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uni_jim
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I have been seeing it more and more often. People at the gym with gear loops more full than me after a visit to the local all-you-can-eat. Are you the guy with 12 lockers hanging off their back loops, or maybe carying three cordalettes is your style? I know that some things can become a permanant fixture on the harness, such as a daisy chain or mallion, but what i really want to know is...
what is on your gym rack?
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seatbeltpants
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i always carry a few pieces of trad gear - shiny new cams with a few prominent scratches to make it clear it gets used - cos that way the ladies know i'm harder than i look as i flail up that tricky purple route in the corner.
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May 4, 2009, 3:15 AM
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A gri gri and I leave it on the ground when I'm climbing.
The real question is if you wear 2 pairs of shorts to the gym?
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Depends where i'm going, if the gym requires that you bring your own belay device then i bring that, otherwise i pretty much take everything off my harness, sometimes leave my PAS on because it's just there and not in the way, i have a biner with finger tape on it that i clip my shoes together with and I'll clip that to my harness so i have tape if i need it, other then that, no need for anything else. I've seen people frequently at the gym with like 4-6 shiny lockers on their harnesses along with a ATC hanging from some small locker (not a suitable hms or belay biner) that just looks silly to me. it's not like you are going to get into a rescue situation in the gym, at least one would hope not.
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jakedatc
May 4, 2009, 3:18 AM
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I'll play..
1 maillion on haul loop - never leaves.
1 small locker with twisted 24" sling - never leaves
Reverso on locker - never leaves
Cinch on locker - when belaying and walking around.. generally don't climb with it on the harness.
i will give people a mental pass for things like autoblock cords on leg loops and other small things that don't leave the harness.. but i know the folks you are talking about and that gets silly
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for real. for some reason, people walking around, clanging around their five lockers, 3 belay devices, 2 PAS's, and a combination lock annoy me.
wtf? is this you?
oh, and my gym rack is a sling tied into a diaper harness and a belay off of the munter hitch
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May 4, 2009, 3:25 AM
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An atc xp and 3 atcs.
Strange... I only remember buying 1 atc.
I think they are breeding.
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May 4, 2009, 3:41 AM
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One Locker, One ATC, and a Rope (if that counts)
Oh...and chalk
WTF does anyone else need at a friggin' gym?
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An ATC and locker...and I often take them off when doing harder routes, it's a mental thing I guess.
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Doubles in BD cams from .5 to 3. Singles of 4-5 (I rarely need the 6). I used to bring hexes, but eventually felt pressure to leave them at home as they kinda attracted attention and people made fun of them. I used to bring aliens, but since I can't trust them anymore, I have switched to mastercams. I bring singles of those from 0 to 4, which has a bit of overlap with the BDs. I do bring a set of nuts, but I leave the aid sizes at home; I only bring 4-13 (BD). I do my best to remember to bring a munter along in case I drop my ATC from the top of the climb. I don't bother with the cordelette or any of that junk; it's just useless clutter as far as I'm concerned--I've already got the rope, why not use that, right? Since the gym already has draws, I leave all my trad draws at home. No need for webbing, either. My miniature guidebook, "Abbreviated Gym Climbs 5.8-5.11" is something that I always bring in my pack, too. It's nice to be able to regularly get new updates for it online, otherwise it'd probably be a waste. I've been finding myself using my poop tube less and less, wouldn't be too surprised if it got left in the gear closet from now on.
Great topic!!
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May 4, 2009, 3:58 AM
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Two tiblocs, 3 lockers, one set of brass offsets, 2 talons and a rurp....dialed to send
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An ATC XP and a locking biner. nothing else needed
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easy.......flask of Scotch.
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msiddens wrote: easy.......flask of Scotch.
haha. gym rack. thats funny.
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granite_grrl
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A 'rack' implies carrying a collection of items that you will need on the climb.
Frankly, I don't think many gym racks exist.
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May 4, 2009, 10:21 AM
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my chouinard holsters
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May 4, 2009, 11:27 AM
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People are missing the point!
5 lockers, steel preferred, for light training.
25 lb weight disks for serious training
(I use slings & lockers to clip to my belay loop).
A full barbell just gets in the way & chips holds on the adjacent routes. That's why I use the individual weights.
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May 4, 2009, 12:20 PM
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YES great topic! You people know who you are!
A girl at my gym belays with a gri gri and has TWO atcs on a single locker on a gear loop, presumably just in case she drops her gri gri and doesn't feel like bending over to pick it up.
I want to finish a gym climb trailing a haul line, haul up a giant bag, and pull a f**king clown out of it.
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Embarrassing story alert...
I used to work at a gym, and one of my duties was to hold a sign with the the gyms number on it at various intersections. To make myself more interesting I wouldn't take the quickdraws off my harness. To make a short story less long, when I would belay inside the gym I would still have all the gear on there because it was a lot easier than taking it on and off, and I preferred having it all ready to go when I could get out and go climb. I got a lot of crap for this.
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I am still waiting for someone to show up with a bunch of screws, to screw in the empty holes, and aid gear and aid up the wall.
You know to practice aid climbing. 
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May 4, 2009, 1:30 PM
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good posting...
... crap on people's harnesses at the grym is super annoying. having to advertise that you might maybe climbing someday outside and have the crap to prove it is just plain pitiful.
the counter argument will be that the gear is there anyway and it isn't convenient to take it off. i switch up gear on my harness outdoors for every pitch - and you can't take less than a minute to unclip your crap before you come to the grym?
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ATC and locking biner. Also, as I climb outdoors mostly, I tend to leave the PAS, with a locking biner, girth hitched to the belay loop. I also clip my shoes and chalkbag to my harness with oval biners for convenience carrying them, so the biners stay on a gear loop as I climb. And occasionally I arrive at the gym to find that I've left a quickdraw or two, or a cordelette hanging from my harness (senile???). Sometimes I carry them back out to the car, but other times I just go ahead and look like a total tool and climb with them. 
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May 4, 2009, 1:41 PM
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For sure the nut tool. It's my lucky nut tool.
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May 4, 2009, 1:44 PM
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I like to carry an extra jug and allen wrench, just in case I need to swap out a shitty hold that I can't pull down on.... kind of like a mulligan's but for climbing.
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swoopee
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kachoong wrote: I like to carry an extra jug and allen wrench, just in case I need to swap out a shitty hold that I can't pull down on.... kind of like a mulligan's but for climbing.
Why didn't I think of that? No more thrashing around on 5.6 gym climbs for me.
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swoopee wrote: kachoong wrote: I like to carry an extra jug and allen wrench, just in case I need to swap out a shitty hold that I can't pull down on.... kind of like a mulligan's but for climbing. Why didn't I think of that? No more thrashing around on 5.6 gym climbs for me.
Yeah... it's really handy when the climbs get all slopey and hard.... great way to bring a 5.12 down to a layman's level.
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i have an ATC guide on a locking carabiner and i have a non locking oval that just always hangs on my chalkbag. when i'm at my school's gym i also keep a quickdraw hanging from my harness simply because i'm one of the routesetters and we have no ladders so we just hang from a gri gri on self-belay. i use the quickdraw to hold myself near the wall when putting up holds on an overhang. i don't keep the draw on my harness when i go to the real gym though.
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sometimes I think I should train with my full rack, just so that I can train with the extra weight when I am outdoors.
Then...photos and threads like this pop up and I think NOT.
I have my "oh shit kit" (locker, prussik, whistle, quick link), ATC and a gri gri always on my harness. I clean the rest of the outdoor stuff off everytime I climb outdoors.
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I bring my hold chipper.
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Now that I started using my ratty harness exclusively at the gym, there is nothing extra on my harness than my husband's ATC and a locker (since he never climbs). Ah, the luxury of owning more than one harness. Before that sometimes an extra biner or a locker would be there. Too lazy to take it off. My partners on my recent trip gave me shit for following up a single pitch sport climb with a cordelette and a nut pick. Hey, we had climbed some gear climbs before, and didn't even realize it was there. But they even took pictures. May be a similar thread 'what's on your sport rack' will show up with my picture.
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Pitons, a hammer, and an ATC Sport...
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PTM wrote: One Locker, One ATC, and a Rope (if that counts) Oh...and chalk WTF does anyone else need at a friggin' gym?
Exactly...
Harness, locing biner, atc, shoes
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Oh yeah, and a small locking biner w/ prusik cord on the right leg loop. Not really useful in the gym, but then again, you never know when you might have to bail. 
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gblauer wrote: sometimes I think I should train with my full rack, just so that I can train with the extra weight when I am outdoors.
I've seen people train with water bottles and iron on their harnesses with this in mind. I've also heard of people taking a full rack not just for the weight but also to place in gym cracks (on toprope).
The flip side where someone feels they need to shed the few ounces of a biner and ATC when they climb a gym route seems pretty weak.
In reply to: Then...photos and threads like this pop up and I think NOT.
Fashion over funtion is a common theme in gyms.
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A flask of whiskey, a 'tickle me Elmo', a box of condoms and a flare gun. People tend to give you space with a rack like that and you have your choice of routes open at pretty much all times. They sure as hell keep their seven-year-old, birthday-partying, pizza-fingered, little hell spawn out of my way.
(This post was edited by kriso9tails on May 4, 2009, 4:33 PM)
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verticon wrote: spikeddem wrote: Doubles in BD cams from .5 to 3... etc. You're just bragging ! Take a look at a REAL PRO ! 
Thread's over. You win.
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In the gym I used to work in there was a dude who couldnt climb 5.8, but would bring his entire rack with him. Anytime someone gave him hell for not being able to get up anything we would retort with a "I'd like to see you climb with a rack like this", while clanking his hexes together.
Sounds like a good excuse to add to the list...
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I just play the recent heart-attack card whenever I can't send something.
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Terry2124 wrote: PTM wrote: One Locker, One ATC, and a Rope (if that counts) Oh...and chalk WTF does anyone else need at a friggin' gym? Exactly... Harness, locing biner, atc, shoes
Damn. You don't even bring the 'k', huh?
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Usually try to go light at the gym. BD ATC guide, Petzl Ascenders, and a couple 5 step aiders. If I plan to be there awhile a headlamp and a couple water bottles...that I routinely refill from the drinking fountain.
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markc wrote: Terry2124 wrote: PTM wrote: One Locker, One ATC, and a Rope (if that counts) Oh...and chalk WTF does anyone else need at a friggin' gym? Exactly... Harness, locing biner, atc, shoes Damn. You don't even bring the 'k', huh?
lol i see that now, wrote that from my blackberry. k's are a bit overrated and add weight :)
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granite_grrl wrote: A 'rack' implies carrying a collection of items that you will need on the climb. Frankly, I don't think many gym racks exist.
LOL, did you hear that whizzing sound?
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cracklover wrote: verticon wrote: spikeddem wrote: Doubles in BD cams from .5 to 3... etc. You're just bragging ! Take a look at a REAL PRO ! [image]http://www.rockclimbing.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3537;[/image] Thread's over. You win. GO
Two harnesses? Forum over!
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kyote321 wrote: good posting... ... crap on people's harnesses at the grym is super annoying. having to advertise that you might maybe climbing someday outside and have the crap to prove it is just plain pitiful. the counter argument will be that the gear is there anyway and it isn't convenient to take it off. i switch up gear on my harness outdoors for every pitch - and you can't take less than a minute to unclip your crap before you come to the grym?
I don't understand why silent advertising is so annoying... A lot of people troll the gyms for potential outdoor partners, and what a better indicator than the harness....like colored handkerchiefs at those "special" parties...That being said, it can get a little out of hand for sure and I would need more than gear on someone's harness to climb with them, but for many it's a start.
I personally climb with more stuff on my harness than most people at my gym. In agreement with a previous comment, I don't feel like it's a "rack", just standard. Prussic, rappel ring, tape, nut tool, two lockers, belay device, chalk bag, spare shoes (training for the beer), and a mini nalgene. Why so much stuff? This is the stuff I climb with, full stop. The last time I took stuff off, it got forgotten. It is more convenient to leave it on, not because of the time, but organization. This is the stuff that stays on my harness. After forgetting each item at one time or another I now just leave everything on.
Plus extra weight is going to affect how climbing feels. It takes a while for this beginner to get used to the jingle jangles!
Just throwing out a different perspective.
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Gri-gri w/ (large) locker and a spare (regular size) locker that I use when cleaning anchors outside. Chalk bag w/ M16 brush (green, not black).
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I also have more stuff than most people when I climb at the gym, but some of it is required by the club regulations, as I am sometimes in charge of the wall and we have to have all the "rescue" gear on the harness all the time: two slings, two locking biners, one prussik. I also have a cow's tail constantly on, due to the way some of our top anchors are made. And of course, locking biner and ATC.
Except when I am really going for something difficult, I try to climb with all my draws, to train for when I have a full trad rack outdoors.
By reading the answers to this thread, I realize that many here would make fun of me... Climbing is such a cruel and heartless universe!
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All My big wall gear! I hate when Top roping gumbies rest on my portaledge so I started putting the bomber fly on it. Sad Story, I dropped my poop tube last week and they kicked me out
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Craggmire wrote: Sad Story, I dropped my poop tube last week and they kicked me out
That's pretty gross. Good job.
Actually, speaking of two harnesses, I bring my extra, just in case something happens to my primary rig, I've got back-up! Usually you can see me climbing with my second harness around my shoulder in case I need it after I get up. After all shouldn't you use a different harness for rapping and descents?!
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ThisSilentDream wrote: Craggmire wrote: Sad Story, I dropped my poop tube last week and they kicked me out That's pretty gross. Good job. Actually, speaking of two harnesses, I bring my extra, just in case something happens to my primary rig, I've got back-up! Usually you can see me climbing with my second harness around my shoulder in case I need it after I get up. After all shouldn't you use a different harness for rapping and descents?!
I once went sport climbing with a girl I knew from the gym and her friend. The friend had never been out of the gym before. She had a good day, but was a little freaked out by a few things, like the prospect of hitting her face if she fell, and all the dirt and stuff.
At the end of the day I overheard her asking my friend "So how do you do this - do you have an extra harness and shoes so you can keep the ones you use in the gym looking good?"
I don't recall running into her again outside.
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-1 Petzl Attaché Locker
-1 Petzl GriGri
-1 Metolious Locker
-1 Reverso 3
and one of these:
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gogounou wrote: Pitons, a hammer, and an ATC Sport... J
shit, that's an EXCELLENT IDEA. I'm definitely clipping a couple old pitons onthe harness for the nest time I go to the gym ;-)
even thoguh I have 3 harnesses, adn two of them are usually bare (but each has its own belay device and locker) I always wear the fab Singing Rock with all my trad shiat all over it. I don't even know whats there anymore. some stuff. all climbign related. Oh recently I added an edelrid Eddy, so yep that's comeing too. But, the pitons, that'll be KICKASS ;-)
I should defintely bring my ghetto modified ball-peen/piton hammer.
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Well other than the usual stuff.
I always keep my bail biner on my harness. Just in case.
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kgossett wrote: Usually try to go light at the gym. BD ATC guide, Petzl Ascenders, and a couple 5 step aiders. If I plan to be there awhile a headlamp and a couple water bottles...that I routinely refill from the drinking fountain.
It sucks getting benighted at the gym - do you have the portaledge and 0degree bag in the haulbag too?
Grigri, large locker, chalk here.
Sometimes I have my 5yr old girls shoes clipped to my harness, they are kids size 11 - i tell people they are mine, for my super hard projects. It's scary how many people don't laugh.
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May 5, 2009, 8:04 PM
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my helmet:)
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stevendo
May 5, 2009, 8:31 PM
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at the gym i carry w/ me...,
-a petzl reverso3 on a dmm screwlock sentinel
-two dmm big boa locksafe(my gym requires climbers to clip into their ropes)
-one sigg water bottle on a black diamond neutrino
-one metolius chalk sock in a prana chalk bag on a black diamond jivewire
nothing more, nothing less..., yet...,
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ThisSilentDream
May 5, 2009, 9:56 PM
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cracklover wrote: ThisSilentDream wrote: Craggmire wrote: Sad Story, I dropped my poop tube last week and they kicked me out That's pretty gross. Good job. Actually, speaking of two harnesses, I bring my extra, just in case something happens to my primary rig, I've got back-up! Usually you can see me climbing with my second harness around my shoulder in case I need it after I get up. After all shouldn't you use a different harness for rapping and descents?! I once went sport climbing with a girl I knew from the gym and her friend. The friend had never been out of the gym before. She had a good day, but was a little freaked out by a few things, like the prospect of hitting her face if she fell, and all the dirt and stuff. At the end of the day I overheard her asking my friend "So how do you do this - do you have an extra harness and shoes so you can keep the ones you use in the gym looking good?" I don't recall running into her again outside. GO
Woah. That's pretty crazy. I think maybe she could have worn shorts over her harness in order to keep it clean?
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hafilax
May 5, 2009, 10:51 PM
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The employees at my local gym are always asking my partner to remove his nut tool for safety reasons. 
I've never understood the whole taking off the GriGri thing. It weighs 225g. That's 0.3% of my body weight. I've had dumps heavier than that. I drink more water at the gym than that. It always seems more like an announcement that you are about to climb something really hard. 
It would be interesting to see how hard I climb in the gym with my typical rack on my harness. I bet it would drop at least a grade. Maybe I should weigh it and wear the equivalent for an experiment.
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kriso9tails
May 5, 2009, 11:19 PM
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hafilax wrote: I've never understood the whole taking off the GriGri thing. It weighs 225g.
Man, you could shave so many grams off that with a few well-placed speed holes.
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desertwanderer81
May 5, 2009, 11:19 PM
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When it's the off season, I'll typically remove everything, but if I'm climbing outdoors 2 or 3 days a week and training in the gym 1 or 2 days a week, I'll typically leave my daisy chain, nut tool, extra ATC, and prussic on my harness. It's not a lot of weight and it doesn't get in the way so why bother taking it off?
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davidj
May 5, 2009, 11:40 PM
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I like to keep things simple... so I try to keep only the basics:
1. First Aid kit... you never know when you're going to get a nasty cut.
2. Snake bite kit - cuz snakes... ya know?
3. 5 Gallon jug of water - hooks right into the harness, and the loops can hold 4000 lbs, right? I get thirsty.
4. A spare pair of shorts.... accidents happen at heights. You may just have to drop the leg loops and switch up 30 feet in the air.
5. An ice axe - the higher you go, the easier water can freeze right? And those walls in the gym are pretty tall
6. My GPS - I get lost easily too
7. My bivy tent - for those moments when I don't want to give up, but I just can't make it today... I'll try tomorrow morning.
8. ATC Guide belay... for umm... belaying up top... in the gym.
9. Needle and thread - to repair the rope... if it breaks. I would hate to get stuck on the wall.
10. A couple of MRE's to eat in the bivy tent overnight... ya know, keep the blood sugar up.
Actually.... I'm a noob... I have to admit, I don't own any of this stuff... Right now I climb with my harness, shoes, chalk bag and whatever clothes I happen to be in. At this point in time, everything else I have on me gets left on the ground... I haven't found a reason to carry anything else yet =P
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cracklover
May 6, 2009, 4:13 PM
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Phone cord. It never leaves my harness.
GO
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noshift
May 6, 2009, 4:26 PM
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i usually climb wiht my full rack the full set of cams nuts and freinds, slings, pas or 2, tape, and my gf but no clothes they add too much weight
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Vorago
May 6, 2009, 4:28 PM
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One or two screwgates (some gyms require you to tie in using a readymade figure 8 and two screwgates, others don't), my ATC and a chalkbag.
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herbertpowell
May 6, 2009, 4:42 PM
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Wow, lots of strange folks here. I keep it simple at the gym:
Plastic double boots and gaitors
(I don't use crampons anymore, the last gym kicked me out for "damaging" the artificial glacier they called "crash pads")
Helmet
Goggles
Harness
Ice tools (at the gym I use leashes since dropped tools tend to do a lot of damage when they hit the birthday party kids)
Maybe a bolt kit too (they yelled at me for hammering a piton thru the plywood when I was climbing a 5.9 A2)
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welle
May 6, 2009, 5:04 PM
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herbertpowell wrote: Wow, lots of strange folks here. I keep it simple at the gym: Plastic double boots and gaitors (I don't use crampons anymore, the last gym kicked me out for "damaging" the artificial glacier they called "crash pads") Helmet Goggles Harness Ice tools (at the gym I use leashes since dropped tools tend to do a lot of damage when they hit the birthday party kids) Maybe a bolt kit too (they yelled at me for hammering a piton thru the plywood when I was climbing a 5.9 A2)
hey, how about that V-thread hook, in case you have to bail?
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TKubik
May 8, 2009, 7:40 AM
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I tend to have too much gear on my harness when I'm at the gym, mainly because I'm too lazy to take it all off after the outdoor trip a few days prior. I might have my cinch (which we can't use in the gym), atc (which we also can't use in our gym), and a couple of lockers.
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Aequitas
May 8, 2009, 8:13 AM
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Come on am I the only one???
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AntinJ
May 8, 2009, 10:49 AM
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In reply to: ...I might have my cinch (which we can't use in the gym), atc (which we also can't use in our gym),...
Auto-Belay?
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currupt4130
May 8, 2009, 10:53 AM
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AntinJ wrote: In reply to: ...I might have my cinch (which we can't use in the gym), atc (which we also can't use in our gym),... Auto-Belay?
Hip belay?
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lodi5onu
May 8, 2009, 12:28 PM
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currupt4130 wrote: AntinJ wrote: In reply to: ...I might have my cinch (which we can't use in the gym), atc (which we also can't use in our gym),... Auto-Belay? Hip belay?
PANCAKE belay?
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bill413
May 8, 2009, 4:55 PM
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lodi5onu wrote: currupt4130 wrote: AntinJ wrote: In reply to: ...I might have my cinch (which we can't use in the gym), atc (which we also can't use in our gym),... Auto-Belay? Hip belay? PANCAKE belay?
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uni_jim
May 8, 2009, 5:57 PM
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bill413 wrote: lodi5onu wrote: currupt4130 wrote: AntinJ wrote: In reply to: ...I might have my cinch (which we can't use in the gym), atc (which we also can't use in our gym),... Auto-Belay? Hip belay? PANCAKE belay? Don't want to drop those pancakes!
don't want those pancakes to drop me!
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kachoong
May 8, 2009, 6:06 PM
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uni_jim wrote: bill413 wrote: lodi5onu wrote: currupt4130 wrote: AntinJ wrote: In reply to: ...I might have my cinch (which we can't use in the gym), atc (which we also can't use in our gym),... Auto-Belay? Hip belay? PANCAKE belay? Don't want to drop those pancakes! don't want those pancakes to drop me!
I would hate to have pancakes drop on me!
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Alpinisto
May 8, 2009, 8:38 PM
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A Hilti and about fifty Fixe Rawl five-piecers.
(It's the Maestri Gym-Lite Rack....)
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jimdicks
May 8, 2009, 10:45 PM
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Okay, help out a newb.
Pancakes, is slang for what now?
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desertwanderer81
May 8, 2009, 11:05 PM
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jimdicks wrote: Okay, help out a newb. Pancakes, is slang for what now?
cock.
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bill413
May 8, 2009, 11:10 PM
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desertwanderer81 wrote: jimdicks wrote: Okay, help out a newb. Pancakes, is slang for what now? cock.
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rockandlice
May 8, 2009, 11:47 PM
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jimdicks wrote: Okay, help out a newb. Pancakes, is slang for what now?
It's slang for flat and round waffles.
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bill413
May 9, 2009, 12:36 AM
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rockandlice wrote: jimdicks wrote: Okay, help out a newb. Pancakes, is slang for what now? It's slang for flat and round waffles.
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Terry2124
May 9, 2009, 3:25 AM
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jimdicks wrote: Okay, help out a newb. Pancakes, is slang for what now?
climb directly below someone climbing up a big wall, look up when the shit falls and your noob cherry shall be poped
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wyoclimb
May 9, 2009, 3:44 AM
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my gym rack must suck cause I cant ' get girls 2 climb outside with me!!!!!!!!!!
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TKubik
May 10, 2009, 9:02 PM
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bill413 wrote: lodi5onu wrote: currupt4130 wrote: AntinJ wrote: In reply to: ...I might have my cinch (which we can't use in the gym), atc (which we also can't use in our gym),... Auto-Belay? Hip belay? PANCAKE belay? Don't want to drop those pancakes!
All of the above! LOL, actually it's Gri-Gri only, which they provide with collateral.
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