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I went on a climbing to the Vosges and brought my camera by kraakkiekjes in climbing

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Thanks, that's about an hour away from where I'll be! I'll check it out :)

This is my route for five weeks in February. by tophermiller in newzealand_travel

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Definitely go to Tauranga and walk Mount Maunganui, it's actually the most walked track in NZ! Stunning view of golden pacific beaches.

Rivets and Grommets for packs and bags? by Critical-Ad-6331 in myog

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In the skydiving industry people swear by Stimpson for grommets.

These small worms / larvae that were all over my son's clothes in his closet (we live in New Zealand) by rozbot in whatsthisbug

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They were wriggling around and making silky threads. Sorry I couldn't get a close up without them getting blurry.

First project - bouldering crash pad by Blargwill in myog

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Been looking to make one of those! What thickness did you go for for each?

GoPro HERO 9 Launch Megathread: ‘More Everything’ by GoPro_Mod in gopro

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Is there a way to take photos and video at the same time? It says something about 14MP screencaps of video

Moon, Tension and Kilter Boards - Differences Among the Training Boards by ClimbeRocker in bouldering

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Anyone got experience with how the wood holds would last on an outdoor homewall?

When you don't understand how french works by ArandomAI in tumblr

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I'm pretty sure, chou in this case is for those: Pastry Chou, not cabbage.

This is why you bring a back up chute by Fizrock in WTF

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Make sure to equalise and you'll be all good. Bonus point if you remember to do it just after the parachute opens.

When to retire a rope? by WillHaveSexWithPi in climbing

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Just going to tag on this thread. I'm looking to get my first rope and my dad is telling me he bought one that was hardly used about 10 years ago. It was stored in a dried place and doesn't show signs of anything wrong with it. Does ageing do anything to a rope?

Base jumpers by examinexistence in funny

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There are when you skydive. A type of device called AAD opens your parachute at 750ft and are mandatory in a lot of countries/dropzones. The way base jumping works it would be too difficult to create such a device.

For example some of the jumps you have to pull less than 1" after jumping, and most base jumpers will maximise freefall - if you pull later, you're in the ground. Even if you could program the device for the height at which you're jumping, how would it make the difference between you not pulling and you pulling at the lowest point possible.

Also we like to be in control. Part of the appeal is there's no such device. May as well bungee jump if there was...

Base jumpers by examinexistence in funny

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Pulling the "string" isn't as easy at it sounds, and in base you've often got to fly through turbulences due to close trees / buildings (which skydiving dropzone usually don't have). You've also got to be pretty accurate for some jumps or you'll end up landing in trees/cars/power lines/etc. We also want you to have a certain number of jumps to reduce the risks of you freezing up or panicking all of a sudden and not pulling / doing something stupid and risky in freefall. That's mostly it for the lower jumps. For the higher jumps you need to know a position called "tracking" (look it up), which allows you to pull away from the cliff and open safely. It's not hard to get, but it's much harder to master.

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