Splanchna sends in this photo of a no-pulley four-point suicide suspension with Anomaly Body Piercing in Pasadena, CA.
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18 responses to “Manual Lift”
very, very nice … wish I had been there, too!
PS: who’s the guy with the belly in the second picture?
For some reason, I like this. It seems almost archaic.
I thought they looked familiar……..
Im so curious to try suspension but I have no idea how to start or where to look.
#2: he’s the same guy in the first picture helping..
Im the guy with the belly. Frank knows this, he just forgets some things some times, but we love him anyway 🙂
Tyler (iam: coffiend) was the muscle lifting up Steve (iam: hobosteve)
Also, the location isn’t Pasadena; that’s about 3/4 of the way up the hill at a local climbing/bouldering point in Simi Valley, Ca called Stoney Point. In addition, that was Steve’s first suspension, and he did amazing!!
That day was fun. Now that it isn’t 500 degrees in Simi Vally perhaps we should go again!
That seems like the “right” way to do it in that setting. I love it.
“Outdoor Suspension” suddenly jumped up a few spaces on the to-do list…
that was such a good day! next time we need to set a line on one of the climbs!
We will have to do that again soon since the weather is getting cooler. That day was sooo hot, I’m glad that hobo Steve got off the ground despite the heat.
Great pictures nonetheless!!
i love anomaly (:
WELL LOVE YOU FAT BELLY BEARDED MAAAAAN!!!! lol
Way to go Anomaly gang!
The first picture is kinda funny lol piggy-backing into position and all that lol
#4 the best place for you to start looking is: Suspension.org
I wanna get tattooed under a tree…..um….wait….
I thought that they were hilarious pictures. That’s why I took them. 1) It looks like Steve is trying to get a little “something” there from (Hobo)Steve. Who in turn is taking some from Ty. 2) Steve is ultimately caught in the moment trying to make sure that his “image” will have enough clarity that he’ll be able to post it, along w/the thousands of other images he’s posted. In an attempt @ becoming the #1 image submitter, here on IM.
Over all it was a very fun trip though. I’m glad that (Hobo)Steve made it up, and that Steve was able to “cop-a-feel.” Now that it’s significantly cooler out (I’m gonna keep my fingers crossed in hopes that it stays) we should all do it again. Plus that spot in the rocks kicked ass…
If it stays cool, we should do it at the TOP of the rock 😉
Woot! Anomaly!