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 Yehoshua
   
Location: Ontario
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 20 on 1/9/2009 12:19 AM >
|  | | | To address both topics of the subject, I find my (typically short, maybe 15') length of rope replaces the need for a crowbar, because 75% of stuck manhole covers have a hole in them - either a small square hole where a crowbar-device fits, or they're the simple grated type. You then take any vertical object (I've even used small branches) tied to the rope, drop it vertically through the shaft - pull it back up horizontally and use it to lift the heavy cover.
Won't work 100% of course, but neither will a crowbar. Both of them are useful for dealing with the weight; not particularly the rust.
Our Citizen.
Our Justice.
Bring Omar Khadr back to Canada. |
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belleZ
    
Location: knoxville, tn
Gender: Female
free the wm3!
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<Reply # 21 on 1/10/2009 1:08 AM >
| | | | Posted by dsankt
Clearly you've never dealt with a stuck cover buddy.
OP, there is lots of SRT/rope discussion at darkplaces.co.uk , and a big SRT FAQ.
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I stand corrected. *tips hat*
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uLiveAndYouBurn
Location: Beyond
Anarchocommunist
| | Re: Yet another equiptment question.
<Reply # 22 on 1/13/2009 10:09 PM >
| | | | Electrical tape works wonders for getting interesting camera angles, especially when climbing stuff.
And as far as ascending rope, if it is not frozen or wet you can use a pair of $2 prussicks just as effectively as a pair of $60 ascending devices.
"Aint nothin' to it but to do it"
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Beta
Location: Georgia
Gender: Male
Under the Gun
| |  | | Re: Yet another equiptment question.
<Reply # 23 on 1/13/2009 11:49 PM >
| | | | I've thought about bolt cutters.
But all I carry is a flashlight, a camera, and my pocket knife.
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metawaffle
King of Puns
Location: Brisbane!
Gender: Male
Purveyor of Fine Lampshades
| | | Re: Yet another equiptment question.
<Reply # 24 on 1/14/2009 12:52 AM >
| | | | Posted by uLiveAndYouBurn
Electrical tape works wonders for getting interesting camera angles, especially when climbing stuff.
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I'm going to throw a roll in with my camera gear right now.
http://www.longexposure.net |
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uLiveAndYouBurn
Location: Beyond
Anarchocommunist
| | Re: Yet another equiptment question.
<Reply # 25 on 1/14/2009 1:00 AM >
| | | | Posted by metawaffle
I'm going to throw a roll in with my camera gear right now.
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Best to tape the tripod to stuff, and not the camera.
"Aint nothin' to it but to do it"
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metawaffle
King of Puns
Location: Brisbane!
Gender: Male
Purveyor of Fine Lampshades
| | | Re: Yet another equiptment question.
<Reply # 26 on 1/14/2009 1:08 AM >
| | | | Posted by uLiveAndYouBurn
Best to tape the tripod to stuff, and not the camera.
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Oh, I'm planning to tape myself to stuff...
http://www.longexposure.net |
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Allva
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Gender: Male
I have my moments.
| | | Re: Yet another equiptment question.
<Reply # 27 on 1/18/2009 3:16 PM >
| | | | Posted by Beta
I've thought about bolt cutters.
But all I carry is a flashlight, a camera, and my pocket knife.
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Forget about bolt cutters. They are very hard to explain away when you are stopped and searched by your local constabulary.
Life is hard, but it's harder when you're stupid. |
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\/adder
Location: DunkarooLand
Gender: Male
I'm the worst of the best but I'm in this race.
| | | Re: Yet another equiptment question.
<Reply # 28 on 1/18/2009 6:34 PM >
| | | | Posted by Allva
Forget about bolt cutters. They are very hard to explain away when you are stopped and searched by your local constabulary.
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Yup. Forget the bolt cutters. Impossible to explain away.
Okay so hypothetically say I wanted to break a lock
Would spraying it with wart remover and then administering a good kick with steel toes or hitting it with a D-Cell MagLight; be sufficient?
Usually Spy Movie use liquid nitrogen for the same effect.
Keep a medical kit in your backpack; toss the wart remover in there. If questioned a family member bought you the med kit for christmas, and the wart remover came with it; you just never bothered to remove it.
"No risk, no reward, no fun."
"Go all the way or walk away"
escensi omnis... |
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Chris Hansen
I'm Chris Hansen with Dateline NBC. Why dont you have a seat over there?
| | | | Re: Yet another equiptment question.
<Reply # 29 on 1/18/2009 7:28 PM >
| | | | Posted by TheVicariousVadder
Would spraying it with wart remover and then administering a good kick with steel toes or hitting it with a D-Cell MagLight; be sufficient?
Usually Spy Movie use liquid nitrogen for the same effect.
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That is a really good question. i am going to see if we have any more remover and if we do ill tell you the results.
My name is Chris Hansen with Dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator. Why don't you have a seat over there? |
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\/adder
Location: DunkarooLand
Gender: Male
I'm the worst of the best but I'm in this race.
| | | Re: Yet another equiptment question.
<Reply # 30 on 1/18/2009 7:48 PM >
| | | | Posted by sheldontheflamingcat
That is a really good question. i am going to see if we have any more remover and if we do ill tell you the results.
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Apparently it is possible; with compressed air.
http://www.instruc...Freeze-A-Lock-Off!
But compressed air is still a little dodgy to be carrying with you ... not that wart remover isn't kinda weird, but at least I could throw that with my med kit.
"No risk, no reward, no fun."
"Go all the way or walk away"
escensi omnis... |
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altaria
Location: Austin, TX
Gender: Female
| | Re: Yet another equiptment question.
<Reply # 31 on 1/20/2009 3:33 AM >
| | | |
OK that's pretty cool. I'd actually wondered about that before because I've had the compressed air turn into frost when using it normally. It would definitely be a bit conspicuous to be carrying around if you were to find yourself in with The Law, but still better than carrying around bolt cutters or a crow bar I would imagine. You could always try and play it off as drug use... or something. Or go with something a little more plausible and say you use it to clean off your camera gear.
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Assistance
"Run Away! It's an... um... Run away!"
| | Re: Yet another equiptment question.
<Reply # 32 on 1/20/2009 5:09 AM >
| | | | A lock that crappy could be picked by a novice faster than it took to freeze and break. Less conspicuous/loud/havingtocarryaroundahammer as well.
Sometimes I wonder if my obsession with flashlights led to my interest in Urban Exploration, or conversely, if my
interest in exploration led to my flashlight obsession |
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Pravus
Location: Chicago Area
Gender: Male
Now the two key words for tonight - "caution" and "flammable"...
| |  | | Re: Yet another equiptment question.
<Reply # 33 on 1/20/2009 5:52 AM >
| | | | although this thread has NOTHING to do with breaking locks, people used to bust open master locks all the time back in high school during gym by threading a sock through it and yanking on it hard.. pad locks aren't exactly high tech security, just sayin..
Live to Serve, Serve to Live.. |
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Assistance
"Run Away! It's an... um... Run away!"
| | Re: Yet another equiptment question.
<Reply # 34 on 1/20/2009 7:38 PM >
| | | | Oh Gawd! Don't even get me started on combo locks! Those things are jokes!
Sometimes I wonder if my obsession with flashlights led to my interest in Urban Exploration, or conversely, if my
interest in exploration led to my flashlight obsession |
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dynastar666
Location: Burlington, VT
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Yet another equiptment question.
<Reply # 35 on 1/20/2009 8:53 PM >
| | | | Posted by uLiveAndYouBurn
Best to tape the tripod to stuff, and not the camera.
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I'd recommend using gaffers tape, it's what I use. Electrical tape will stretch and break under load.
I shoot photos.
www.flickr.com/photos/dynastar666
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Dick Winter
Location: Richmond
Gender: Male
| | Re: Yet another equiptment question.
<Reply # 36 on 1/20/2009 11:39 PM >
| | | | Posted by uLiveAndYouBurn
And as far as ascending rope, if it is not frozen or wet you can use a pair of $2 prussicks just as effectively as a pair of $60 ascending devices.
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They'll work just as effectively as a some ascenders if you're ascending about 10 feet. Not that prusiks aren't bad. you can ascend double ropes, and the price difference is well worth discomfort. They just aren't as good as dedicated ascenders. Tibloc's, made by petzl are pretty good. They're sold as "emergency ascenders" but they only cost about $20.
On the actual topic, I have decided to always bring rope with me, even if I think I'm no going to need it.
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dynastar666
Location: Burlington, VT
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Yet another equiptment question.
<Reply # 37 on 1/21/2009 4:14 PM >
| | | | Posted by Dick Winter
They'll work just as effectively as a some ascenders if you're ascending about 10 feet. Not that prusiks aren't bad. you can ascend double ropes, and the price difference is well worth discomfort. They just aren't as good as dedicated ascenders. Tibloc's, made by petzl are pretty good. They're sold as "emergency ascenders" but they only cost about $20.
On the actual topic, I have decided to always bring rope with me, even if I think I'm no going to need it.
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The Tiblocs tear the shit out of your rope.
I shoot photos.
www.flickr.com/photos/dynastar666
www.developingpictures.org |
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uLiveAndYouBurn
Location: Beyond
Anarchocommunist
| | Re: Yet another equiptment question.
<Reply # 38 on 1/21/2009 6:25 PM >
| | | | Those are the ones with the barbs right?
I guess in an emergency they'd be good, but no way for regular use.
"Aint nothin' to it but to do it"
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broaddaylight
Location: new joisey
Gender: Female
thats me on the left, notice how im eye level with his man meat
| | Re: Yet another equiptment question.
<Reply # 39 on 1/21/2009 7:06 PM >
| | | | pack twine instead of rope, its lighter and doesnt take up as much room, plu you wont look like such a dork walking around with it like you would with a loop of rope
Steal only whatever you can run with comfortably and leave no footprints
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