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Re: [ckirkwood9] BD New Leader's Rack @ Mtn. Gear:
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rockreaver
Aug 7, 2009, 2:34 PM
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I wonder how many dude's have several thousand bucks in climbing gear that is arranged in the garage all impressively and never, ever gets touched? Probably there's more gear whore's that don't climb than there are that do.
{Nothing below here should be taken seriously.}
Yeah. I'm a gear-whore and I admit it. It's fun and I'm bored in life so I enjoy it. Plus when I climb TR with two ropes, a big pack, tons of gear, a shoe half the size of my feet, pink Varnets and zinc on my nose it makes me feel cool. For some reason a lot of people older than 17 laugh and snicker but kids think I'm really cool. REI has given me my own parking spot.
I feel cool. I often put on all my gear and look in the mirror. Then with gear in place I get on my ladder and heel-hook onto the roof to get toys down. I build an equalized SERENE anchor with the chiminey. Then I sew up the shingles. I dual-wield rope-guns when I put up Christmas lights and they go up with a locker every 18". Some of my bigger decorations get stoppers or cams. I love to rap off my garage. It's only 8 feet but the neighbors think I'm cool. I once volunteered to rescue a cat up in a tree but I couldn't figure out how to get up the tree. I pulled out my shark-nut tool and cut the tree down (took me like 6 days) the cat died from starvation or the fall but I got him.
{Nothing above here should be taken seriously.}
Okay so back to being serious. Trad climbing is definitely a way to up your whore potential. :) I see a lot of people here asking about starter racks and such so I figured I'd just throw this one out there.
I'm not a fan of "cookie cutter" packages and would rather pick pieces but it would make a decent foundation that you could fill out as you climbed more.
(This post was edited by rockreaver on Aug 7, 2009, 2:46 PM)
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Post edited by rockreaver
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