
>don't change the climb for others.

Yes. Clearly it needs a bolt placed so it can be protected without changing the climbing.

*turns and runs*

Climboholic

18-Aug-2014
10:36:37 PM

On 16/08/2014 Ben_E wrote:
>
>Either step up to the plate (as we didn't) or bring a #6 cam (as we did);
>don't change the climb for others.

WTF! You removed the chockstone to justify owning a #6 cam. Seriously, WTF?

kieranl

19-Aug-2014
8:46:23 AM

Seriously, someone put a chockstone in Claw to make it easier? This climb was done in the sixties and protected with primitive nuts. People really need to learn how to climb.

Wendy

19-Aug-2014
9:30:14 AM

there's been a chockstone in the bottom of Claw for donkey's years. I'm going up to Claw with my car jack to try and widen the rest of the route. It's all too easy when it's hand sized. Then I'll leave a fixed puffer fish in there for all those people without a 6 camalot.

Sabu

19-Aug-2014
9:50:44 AM

Wow indeed. If you can't climb a jam crack don't screw it up for everybody else who can.

kieranl

19-Aug-2014
10:15:40 AM

On 19/08/2014 Wendy wrote:
>there's been a chockstone in the bottom of Claw for donkey's years.
Oh well, it's probably been a couple of decades since I was on it.
Maybe people would find it less traumatic to do the start of Indoctrination to the bolt then step right into Claw ;)

Wendy

19-Aug-2014
10:31:25 AM

you should go and revisit it! You could borrow my 6 camalot, but it's actually too wide for that to be a lot of use and you are better placing some micro cams in a break on the left arete. You could borrow my c3s instead.

That bolt on indoctrination is scary! I did the opposite combination when I did indcoctrination :)

climberman

19-Aug-2014
4:10:04 PM

I thought you were all talking about Mikl and it was getting both weird and nasty.

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