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You won't believe how strong micro stoppers are! Climbing nuts tested in real rock

Climbing nuts tested to destruction in real rock. Watch us do our first tests of passive climbing protection in some bomber granite. We tested a Black Diamond Micro Stopper, some BD stoppers and an...

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Shawn Snyder Speaks Out!

Thank you Ryan Sheridan for facilitating this meeting with Shawn Snyder and myself to discuss our view points on bolting.  Thank you Shawn Snyder for meeting me so we can understand each other...

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Break Testing Knots - Zeppelin & Figure 8 & Alpine Butterfly & Reever & Bowline & Double Fisherman

We broke 6 knots end to end and in a bend (a loop).  40 samples total.  Let us know on our discord page for our new series of How Knot to Tie Ropes on format and the testing you want to s...

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How NOT to Cook on El Capitan - Big wall climbing food tips

We think we are funny by bringing a BBQ and watermelon and a whole bunch of food up El Capitan that we didn't need.  We also do give helpful tips marked by the youtube chapters.  Think of...

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NO CHARGE: The Highliner: A Film. With Director Interview

---------I debated charging Patrons for this type of episode.  It took a bit of work but is experimental and doesn't fall into our break test or fancy project category.  I appreciate your...

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MBS (Minimum Breaking Strength) on Climbing Gear is a Myth

MBS or minimum breaking strength is great for comparing one product to another and I appreciate having standards on life supporting gear, BUT to boil down a piece of gear to only 1 single number do...

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NO CHARGE: Drop tower is up and rebranding to HowNOT2.org

I don't charge patrons for these update videos.......

I work on stuff you don’t see for 6 months, so here is a monday update to bring you on the journey!  Here are the topics!   View Post

Rated maillon rapide aluminum vs steel quicklinks. Can we use these climbing and slacklining?

Brent Roth gave me a maillon rapide aluminum quicklink rated for 25kn MBS that could make missions easier if weight matters.  These are 3x lighter than steel at 48grams vs 137grams.  It b...

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How strong are CAMP Tricams? We tested them in real rock

CAMP Tricams are either active or passive protection while rock climbing.  We test them in both uses in real rock and we found the noses would bust off since that is a lot of force focused on ...

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Climbing pro made from knots??? Textile passive protection tested!

We finally tested soft nuts! We only tested this because you, our audience asked.  And asked! And asked! This is easily our most requested test.   Jenny Fischer (@jenny.lemmonpie) ag...

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Bowline on a bight break test

Did a quick test of a bowline on a bight on our slow pull machine with skydiamond webbing from 2021-07-24 19:01:35 +0000 UTC View Post

Petzl Reverso and Black Diamond ATC guide break tests - how strong is that eye?

Bogdan CardoÅŸ asked Petzl how strong the metal eye was on the atc guide since it is a single point of failure.  They replied with "There is no standard requirement to communicate and breaking...

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Drone blades vs Slackline webbing - Break Tests

Mathias (https://www.instagram.com/mathiasrohdin/) flew his FPV drone for the 2.13 world record Lapporten Project w...

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What breaks first??? Petzl GriGri or the Ropes? + Beal Birdie Tests!

I thought Petzl GriGri's would break the ropes if pulled hard enough but they slipped, even the 11mm rope.  These were slow pull tests and I'm curious what will happen in future drop tower tes...

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Lapporten Update

We just got back from northern Sweden and arrived in Stockholm. We are working on a trilogy about the project because it was so complex.  We rigged a 2.13km highline and had 4 people send the ...

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Delayed Patron Post - Are Dewalt Powers SD6 Bolts Safe for climbing? Spec sheet says 12kn in shear???

Last video delayed being posted here on Patreon after Lapporten world record project.  

We tested 3/8" SD6 plus bolts from Dewalt.   Greg Barnes from the ASCA and Matt Markell ...

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Delayed Patron Post - How to be a Professional Slackliner with Marcus Nelson, Aaron Bray, Mia Noblet

Catching up on posting here on Patreon after rigging the Lapporten world record project.  

Pushing the Line cast members Marcus Nelson, Aaron Bray and Mia Noblet share how to charge for ...

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Delayed Patron Post - Are Dirty Holes Bad For Mechanical Bolts???

Delayed Patron Posting - Couldn't post here while on the mountain while rigging the Lapporten world record project.

We are supposed to clean holes we drill in rock before installing bolts. &n...

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American Death Triangle is a Myth

If a span is 180 degrees it has infinite force on it.  Even zipline and electric wires have sag in them.  So 170 degrees is 5x the force as what is applied in the middle.  I thought ...

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NO CHARGE QUICKIE - Will this work? Z drags built into our A frames for giant highlines

Heading to Sweden in 36 hours for the Lapporten project.  Why not squeak out a video.  This is what i'm trying to invent before leaving.  Will it work???  


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Brazil climbing bolts tested - Grampo P

Hey Brazil, we test 6 Grampo P bolts.  Robelois donated them and Rodrigo Moota told us the welds are unreliable and the carabiners could unclip but they are everywhere in Brazil so lets find o...

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Triloaded Carabiners

I triloaded carabiners at the steepest angle i could and... you guessed it... it reduced the strength.  Albeit higher than I originally thought.  I believe it's proper term is called biax...

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NO CHARGE QUICKIE - Gripped Climbing Magazine exposed some Newbs

Collin Watt sent me this Gripped Magazine article https://gripped.com/profiles/dangerous...

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John Bacher's favorite bolts tested

We tested Taper Bolts (3/8" x 2 5/8") from https://www.mktfasteni...

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Prusik, Auto Blocks, and Klemheist Break Tests

The rule supposedly is that you want a friction hitch to be 3mm smaller than the diameter of rope you are trying to grab and to use 3 wraps.  We did a bunch of tests and here are the numbers: ...

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NO CHARGE QUICK EPISODE - 81 to 1 pulleys for break tests in real rock

Here is a quick update episode (no charge to patrons!).  Bobby Hutton and I test our new 81:1 pulley system to make break testing things in real rock real easy.  I got 25kn or 5,600lbf by...

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Huge Zipline with Basejumps - crazy stunts as seen on Pushing the Line on Discovery Plus

Please don’t Zipline!  We glamorize it on a tv show, and we make it look easier to set up than it really was in this episode.  Please don’t try these things on your own!  You can...

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How to Rig a Rope Swing as seen on Pushing the Line - Discovery Plus

Please don’t rope jump!  But this is HOW if you don’t listen.  I believe it’s better to share safety systems than to withhold it if people are going to do what they are going to do....

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Carabiners Loaded Sideways!?!?

What happens when a carabiner partially goes over an edge?  Clearly it is not good for a carabiner to be loaded sideways so we tested how bad it is.    Check out 2021-06-07 13:55:57 +0000 UTC View Post

Canyoneering - Fiddlestick Break Tests

I tried rappelling with Discovering Moab (https://www.basejumpmoab.com/guideservice) where you can find discounts ...

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