Pain on Gaffs

rico said:
The caddy pads are definitely lighter than the big bucks. The big bucks are super comfy, but they don't fit me very well because I have legs like a crack smokin', dying chicken!
If the Timberlines are working for you, roll with it!
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Hahahaha! Get off the pipe or pass the freaking thing!!! ... Lmao.. ''crack smoking dying chicken'' that's a good one!
I'm tempted to check them out.. id definitely have to get the larger size.. my legs are a mess.. i got that thing where they swell up & then on top of that i get these horrid muscle cramps in my hamstrings if i lift too much weight in a bent knee position.. Shit comes in waves for like 4-5 minutes.. can't walk it off, can't stretch it away, sometimes if i punch the shit out of the spot it will help, but thats pretty hard to do when it's the back of your leg.. I'll tell ya, it sux mandingo! The heavier boots & pads put together always feel like they are going to trigger it, as i know exactly what movements make it happen & it try to avoid them like the plague..

Im waiting for it to happen while im in the tree.. i swear, if it does, you'll probably see me turn into a fully grown 6ft 2in man child crying & throwing a fit... Lol.. seriously.. it's like paralizing.. Not as bad as when my back goes out & starts siezing, but it's up there.. The back thing really is paralizing though, last time it happened i was at my father's house, the old man freaked, snuck around the corner & called 911.. uggh so embarrassing..

Fuck me.. i sound like an old broken man.. or a Straight up puss... I'm guess im just busted up a bit like most ppl i know..

But anyways.. ive gotten pretty much everything i need to climb safely, i just need to focus on weight savings now.. i would have bought the carbon geckos but everything gecko related was out of stock back in the beginning of spring..
 
rico said:
...legs like a crack smokin', dying chicken!
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That Colonel Sanders dude was always trying to get me to stand on the roof of his restaurants wearing a chicken costume and holding a sign, to lure in customers.

People don't realize how many sets of climbers us chicken-legged fuggers gotta go through, before we find something that doesn't hurt!
 
rico said:
Call me a freak, but I can stand in Buck Titaniums with Caddy pads, with some Hoffman or Makalu boots all day. I think it helps weighing in at 155-160 lbs dripping wet.
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After 5 hours continuous the novelty has worn off for my knees and feet. 165lb in birthday suit. 30 years on Kleins w. Caddys
10 -15 years ago longer stints didn't bother me.
 
Raven, are you resting on a choked climbing line as much as possibly on the spar, too?
Remote TIP(s) in neighboring trees, if possibly?

Carrying any extra weight that is exacerbating it?
 
I came hobbling across the parking lot one morning and my young groundie yelled “how are you gonna get your walker up to the bucket?” I replied “ in my flask, just like every other day asshole!” It was no surprise I got sent in for a random test the next day
 
rico said:
Call me a freak, but I can stand in Buck Titaniums with Caddy pads, with some Hoffman or Makalu boots all day. I think it helps weighing in at 155-160 lbs dripping wet.
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No you aren't a freak Rico, I just did a full week in my Buck Titans wearing a pair of Canadians. I feel fine, but I still think much of it boils down to getting used to being comfy and trusting your shit. I see new guys with burning thighs, they stand there with bent legs and an arched back, they look really uncomfortable. they stand too upright because they won't lean against the flip line? Its cable dude! You aint gonna break it! And you best hope the top doesn't go between your flippie and the tree or the spanish windlass will show you just how strong that shit is! It makes me laugh actually.. Oh I gotta tell you this story , youll love it!
I went to do an estimate to top a stand of dying birch, that by all rights should have been burnt. The cheap skate balked at my price, so I said ok Ill make you a deal, I'll rent you some climbing gear, and you can pick a saw out of the truck you want to use -cheap! I'll stick around and give you pointers and drink a coke / eat lunch. He went for it! OMGEEE! I showed him how to put on leg irons and a harness, a tear away strap for a 250T, tied a figure eight loop in some shitty service line and binered it to his gear loop. Ok then up you get I said. He looked like a fish out of water! He managed to get maybe 20 feet up! Then he froze! Oh NO! Hadn't though that might happen? He was freakin out and he wanted down badly! I had to gear up, climb the shitty tree and put a belay in and disconnect his sorry ass and lower his chunk of meat to the ground! 20 FEET man..
He said ok you can do it! I said I cant now I have another job to go too, but you can call my competition! It was priceless!
 
Hey Raven..

I don't know if you've pin pointed the root of your pain.. but this might help in the way i was explaining earlier about having a pad inside the Achilles tendon part of your boot. Have no idea how i came across it, but thought of your thread when i did, so i grabbed a screenie..
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