Chris Brown's Blog » glass menagerie http://highexposures.com/blog Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:23:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 How To: Giant Gear-Ripping Whipper http://highexposures.com/blog/2011/11/13/how-to-giant-gear-ripping-whipper/ http://highexposures.com/blog/2011/11/13/how-to-giant-gear-ripping-whipper/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:39:20 +0000 chris_brown http://highexposures.com/blog/?p=1355 I recently dusted off some terrabytes and found some old classics.  In this new How To exclusive, Laban Swafford demonstrates the proper way to take a Giant Gear-Ripping Whipper.

Step 1:  Find a big, bad-ass route in North Carolina that has yet to be freed.  (Wear your hard hat for safety of course)

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Step 2:  In an effort to preserve tradition based on local lore and ethics, clip your snatchlinks to a jumbled mess of aluminum and wire.  Repeat to yourself  “They’re bomber…”  or maybe “I won’t fall.”

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Step 3:  Climb through the crux, over grip, get pumped and of course – take the whip.

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]]> http://highexposures.com/blog/2011/11/13/how-to-giant-gear-ripping-whipper/feed/ 0 Free Glass Menagerie http://highexposures.com/blog/2007/09/07/free-glass-menagerie/ http://highexposures.com/blog/2007/09/07/free-glass-menagerie/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:06:03 +0000 chris_brown http://highexposures.com/blog/?p=66 In May 2007, Josh Finkelstein and Jennifer Sauer completed a free ascent of Looking Glass rock’s Glass Menagerie.  Check out the Rock & Ice spread in issue 162.  Click the photo below for the slideshow.

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Jennifer Sauer cranking the 2 crux pitches on Glass Menagerie.


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