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Water vs Beer: Which one is stronger?

4th Post of 8 for June:  Yesterday I finished filming the remainder of the Intro to Sport Climbing which was my 3rd attempt to filming the action of it.  We had 4 audio sources, consisten...

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Shorts, AI, Dummy, Deletions

3rd of 8 Posts for June: Here's some shorts and updates on the non-sexy stuff behind the scenes.  I like posting 8 full videos a month if possible but I think it's worth the investment of ener...

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I mean it's not THAT bad...

2nd of 8 Post for June: I go through phases and in my workflow it seems like personal anchors are a focus.  Today I'll be working on finishing a Purcell Prusik video that's been in my queue a ...

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Shorts, Machines, and Website

1st of 8 Posts in June.  As much as I like long-form, some tests just don't need to be 12 minutes long.  Making the short form has helped me make the long form better.  My main video...

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BEWARE: This makes carabiners break A LOT lower

8th of 8 Posts for May: Other than bolting videos, I only have 4 videos from the old lab left to edit!  I'm hoping to have everything edited within 2-3 weeks from filming it once I'm caught up...

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How did they splice this together?

7th of 8 Post for May - I am getting a fancy machine built by some engineering seniors for their graduating project.  This pull tester will be very similar to many Instron machines that most m...

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The difference is INSANE

6th of 8 Posts for May - Back from Tenerife and climbed my first 11D ever... on lead.  That helps the stoke all around.  I'm working on the hardest stage of this channel, hiring.  &n...

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Aren't knots free?

5th of 8 Posts in May.  When this goes live, we'll be mid-filming with Hard is Easy for an Intro to Sport Climbing which will incorporate of course the basics but also how strong the gear is a...

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Can you prusik double ropes?

4th of 8 Posts for May.  I broke this into 2 videos, the other being on the CLIPS channel.  I'm headed to Spain today for my gf bday and I found out Hard is Easy lives 30 minutes where we...

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Are girth hitches dangerous?!

3rd of 8 Posts for May.  I've got all 4 episodes edited I filmed with Alpine Savvy and I'll be slow releasing them over the next few weeks.  I spent ALL week working on our zipline film a...

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99.7% chance it won't break below 5,000lbs

2nd of 8 Posts for May: I'm working on the zipline film, planning specialty rope deep dives and almost ready to use the abrasion tester.  

Today's Post: Gear is sigma 3 tested.  Tha...

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Home-made Climbing Gear?

1st of 8 Posts: Today's video hopefully gets more used cams sent our way then after fully proof testing the cam crusher, I'll invest in buying 1-2 of every brand and comparing them "head to head," ...

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This trick changes everything

Patrons: This is the 8th of 8 posts for April.  Usually, videos sit in the queue for months, sometimes years.  I've expedited this.  If all goes well, I'll expedite this weekend's pr...

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My Haul Bag Exploded

Patrons: 7th Post of 8 in April.  G7 break test video did way better than I was expecting.  Always a risk doing a deep dive on super niche gear.  I thought I'd follow this Wednesday ...

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We are worried about the wrong things

Patrons: 6th of 8 posts for April.  I've been experimenting with short form content, as a tool for one off break tests and growth of the channel.  It's hard to figure out what makes one g...

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G7 Review, Misc Rope Tests, 3 Shorts

Patrons: 5th of 8 posts for April.  I think deep dives on gear is going to be a big value add on the channel.  If you are going to spend a lot of money on gear, it's nice to fully underst...

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Alpine Savvy, Hangers, Cave Harnesses

Patrons: 4th of 8 Posts for April.  My days have been a few hours in the morning for written material then lab stuff mid-day and editing later.  So that's produced a variety pack for the ...

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Climbers Break Down Vertical Limit

Aprils 3rd of 8 posts.  This was a fun one.  It's not only fun for us but breaks up the break tests and reaches more people that might not find our material.  Creating helpful inform...

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SlackMaps, Private Cam video, and Bolting for Climbing

Patrons: April's 2nd post of 8.

SLACKMAPS: I know slackline content, especially a podcast isn't going to get a million views but I've been building the slack community longer than doing break...

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How strong is this skinny cord?

Patrons: 1st of 8 posts for April.  

Today's Video: PowerCord is a 5.9 mm accessory cord with a unique braided Technora core which doubles the strength of a standard 5.9 mm accessory cor...

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Drop Tower Sneak Peak

Patrons: This is the 8th of 8 posts for March.

PRIVATE Video of the drop tower.  Bobby is visiting and we decided to go free fall instead of a track system.  I have ideas to mitigat...

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Betcha don't have this climbing gear

Patrons: This is the 7th of 8 posts in March.  

This Episode: This was a year ago when we tried to get our hands on some UFOs.  It was September when we did and it sat in the queue ...

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4 Shorts and Lab Stuff

Patrons: This is the 6th of 8 posts for March.  Bobby is here visiting and we are going to be doing our first drop test this next week.  The photo is our connection to the tree and keepin...

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I thought this climbing anchor was going to be twice as strong

Patrons: This is the 5th of 8 posts for March.  I've been wanting to test 3-point climbing anchors for a long time and our new custom steel rigging plate lets us do that... all to find out thi...

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Bolting for Caving

Patrons: This is the 4th of 8 posts for March.  John Godino from Alpine Savvy just took off and we filmed about 5 episodes worth of nerdy anchors and girth hitches and cordelette strength diff...

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Why The Overkill?

Patrons:  This is the 3rd of 8 posts in March.  I've wanted to test whoopies for a really long time so today's video is exciting to at least me! I'm setting up to write a Bolting Bible fo...

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Cams, Silos, and Slings

PATRONS: This is the 2nd post of 8 in March.  I've been working A LOT on the bolting bible and am excited to go live on that hopefully on April 1st.  I keep working on lab equipment. &nbs...

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What can you get away with?

PATRONS: This is the 1st post of 8 in March.  It's been great being able to break people's stuff as they send it in which allows us to explore things that might not be obviously interesting bu...

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The ULTIMATE Drop Test

PATRONS: This is the 8th of 8 posts for February.  I've been working on this video for 4 months and I'd hit a roadblock in a test and then wait until I had an opportunity to do the next test. ...

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Linear Actuators, 3D Printing, Super 8s, and Smashing Carabiners

PATRONS: This is the 7th of 8 posts for February.  I got some clips published and lots of progress on the 3 lab projects.  I'll be at Boulder's International Film Festival this week. &nbs...

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