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The guidebook "Sandia Rock" lists this one as "One of the best of its grade in the Sandias". I will have to agree with this! This is a summer route, if it's 95 in Albuquerque, chances are, temps will be perfect to even slightly chilly on this route. It sees about one hour of sun per day. To get there, start on the La-Luz trail. The Thumb is an obvious formation, just keep on the trail until it is right in front of you. You will pass a scree/boulder field that the trail goes through. When you get to the first switchback that turns right, look ahead at the trail through the trees. Follow this climbers trail to the base of an obvious crack system within a huge right-facing dihedral. It requires a little scrambling to get there. Pitch 1: Follow the dihedral (some loose rock, but hey, this is the Sandias!) up and through a slightly awkward slot (5.9) (I found that a #5 or #6 Camalot would fit great here, though I did not have one. Monomaniac suggests that a #4 Camalot fits as well) After moving through the slot, traverse right on face holds to a solid stainless steel two bolt anchor. Pitch 2: Follow a nice-looking, right-arching dihedral. When you get to the point where the dihedral converts to roof, traverse right on poor gear, and clip a pin down at your feet. Move past a tricky roof at your right (5.9, crux). There are other variations that have also been described to me, but this is the way I went. Continue, dealing with the rope drag, to a ledge with another 2-bolt anchor. Note that it is �possible to get a 0 TCU and a 6 or 7 stopper above the fixed pin. This may be a wise alternative if you're concerned at all for the welfare of your second. Clipping the fixed pin would put the second in a precarious spot.� (Monomaniac). Many slings and good rope management are suggested for this pitch, as the rope drag can be terrible. Pitch 3: Cruise up a straight-in corner through some vegetation, working right over questionable, loose rock to the summit of The Thumb. It is possible to rap after the 2nd pitch (with two 50m or longer ropes), and if you did, you wouldn't miss anything. However, the last pitch is really easy, the rock is solid and the gear is good, so there's no need to avoid it. The rap can be spicy, and for us required quite a bit of swinging, then tying off my rappel, and climbing some precarious 5.10 moves to get back to the second belay anchor. I might suggest tying off your tag line to the anchor when your second comes up, but if you do, you must also be concerned with getting the rope caught around something.
Pro: I took a double set up to #2, with one #3 and #4 Camelot. Optional would be a #5 or #6 that can be left on the belay of the first pitch. I would also recommend many slings (at least 12-13) for the second pitch to avoid rope drag issues. Anchors: Bolts for the first and second pitches. Gear for the summit pitch. Descent: See directions for The Thumb formation.
I've heard people say that its best to rap after teh 2nd pitch. Any comments on this? Do you need two 50m ropes to rap from the top of the second pitch? Can it be rapped with one 60m rope? Or is the top-out not too bad? Thanks, Mark
Finally did this one on Sunday. To answer my own question, it would be possible to rap after the 2nd pitch (with two 50m or longer ropes), and if you did, you wouldn't miss anything. However, the last pitch is really easy, the rock is solid and the gear is good, so there's no need to avoid it. If I were to do the route again, I would rather top out and hike down then carry a second rope all the way to the base of the Thumb. A few notes: The P1 and P2 belay anchors have been replaced with bomber SS bolts. At the crux of P2 (the traverse right under the roof), its possible to get a 0 TCU and a 6 or 7 stopper above the fixed pin. This may be a wise alternative if you're concerned at all for the welfare of your second. Clipping the fixed pin would put the second in a precarious spot. To put it another way, if I were climbing with my brother, I would clip the pin. In this case, I was climbing with my girlfriend, and since I wanted her to continue being my girlfriend, and continue climbing with me, I chose not to clip the pin. When I see "5.9 Slot" on a topo, my 'cojones' generally start to retract into my chest cavity, with thoughts of the Steck-Salathe, the Harding Slot, Hollow Flake, etc. However, there's virtually no Chimney/OW climbing on this route. There's a 5 foot section of OW below the P1 belay, but its really mellow for "5.9OW". Mostly this section is ascended via good crimps. Props to whomever suckered me into lugging my #5 camalot all the way down to the Thumb. I used a #4 Camalot, but the big daddy wasn't necessary. I thought this was really good, but not as good as Emerald City, which is IMHO, the best 5.9 in the Sandias.
A very enjoyable and sustained route that stays shaded and cool even in mid summer because the dihedral is so large. The #4 BD cam was nice for the slot section and again early in the second pitch. I found the move right around the roof on the second pitch to be very strenuous and delicate. Did I miss something somewhere? Felt a bit tough for the 5.9 rating.
Great climb, second pitch was one of the best I have done in the Sandia's so far. The 5.9 slot was by far the crux for me. I first tried to face climb around it, then chimney it, and finally like a true sport climber just laid it back. There is a nice stance below the slot to downclimb to and figure out your options. The #4 camalot protected it fine, however if you want above your head pro, take something larger. I skipped the pin as well on the second pitch, and placed small pro from a good stance under the roof, a small C3, and a small nut. Coming around the roof didn't feel bad at all, easy 5.9 or so, but slightly powerful on good holds. I disliked the third pitch, but I think I went the wrong way increasing the amount of shrubbery I had to deal with. 4 stars if I forget about the third pitch.
Dave Hammack and I did three routes on the N. face of the Thumb in 1960 through 1962. We looked at the photos of Aviary Ort on this page on 9 September 2009 and are certain (at least I am) that we did this route in 1961 or 1962 since it is the only right facing dihedral on the face. The second pitch was definitely the diciest lead I ever did. Soft iron pins worked really well in the dihedral crack. I remember a lot of lichen. We never felt like repeating the climb. The two other routes went left and right into the gap between the two pinnacles and were fairly easy.
If you're correct (and I don't see any reason to think that you aren't), that would have been one of the hardest multi-pitch routes in the country at the time. Nice work! ..and its great to have you here on MP.com! Welcome!
The only other possibility to Aviary Ort as the climb we did in 1961 is the dihedral about 75' to the left (E) and the top section of that overhangs far to much for us to have done with the skills and gear we had back then. I think our main protection was soft iron horizontal pins in cracks to the left and right of the dihedral and Army and Dave Hammack ring angles in the dihedral. Our total rack was probably half a dozen angles and 10 or so Cassin, Holubar, and Stubai soft iron horizontals. Dave told me that his son Davito has recently done the climb with one of Dave's grandsons.
A couple of notes: I agree with Monomaniac, the 1st pitch crux is pretty tame for a 5.9 OW. 2nd pitch crux is short, but probably not 5.9 and you will be above the last (hopefully) solid piece (piton). The third pitch is really not worth doing unless you want to top out. There are however older bolts on top that make a rap from the top possible. We were planning on doing the standard descent via south ridge but the part from the notch to the south summit didn't look that easy and is very exposed (is it really just 4th class?). Not wanting to rope up we ended up doing the rap from the end of the third pitch. I also noticed a new rap station between the old bolts on top and the bolts of the second anchor, but getting there from the standard 3rd pitch would be awkward. P.S.: Found a cam at the base of the climb. If you want it back PM me with brand and size.
This is a really good route, we did all 3 pitches, the last pitch is not bad and it is fun to top out the Thumb. A lot of rope drag on the 2nd pitch I probably would bring a couple extra extendable slings next time about 14.
A little chicken-head hold broke off right after the traverse on the second pitch making the roof a little bit harder.
This was a really fun and solid route. We took doubles and alpine runners which warded off any rope drag. The new #5 camalot helps the confidence on the pitch one exit. The fixed pin on pitch 2 protects the crux fine. Look around, there are a few different ways to move through the crux. Pitch three is definitely worth doing, as it was solid and had fun exposed moves with good gear. We topped out and walked off with board lasted climbing shoes down large boulders on the scree slope.


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In the first conviction in the December 16 gangrape case, the juvenile accused was today found guilty of murder and rape of the 23-year-old girl but he got away with a maximum of three years imprisonment mandated under the juvenile law.
The juvenile who was six months short of 18 years was, however, acquitted by the Juvenile Justice Board of attempt to murder of the paramedic's male friend, who was the sole eye witness to the dastardly incident that shook the nation.
The verdict came under attack from the mother of the victim who said it was not acceptable to her.
"There was no need for these proceedings. We have been fooled. I don't accept the judgement. What was the need for keeping us waiting for the whole day," the victim's mother said after the verdict.
The Board, presided over by Principal Magistrate Geetanjali Goel sentenced the minor to three years in a probation home, the maximum punishment that can be awarded under the Juvenile Justice Act.
The eight months already spent by the juvenile in custody during the inquiry will be considered as period already served and would be deducted from the three years sentence.
The Board had on July 11 also convicted the accused, a cleaner in the bus in which the victim was raped on the fateful night, in another case of robbery.
It today awarded him the sentence already undergone by him in the probation home for robbing Ramadhar, a carpenter who had boarded the bus but was thrown out before the gangrape victim and her friend were assaulted.
On the night of December 16, last year, the 23-year-old victim, a paramedic student, was gangraped and brutally assaulted by six persons in a moving bus. The victim later succumbed to her injuries in a Singapore hospital on December 29, last.
The four adult accused are being tried by a fast-track court in Saket here. Another accused Ram Singh was found dead on March 11 in his cell in Tihar Jail and the trial against him has been abated.
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The verdict was pronounced behind closed doors, directing the people present inside including the accused, prosecution, defence counsel and the victim's family members not to disclose the contents of the 60-page judgement.
The father of the victim demanded death for the minor, while her mother could not hide her displeasure over the verdict. She started weeping after coming out of the court room and spoke about the judgement.
The minor's counsel Rajesh Tiwari claimed the sentence is subject to review in future depending upon his conduct.
Apart from the offences of murder and gangrape, the Board also convicted the juvenile under sections 342 (wrongful confinement), 364, 365, 366, 367 (kidnapping or abducting for murder, to defile a woman, etc) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the police told the mediapersons.
The Board also held him guilty for offences under sections 377 (unnatural offences), 395 (dacoity), 412 (dishonestly receiving stolen property knowing that it was obtained by dacoity), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC, they said.
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The verdict in the case was pronounced as the apex court had on August 22 allowed the Board to pronounce the judgement in the case against the juvenile, who according to the police, was the "most brutal" of all the six accused persons.
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This assiness of law should open our loukika vision; now at least.. For a thing like rape one needs deterrant and fearful painful punishment not reform, because the rapist has no shame or fear; the punishment should bring in fear and pain, only with that reform takes place. Common sense and natural justice clearly indicate that the moment the urge is felt to rape, followed by the emegence of the physical ability in the body to perform, that human is an adult -uncultured- irrespective of age repeat age.. Only fear and pain will bring in reform . Fixing some age benchmark is further foolish for does it mean that one can getaway w ith rape as a juvenile if perpetrated at the age 0f 17 years, 355 days , 2330 hours !!! ???. Beware ! what if, in the market culture ,the kids start thinking the vice as an adventure lawmakers should please act and be practical while being ethical; create an, effect to prevent the cause- punish the body to save the soul ( Charles Dickens) & save others
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Sadly our culture is made now by bollywood films, kollywood films and regional language films whcih make us a nation of eve-teasers and rapists! what a shame! Shame our women rights activists and human rights activists and intellectuals are acting as cheer leaders of crooked rulers and looters and bollywood actors and actresses for the past 50 years! It is time that rulers study the reasons for harassment, teasing and violence against girls and women and not make knee jerk reactions only!We need to take more aggressive and logical steps to prevent crimes and rape,etc agsinst women and girls and not just knee jerk reactions,folks! All women and girls are not angels and sometimes they are willing accomplices too! Shame that india has not banned Bollywood and useless and poverty-producing Test cricket even now! Just watch the bollywood and kollywood moveis and one can see the heores openly teasing and harassing girls and women and this has been going on for past 50 years&more too!SHAME!
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His photo name and address and his family members names and photos should be published immediately so that Indian public can boycott the entire family socially. His photos must be published as he will be ready to rape more victims shortly on release from the jail. The person who drafted the Juvenile law should be jailed for life if available now.
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Modders have started releasing fixes and tweaks to Dead Island on PC. The list is rather large, but among some of the fixed listed on the Steam forum are: change field of view, the ability to disable motion blur, weapons blur, bloom, dust, and desaturate, and many other modifications and the ability to vsync which will help screen tearing issues. There's also a few fun mods available as well. The PC Version of Dead Island, which was released last week, as seen issues with the PC version, most notably, the developers' code being accidentally released on Steam instead of the retail version. Techland released a patch for the game, but players still reported bugs and problems with the multiplayer servers. Thanks, Kotaku.
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Red Orchestra 2 to continue free DLC and mod tools tradition
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad will keep players interested with mods, unlockables, free DLC, and maybe even expansions.
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Minecraft mod lets you think with Portals
This is no simple mod – this is Extreme PortalCraft, a new map for Minecraft featuring – you guessed it – a bunch of Portals.
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Wednesday Shorts: Dog fighting, DDO, Madden, God Hand, Angry Birds, Romero, sales
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Video released of user-created StarCraft MMO made using mod tools
A StarCraft fan group called CreationArtist25 have created a a pre-alpha version of what the group is calling World of StarCraft. It's basically an MMO of StarCraft II which was built using the game's mod tools.
Fri, Jan 07, 2011 | 06:51 GMT
Modders' clamour sees Morrowind 2011 pulled
Individual modders whose work is featured in the Morrowind 2011 compendium have threatened legal action against its compiler, resulting in the removal of the 4Gb pack's torrent.


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9 comments:
- Nikki said...
Gorgeous dresses and love the hospital gown!
- November 7, 2012 at 9:06 AM
- Rachel Easley said...
Love the hospital gown. I really enjoyed wearing my own clothes while in the hospital after delivering my baby...a year ago :) I also really like the pine wreath!
- November 7, 2012 at 9:06 AM
- Lea also known as "CiCi" said...
This is my first time to join up on Wednesdays but I had such fun with this entry. Thanks for hosting it.
And, how sweet of your husband. He just seems like the "real deal."
And, that quote, almost made me cry.
Blessings abundant as you await this most special event.
- November 7, 2012 at 9:10 AM
- Ashleigh said...
I love that gown!
- November 7, 2012 at 12:23 PM
- Hey Monkey Butt said...
Good pick by the hubs. I'm loving those oh so awesome baby shoes on pinterest! :)
- November 7, 2012 at 1:18 PM
- Kristin said...
i am so excited for you & your hubby!! can't wait to see pictures of this wonderful blessing soon to arrive!
- November 7, 2012 at 6:52 PM
- Kristin said...
I am so excited for you and the love that is going to pour from your heart when you meet your little man. Little boys are the BEST :)
- November 8, 2012 at 2:20 PM
- Lisamarie said...
I love your Wednesday link up! I'm doing it next week!!! Newest follower here!
- November 10, 2012 at 9:02 PM
- Corin said...
OMGOSH the hospital gown! How cute... and from your hubby?? Bonus points! :)
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There I was, balancing a big frying pan on top of a tall Jetboil stove, while burning beans on another one, trying to cook for a group in basecamp. "This just isn't the way to do it," I thought. Don't get me wrong, I love little light stoves, but not for basecamp on a mountain biking trip when I need to rustle up grub for the whole group. I needed a stove that let me stand up, see the view and cook like a man. I called Camp Chef at the end of the day and the mailman soon delivered a Camp Chef Pro 60 Double Burner stove, grill box and griddle. Stylin'.
It wasn't my first time using a Camp Chef stove like this. When I lived in East Africa, this same stove was my go to stove for wildlife safaris. But when I moved back to Colorado, a safari company begged me to sell it to them, so I left it in Tanzania. Camp Chef make many different models of stoves, but I wanted one that had long legs, plenty of power, fold-out shelves and still folded up small enough to easily put in the back of my truck.
The Pro 60 is all that. It comes with a heavy duty regulator and hose so all you have to do to get cooking is unfold it, screw on the gas bottle, click the sparker and start cooking. When you're done, simply fold it down and put it back in the car. Folding it up for transport back home only took me 89 seconds.
The Pro 60 stove I used in Africa worked really well. I used it frequently for over a year and never had a problem with it. My current stove works great, but had one flaw - after lighting the stove only three times, the plastic knob that turns the sparker stripped out. It's just lightweight plastic, but it really shouldn't have broken that quickly...or ever.
I called Camp Chef and asked them why the weak plastic and they promised they were working on beefing it up, that they were aware of the problem and fixing it. A metal knob, or a least a metal insert would be much better.
Camp Chef offers a lot of cool accessories for their stoves and I got the Professional Grill Box and the Professional Flat Top griddle. They both fit over just one burner, so you can grill burgers and boil corn at the same time. The cast iron grate grill works really well, though it is fairly small. If you're cooking for a really big group, you'll need to cook the meat in waves. Mmmm...waves of meat. Camp Chef does sell a bigger grill that covers both burners.
The cast iron Griddle comes "pre-seasoned" but I found it was still a bit dry and cooked my pancakes unevenly, the heat all in the middle. I oiled it up with a lot of bacon grease and later learned that the griddle needs to be heated on low to medium heat slowly, not the high heat I had it on. When I tried this, it burned much more evenly. It's also a good idea to season the grill a little when you're done with a thin coat of cooking oil.
The grill burns at a maximum of 30,000 btus so it's easy to turn it up and get it too hot. It does simmer well when you turn it all the way down.
A grill is a grill, but the griddle is pretty cool. You can cook amazing breakfasts fast and easy on it - eggs, pancakes, bacon - not all at the same time, but in short order.
If you like cooking well in basecamp, a big stove like this is the way to go. It weighs 45 pounds plus the gas bottle and griddle and grill, so you're not going to carry it far. My camp mates are always super impressed when I pull the stove out of the truck and fire it up. Let's be honest, no one really likes cooking on little backpacking stoves unless we're out on the trail.
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Prominent educators, along with Gallup and Phi Delta Kappa International (PDK), will release findings from the 44th annual PDK/Gallup Poll of the "Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools" at a summit in Washington, D.C.
After the federal government failed to make changes to President Bush's No Child Left Behind law, state and local education authorities have taken matters into their own hands by changing funding structures, approving charter schools and changing workforce policies.
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Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), a judgment, decree, or order regarding child support, alimony, or marital property rights that assigns the right to receive all or part of the benefits payable under a pension plan and that is made pursuant to a state's domestic relations law. 29 U.S.C. § 1056(d)(3). A qualified domestic relations order ("QDRO") is exempt from ERISA's anti-assignment provision. 29 U.S.C. § 1056(d)(3)(A).
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A court order based on the division of a party's pension or retirement benefits as part of a divorce. The QDRO orders the administrator of the pension plan to distribute a specified share of benefits to the nonemployee spouse at the time that the employee spouse begins receiving benefits. This special order is necessary to comply with federal law governing retirement pay.
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The L250 has come to U.S. inland waterways.
Following the original agreement in February, GE Marine recently delivered twin GE inline eight cylinder L250 (8L250) inline diesel engines to the Parker Towing Company, Inc. Completion of the deal marks the first time that GE's 8L250 engine platform will operate commercially on U.S. inland waterways.
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I do not know the name of this effect but I want to use this effect on my audio. Can you please tell me how to do this using audacity. I think it is a kind of echo but I don't know the decay factor and time. Click here for the audio
As in the answer above this is called a Reverb effect. I have written some steps below in regards to replicating the effect from the song you posted: 1) Open Audacity, click File -> Open -> Locate the file that you want to apply the effect to 2) Press Ctrl + A to select all 3) Click on Effect -> Gverb 4) Tweak the settings and click on preview to hear what it sounds like 5) Once you happy click on OK and your done :) Heres a youtube video if your still unsure: | |||
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What Makes A Good Badminton Racket
I'm relatively new to this forum, so apologies if this has already been posted before:
I think the blogger makes excellent points. Even though the blog post was made over 1 year ago, the same points apply today.
For those who can't be bothered reading through that thesis (haha), here are some of the key quotes:
With so many rackets available these days, all promising faster smashes, more control, more consistency for your game, more aerodynamic capabilities, lightning reactions and god knows what else, it can be very difficult to know what to go for. The truth is that the badminton racket is just a tool of the trade. Can it make you a better player? It can improve what you already have by a slight amount, that is the only truth in the hyped up marketing world we live in.A good badminton racket is a low work racket. If you hit a clear it should land in the back tramlines more often than not if you have the right technique and positioning.Take this as an example. Give an advanced player a £10 steel beginners racket with factory strung strings at about 15lbs tension when are used to playing with a stiff framed high technology racket strung at 30lbs. What happens? Well at first the player thinks, god this feels ****. Their shots are not as consistent as they normally are. The shuttle is not going where they want it to. However, after about an hour things are improving. The player has got used to the new racket and the string tension, and while it still does not feel right, the shots are becoming more consistent and accurate. They have already compensated for the difference. After two hours of play there is now not much difference at all. All the clears are landing in the right place, and the smashes are going where they intended them to. The point i am trying to make is that good players can play with anything and make it work. The racket will still feel hard to work with, it would be high work racket, but the result is around about the same.So back to the question of what makes a good badminton racket? The answer is you do. In most of my racket reviews i mention power and control, and that is a bit misleading because power and control come from technique, and yours is different to mine, so what i think is a powerful racket may not be the same for you. In reality no racket is "powerful" it just makes it easier to get some power that is generated by yourself. Same applies to control, you have to create your own control, the racket will be useful for making it easier to control the shuttle if the head is stable on impact. You can then get more consistency with your technique. Remember though that it is the strings that connect with the shuttle, and they play a much bigger part in terms of control.I like high tension strings, i believe they give me more control over the shuttle. Some people argue that this is not the case, and that low tension is better for control because the shuttle is in contact with the strings for longer. The truth is that high tension does give more control and it comes down to the movement of the strings on impact. If you have loose strings then they will move more on impact. This means you do not have a totally stable base when you hit the shuttle, which equals less control. Tight strings will not move around as much so there is more control available. The racket simply holds the strings in place, so if you add a stable frame to all of this then you will have even more control.
it's the player on form that make the racket look good! even international players have different choice of racket according to their preference... if you play well and on form, then your racket is good!! hahaha..
I met so many player that always blame string, racket, lightings, shorts, shoe, socks, etc... but seldom blame their skills!!
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What makes a racket good is the interface between the racket grip and the floor.
One piece, tight strings, grip, weight, balance.
I don't think anyone is actually reading the blog post (in the link) properly. Let me simplify it (with some of my views put in too):
1. The "latest and greatest" racket is mostly all about marketing.
2. If you buy the "latest and greatest" racket after reading "amazing" reviews about it, you're going to be bias when you review it (too).
3. The "latest and greatest" racket isn't going to improve your game much. In fact, it's probably not going to improve it at all. If you "think" you are improving, it almost always means that you are getting technically better or more fit etc, not because of the "latest and greatest" racket. If you've been told that the "latest and greatest" racket is "incredibly powerful", then when you smash etc, you'll likely only "feel" that you're getting more power, when in fact, it's just a "louder" noise. The speed of your smashes could even be slower than your average.
4. Don't get caught up in the marketing and waste your money. If you can afford it (or if it's your hobby to collect rackets and not actually try to become technically better), then waste away!
So, with such pessimism about "new and improved" rackets, we're supposed to just stick with our steel shaft and steel frame rackets and be happy with them?
I'm being facetious of course, but what I would suggest is take a more objective approach where we separate the marketing double speak (which we know Japanese companies are so good at) from the technology, and assess the technological improvements (if any) on its own merits.Last edited by visor; 04-22-2011 at 04:22 PM.
the answer to the question is quite simple really.
A good racket is one that suits your style of play, as well as being durable, and costs as much as you willing to pay.
But then that's exactly what I'm trying to portray. I think many need to be more objective when it comes to assessing a badminton racket. If you are a good player with a powerful smash, then a racket isn't going to make much difference at all. Sure, racket technology does improve in general over time - I don't dispute that. What I am trying to emphasise is that the player is infinitely more important than the racket. If you're not getting very powerful smashes, work on your technique. Don't expect the "latest and greatest" racket to give you more power "just like that", and don't mimick the badminton racket companies' "brain-washing" people into thinking it does.
Agree. And Yonex over the past few years has been particularly guilty of this, what with Trivoltage, sound filter, nanopreme, etc.
Victor on the other hand has been rather straightforward in presenting its technology. And now makes it easier for the user to select their rackets according to their 5S matrix: smash, speed, stability, sweet spot, smoothness.
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I dont want to sound rude, but it doesnt really matter now, he said. They made shots in overtime, and we didnt, and they got some calls their way, and they win the game.
At the end of the day I guess the Blazers only really have themselves to blame. The call alone did not lose the game for Portland.
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Klein is a 68-year-old woman that has been through a lot in her life, and although the taunting offended her, she has received support from many people around the world who have contributed nearly $300,000 to her after seeing this video that has gone viral. Unfortunately, kids who are bullied have to deal with children teasing them like this on a daily basis and have no outlet. Why is it that we lack compassion at a young age and don't respect our elders? I know times have changed, and in a lot of ways, for the better; Sadly, the attitudes of most pre-teens/teens has been one of the most disappointing outcomes of our growth as a society.
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Karen Huff Klein is a hard-working individual that has been employed by the same school district for over 23 years. Annually, she makes around $15,000 which doesn't even compare with the amount of donations she's received from donors across the country. The fund was initiated because someone believed this woman needed a vacation, especially after seeing what hell she's been put through. At one point in the video, a child says "You're so ugly, your kids should kill themselves.' One of Mrs. Klein's sons had killed himself 10 years earlier. It's shit like this that these kids don't know and are unaware of how what they says may affect her. Instead of teaching these kids mathematics and history that isn't really all that true, we might want to give them basic lessons in human interaction, compassion, understanding and being kind.
At the 6 and a half minute mark, a student said: 'If I stabbed you in the stomach, my knife would f***** go through like butter, because it's all f***** lard.'
Klein is very appreciative for what the random donors have done for her, but what she'd really like is an apology from the four students that made her cry and humiliated her.
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