EricMilfeld Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 The family and I just arrived home from a four day vacation in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Words can't describe the beauty of that area of the country! This was a much needed vacation for the five of us, as I haven't really taken time off from work in five years. And of course, along with hiking shoes, binoculars, and a camera, I packed some bending goodies for the trip. I've posted two pictures in my gallery of my high altitude battle with a 3/8" spike cut down to 9 1/4". Check it out: http://www.gripboard.com/index.php?act=mod...cmd=si&img=3079 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbjr Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Sounds like a nasty little bend to me........At any altitude.........Brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anson Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 I love it! I was there in '98, the short walk from the car winded me.........that must have been one trippin bend! Did you get tunnel vision ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaner Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 Nice, whats your best with that size spike on regular ground? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted September 9, 2005 Author Share Posted September 9, 2005 Anson, let's just say I was feelin' pretty good after the bend. My best at ground level is 1/4" shorter, Deaner. Not a huge difference. It was a fun, yet challenging experience. The wind was blowing something fierce, the temperature was in the high forties, and I was without a jacket. And of course I felt like I had run a marathon with a plastic bag over my head, before I even started the bend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadams Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 Eric isnt that the widow maker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted September 9, 2005 Author Share Posted September 9, 2005 Eric isnt that the widow maker ← I'm not sure. It's a galvanized spike I buy at Lowe's hardware store. On an inch-per-inch basis it's easier than a lot of spikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 pretty darn cool, none the less Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorGrip Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 (edited) Eric my dear friend this may lead to a coffee table picture book called "The Traveling Bender" or at least a tabloid cover "A Man and His Metal Goes on a Global Bender" Some unique places to keep in mind to bend at is: Horseshoe on the Great Wall of China Spike at the Vatican (Lord Help You if the colorfully clad Swiss guards catch you) Red on the Red Square A crowbar at the Grand Canyon - hey it deserves a big feat of strength An FBBC bar at the White House ( If you see guys with black glasses coming towards you in a rush abort the mission run like hell to the nearest Smithsonian building there is way to much cool stuff to look at and they will never be able to keep their eyes peeled for you) Aluminum Bat at Wrigley Field I mean it is only appropriate thing to bend there. Lever at the Louvre Museum in Paris but you will have to beat back the picture snapping tourist from the orient (Snap Dragons I call them ) with your sledge to get a chance to lever in the presence of the Mona Lisa. You can bend anything at Octoberfest – The German Beer Festival in Munich Germany because no one will remember if that was a green nail or a spike. Scroll some on the greens of the renowned St. Andrews (1502 or 1574) golf course in Scotland. Well bend on the beaches of Bermuda or if you dare on a boat or in a plane within the Bermuda Triangle. Well you get the picture and I volunteer to be your personal photographer and book agent. GATOR Edited September 9, 2005 by GatorGrip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricMilfeld Posted September 9, 2005 Author Share Posted September 9, 2005 The possibilities are endless. It would be neat if guys vacationing to exotic or historic locations would snap a few pictures of some steel destruction for posting on the board. It would make for quite a scrapbook, or coffee table book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Steve Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Nice bend! I get nose bleeds that high. Great job my friend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jad Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Great picture, makes me sore just looking at it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porky Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 bend 51 grade 5's at area 51 youd probly get shot, but what a great story it would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeP Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 I'm glad you got to take some R&R; you've earned it driving day in/day out in the madness of the DFW! Of course that bend is nothing... I have pics of me holding up the Washington monument with one hand, squatting Pharoah's solid granite arm in the British museum, and other amazing feats while on vacation Glad to see you are still hitting it hard as ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smp76 Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Should have brought some nails on McKinley when I brought my grippers! Then again there is always next summer. -Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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