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oweng

21-Jan-2008
8:44:14 AM

My hot tip for those who hate ripping hair out when removing tape, get in touch with your inner lady and shave your hands and wrists! Sure you feel a bit stupid doing it, but it makes tape removal a breeze!


harold

21-Jan-2008
9:36:06 AM

I used to shave my hands to tape up because I couldnt handle the pain of ripping my hairs out but it made me look like a complete weirdo. Then my wife wasnt too impressed with this look so she found a product in the chemist which is specifically for removing sports tape Its basically an alcohol based product which disolves the adhesive. Works a treat.


evanbb

21-Jan-2008
10:38:50 AM

Just suck it up Princesses. If you like crack you clearly like a bit of pain. Pull the hairs out and be done with your metro-climbing ways.

crazyjohn

21-Jan-2008
12:13:35 PM

Jamming is fun! Tape just slows you down. I havent used it for years. Heres a pic of "savage journey" 22 at the lost world.


Eduardo Slabofvic

21-Jan-2008
12:16:22 PM

Fisting is one of my favorite pastimes.


evanbb

21-Jan-2008
1:31:54 PM

That looks awesome... where's Lost World? Much crack there?


oweng

21-Jan-2008
1:59:18 PM

Lost World is a smaller crag next to the Organ Pipes on Mt Wellington in Hobart:

http://www.thesarvo.com/confluence/display/thesarvo/Lost+World+Area

It is an awesome little crag! Nice crack routes, and bolted aretes (that are probably really good, but are too hard for me).

21-Jan-2008
2:45:55 PM

On 21/01/2008 crazyjohn wrote:
>Jamming is fun! Tape just slows you down. I havent used it for years.

...except to hold together your decaying pulley tendons


oweng

21-Jan-2008
3:45:47 PM

On 21/01/2008 WM wrote:
>On 21/01/2008 crazyjohn wrote:
>>Jamming is fun! Tape just slows you down. I havent used it for years.
>
>
>...except to hold together your decaying pulley tendons

And maybe to bind and gag the infamous Mt Wellington carpark thief, who rumour has it was finally captured this weekend!


mousey

21-Jan-2008
4:00:28 PM

im actually allergic to the adhesive in tape, hence i dont even have the option of taping up for cracks!


nmonteith

21-Jan-2008
4:11:45 PM

buy some hand jammies josh!


mousey

21-Jan-2008
4:23:03 PM

are they actually any good? they look kind of...gay!


nmonteith

21-Jan-2008
4:27:17 PM

On 21/01/2008 mousey wrote:
>are they actually any good? they look kind of...gay!

Only if you get them in pink and paint your nails. I thought they work really well! I used them on a roof fist crack and they seems grip solidly and not slip around on my hand.


mousey

21-Jan-2008
4:33:58 PM

coolio
does anywhere in oz sell them?


nmonteith

21-Jan-2008
4:36:24 PM

I remember Cliffhanger gym in melbourne had them a year or so ago. The ones i've seen were mail ordered from USA.


climbau

21-Jan-2008
5:02:03 PM

On 21/01/2008 mousey wrote:
>coolio
>does anywhere in oz sell them?
Pinnacle Sports in Qld used to sell em'


Chuck Norris

21-Jan-2008
5:10:03 PM

On 21/01/2008 climbau wrote:

>I heard that kneebar scars just make you look dodgy :)

dodgy is the new black - haven't you seen the photos of that guy Borat pulling chicks at the beach at
Cannes? Something to aspire to.


climbau

21-Jan-2008
5:17:34 PM

Yeah, I can just see you getting around in your mankini with scars on your knees!

Eeeeeww!!!!!!

tastybigmac

21-Jan-2008
7:06:39 PM

i wasn't talking about arm hair


B.A. Baracus

22-Jan-2008
3:16:09 PM

Hey, great photo John! I agree with you for the most part about jamming without gloves or tape, although jamming sharp granite is probably more enjoyable with tape/gloves. If you're wondering who I am, it's Aly, your Araps climbing buddy from Melbourne.

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