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j_dirge
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-89 GL Westy, SVX.. finally.
-57 pan f/g buggy with a 67 pancake Type 3 "S"
"Jimi Hendrix owned one. Richard Nixon did not"
-Grand Tour, Season 1, episodes 4 and 5
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those are straight line runs with light weight race cars for only 1/4mile at a time..
not pushing a loaded brick up a mountain pass with a family of 4+ inside expecting to have an event free vacation..
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jimf909 
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Do y'all see what I see? Granted, this is owned by a famous rock climber so the holds don't need to be close together but it'd be interesting to see how they mounted the fold-out steps on the B and C pillars.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=636807
Food for thought...
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Current: 1990 Westy Camper - Bostig RG4, 2wd, manual trans w/Peloquin, NAHT high-top, 280 ah LFP battery, 160 watts solar, Flash Silver, seam rust, bondo, etc., etc.
Past: 1985 Westy Camper - 1.9 wbx, 2wd, manual trans, Merian Brown, (sold after 17 years to Northwesty who converted it to a Syncro). |
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Terry Kay
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I am amazed again;
The guy must have orangutan type arms & legs to get from the ground to them steps--one heck of an inseam also. 
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jimf909
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I see a pretty easy route from the front tire or door to the B pillar and then a traverse to the C pillar. Straddling those two steps may provide a solid position to address the situation on the roof top. I'll bet this guy and his family can circumnavigate the van. He's used to resting on paper thin '"ledges".
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Current: 1990 Westy Camper - Bostig RG4, 2wd, manual trans w/Peloquin, NAHT high-top, 280 ah LFP battery, 160 watts solar, Flash Silver, seam rust, bondo, etc., etc.
Past: 1985 Westy Camper - 1.9 wbx, 2wd, manual trans, Merian Brown, (sold after 17 years to Northwesty who converted it to a Syncro). |
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dobryan
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Terry Kay
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The issue here is not too many of the crew is Jean Claude Van Damme, Arnold, Chuck Norris, or Silvester.
I'm real happy this guy can leap tall buildings in a single bound .
Good for him.
Maybe when I was 15-20.
I'm all done playing Clark Kent, when there is smarter ways of getting this job done.
I'm 6'2", and shrinking.
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imdbui
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| Terry Kay wrote: |
I am amazed again;
The guy must have orangutan type arms & legs to get from the ground to them steps--one heck of an inseam also. |
No need to eye roll TK. The guy is a full time climber. Going from the top of the tire to that step is child's play for him, not for you....or me....well for me too, but I am 6'4"....  |
yup. here's his clip from ANW, sporting a westy on his shirt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC71_avmtq8
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dobryan
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| Terry Kay wrote: |
The issue here is not too many of the crew is Jean Claude Van Damme, Arnold, Chuck Norris, or Silvester.
I'm real happt this guy can leap tall buildings in a single bound .
Good for him.
Maybe when I was 15-20.
I'm all done playing Clark Kent, when there is smarter ways of getting this job done.
I'm 6'2", and shrinking. |
But he is not and it is his vehicle. He didn't have it built for you.
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'87 Westy w/ 2002 Subaru EJ25 and Peloquin TBD
"To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive." Robert Louis Stevenson
MD>Canada>AK>WA>OR>CA>AZ>UT>WY>SD
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=620646
Building a bus for travel in Europe (euroBus)
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=695371
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PDXWesty
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Fold out steps placed around van for eased access to roof without damaging the sides of the van.
http://www.aclimbingpartyoffour.com/
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j_dirge
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Maybe when I was 15-20.
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am north of 50, myself..
Those steps are exactly what I'd do..
Flip-down mast steps.
easy step up from sill of door..
..but we stay limber out here in the land of fruits and nuts.
Try some yoga, Terry.. Does wonders for body and soul.
BTW Chuck is a bit vertically clhallenged.. 5-8 or some such..
He would just to roll the Vanagon on its side to load the top.
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-89 GL Westy, SVX.. finally.
-57 pan f/g buggy with a 67 pancake Type 3 "S"
"Jimi Hendrix owned one. Richard Nixon did not"
-Grand Tour, Season 1, episodes 4 and 5
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those are straight line runs with light weight race cars for only 1/4mile at a time..
not pushing a loaded brick up a mountain pass with a family of 4+ inside expecting to have an event free vacation..
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Terry Kay
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Boy.
Quite the guy.
One would think that after that excellent demonstration of stamina, one would want to make real life a little easier.
Neat stuff.
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dobryan
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Abelabelabel
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So where do your steel toed boots go on a fixed step, or bolted on grab handles?
Right Smack Dab into the side of the van and into the Earl Scheib paint job.
Do Tell.
How you gonna avoid this phenomena?
You can't--excluding a remote , ground only affixed step ladder arrangement.
Now--nobody mentioned, or even brought up a "saving the paint" upper veranda accessibility gizmo here--
Wasn't even mentioned.
But whatever you hang on that van , and as soon as you go up that devise, your going to Toe Tap the side of the Van.
It's part of the deal--rope ladder or not--your going to screw up the paint behind it. |
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Terry Kay
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Now your getting somewhere---
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fxr
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Am I the only one who just gets a blank page for this URL?
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jimf909
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The issue here is not too many of the crew is Jean Claude Van Damme, Arnold, Chuck Norris, or Silvester.
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Looks like Mom could climb circles around those macho poseurs... Given the environment they're raised in, it's prolly a cakewalk for the boys too.
http://www.aclimbingpartyoffour.com/#!chloe/cvr
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Current: 1990 Westy Camper - Bostig RG4, 2wd, manual trans w/Peloquin, NAHT high-top, 280 ah LFP battery, 160 watts solar, Flash Silver, seam rust, bondo, etc., etc.
Past: 1985 Westy Camper - 1.9 wbx, 2wd, manual trans, Merian Brown, (sold after 17 years to Northwesty who converted it to a Syncro). |
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goffoz
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The issue here is not too many of the crew is Jean Claude Van Damme, Arnold, Chuck Norris, or Silvester.
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That's hysterical..Arnny is a pussy...done business with him.
Silvester is a midget with a complex, did some movie work with him.
not impressed
Jean claude.no idea 
Anyhow climbers.
...I'm a total newb,I have done a lot of Yosemite and the Sierras,with real exposure on long pitch's
The real guys are amazing!!...you have no idea...No... YOU, "TK" have no idea
If you didn't start when you were 12yrs old!..you will never know
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SHUTUP!
Be happy the guy likes vanagons, and our community, and supports our vendors
SHUTUP! |
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WLD*WSTY
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| Am I the only one who just gets a blank page for this URL? |
It doesn't open in my Firefox, but does in Explorer, which I keep on hand for sites that aren't coded for anything else...
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Terry Kay
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<<No... YOU, "TK" have no idea
If you didn't start when you were 12yrs old!..you will never know>>
Good for him.
I was too busy flat tracking, ice racing, and road riding on my scooters to waste any time playing monkey man--had priorities.
Climbing rock formations in the flatland's just wasn't a top priority.
And for that matter didn't care.
Had much better hair raising, other stamina building endeavors to get accomplished & enjoy.
Rocks just don't make it with me--No reason too--they ain't any around here.
So--with that said--you don't have clue what's cool.
If you ain't shoving your bike into a clay covered track corner at 110 mph, an coming out on the other side of it-- still on the bike,you just ain't with it.
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RCB
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and besides that... TK also kilt him a bar when he was only three..... 
Everyone N-Joy the three day weekend in whatever you drive and whatever it looks like; but do drive safe and sound. |
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