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tanner
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The Pink tricam... Never leave the ground with out one. Its the perfect size. It seems to have a bomber place in every climb. ITs really light and cheep. I just don't like having to clean them.
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jetace
Oct 8, 2002, 4:21 AM
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mememe, I love all tricams, especially pink, it is such an awesome pro device
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stevematthys
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yep, they are the shiznit
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bigdan
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The only place I´ve ever used a pink tricam was in Garden of the Gods. Nothing else will fit in some of those tiny potholes or drilled pin scars.
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thrillseeker05
Oct 8, 2002, 9:58 PM
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Do you like the pink tricam over an alien?
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tanner
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Pink triCam over an Alien?
I Don't use aliens, BD for me. Some times I like the Pinkie better eg. pockets and pin scars as well as I save my cams for when I need somthing faster to place. however With practice the pink tricamp is realy fast and easy to place. Cams of the same size are much heavier. I also Use the Tri cam as a fist placment often because I can realy set it and Wouldn't have waisted a cam early.
[ This Message was edited by: tanner on 2002-10-08 15:10 ]
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josher
Oct 8, 2002, 10:09 PM
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Bought one off ebay. Thing was old and ratty, but I still use it.
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rollingstone
Oct 8, 2002, 10:16 PM
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Check this thread in the Gear forum. It was covered in August:
http://www.rockclimbing.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=12877&forum=40&26.
[ This Message was edited by: rollingstone on 2002-10-08 15:17 ]
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tanner
Oct 8, 2002, 10:31 PM
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That poem is rad!
Tri cams and Pasive pro are the best for setting anchers!
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astone
Oct 9, 2002, 12:00 AM
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I hate all tricams!
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bcmtngrrrl
Oct 9, 2002, 5:25 AM
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tanner
Oct 9, 2002, 5:50 AM
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betaben
Oct 9, 2002, 11:35 AM
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I love my tricams! I carry a full set,except the really big one, all the time. the pink one is great but you have to be carefull how you place it because it gets stuck pretty easy!
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mike_gibson
Oct 9, 2002, 12:19 PM
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Camp should make another size lower than the pink. I have doubles on the three smallest including pink, but I often encounter placements where the pink is too big leaving me wishing for a smaller tri-cam.
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tradguy
Oct 9, 2002, 12:30 PM
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Waste of money, space, and weight. I have the smallest 6 tricams and never use them since I purchased cams. Don't even carry them on my rack anymore. Often I don't even take them out of the gear tub in my apartment anymore. They take too long to place and too long to clean, and get stuck too easily. Cams, nuts, even hexes are easier to work with.
Sorry, I just don't see the obsession with tri-cams.
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neph
Oct 9, 2002, 5:46 PM
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I love tricams, especially the pink one. When I started builing my trad rack, I bought a set of tricams up to (i think) the #3.5. I now have on my rack: 3 pink ones (bought an extra one and bootied one) 2 reds (bought a 2nd), and one brown. All the bigger sizes are in my pile of gear i never use. I think the smallest 3 sizes are indespensible, especially since I learned to lead on a mostly passive rack.
-Nate
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stoutclimb1
Oct 9, 2002, 6:30 PM
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in certain circumstances there great but most of the time I dont like em
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transse
Oct 9, 2002, 6:40 PM
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Small tricams rule. I have the first 4 and wouldn't lead a route without them. I filed an extra pink down a bit in order to fit smaller placements, and it seems to work fine. Now if they only made an offset version.....
Jake
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tigerbythetail
Oct 9, 2002, 10:21 PM
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Love it (and the red one too)- wish they made smaller sizes...
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tanner
Oct 9, 2002, 11:00 PM
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I wonder if it would be possable to make tri cams much smaller with out messing up the way they work?
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darkside
Oct 9, 2002, 11:58 PM
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AND... they work in iced up cracks. It's not only screws I have on my ice rack, tri-cams and pitons have their place too.
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tanner
Oct 10, 2002, 12:02 AM
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In wet cracks they are realy good because when set the tricam tooth realy digs in to the rock. A bomber nut placment works well in the wet aswell
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jbrd528
Oct 16, 2002, 4:08 AM
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the 3 smallest are great. I have done found them to be usefull on solution pockets in slab routes (whitehorse NH), where nothing else will really work. If you climb at the gunks then you most likely have the pink tricam.
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agentoffortune
Oct 16, 2002, 5:13 AM
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Gotta love the tri-cams. Easy to place and lightweight.
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Oct 16, 2002, 7:02 AM
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Amen! The pink TC has come to the rescue on granite, limestone, basalt, and perhaps the softest "climable" sandstone in the Southwest! Don't leave the ground without one!
Interesting note, the pink is the only one which ALWAYS goes with me!
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wanlessrm
Nov 14, 2002, 11:41 PM
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I just bought one and my first placement on the trad route the pink fit. The only problem is that I neeeeeded it a couple of more time later on. I guess I will have to get a nother one
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Nov 15, 2002, 12:09 AM
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Well, that`s the ages old problem with great gear, ya just can`t stop at one.
...Phil...
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wlderdude
Nov 15, 2002, 12:35 AM
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It seems like they could make a smaller one if they used Spectra instead of nylon. Somone needs to find and address for Camp so everyone can send they mail requesting a smaller size.
I don't have a pink tricam yet, but I am hoping to get one for christmas.
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danielb
Nov 15, 2002, 8:54 AM
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I have the 2 pink ones and the red one. They rule, they feel soo secure when place right its fantastic
DanielB
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brutusofwyde
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I have a full set of tricams, but generally only carry them when climbing on sandstone, or when climbing remote backcountry routes when rack weight must be minimized.
Otherwise I prefer cams because they are easier/faster to clean.
Pink, red and brown go on all my serious aid routes in the Valley, for those tricam-shaped pin scars.
All of my smaller tricams have coathanger wire stiffeners taped to the slings to make removal easier. Even so often the smaller sizes require two hands for removal.
I do have an old pink which I have filed down to about 0.6 x its original size. (both rails and stinger) Results are not in on the utility of this piece yet. Maybe after my next Zion or Red Rocks trip.
Brutus
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clymber
Nov 17, 2002, 4:35 PM
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I think tricams are more of a north east thing...I had them at J Tree when i went there and ppl were looking at me as if i had 3 heads..Only good place i found for them was on the top building anchors. In the Gunks Im sure you could do entire routes just with tricams and not worry about running anything out
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doki
Nov 17, 2002, 5:57 PM
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I LOVED IT! If you guy's hate's it and you owned it give it to me
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wanlessrm
Nov 20, 2002, 7:44 PM
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I have done routes with only tri cams. There the bomb and easy to place correct.
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wlderdude
Nov 21, 2002, 2:42 AM
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You convinced me. I ordered one and it came today.
The patent is expired, so anyone who wants to can make a smaller size. Just a thought.
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jehnna
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YaY! I have been a pinkie advocate ever since i started trad climbing! Wow, i can't believe there are others like me out there. We should liquidate our racks and buy 20 pinkys...or start a PiNk Cult.
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Mr. Red Alien is new king of the rack
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sparky
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price+protection= fanfreakingtastic
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jtme
Nov 26, 2002, 9:20 PM
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Red alien's and Pink Tri-cams!!!!
Don't leave the ground without them!!!!!!!
Richard
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pinnaclechick
Nov 26, 2002, 9:28 PM
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I haven't started climbing trad yet, but my partner thinks it's the best thing since raspberry liquor..
"..the pink tricam this, the pink tricam that.."
I think he wants one..
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deafclimber
Nov 27, 2002, 3:03 AM
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pinnaclechick, u r rite ! smack..
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tkambitsch
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I own three pink tricams.
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crankingclimber
Dec 8, 2002, 4:24 AM
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Swear by that pink tricam. I have one ratty one I always place down low, and another I save for cruxes. For horizontal stratified rock they rule, and for some of the climbs we've been putting up we've wished we had a whole rack of them. They are so quick to place!
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salathiel
Dec 8, 2002, 5:54 AM
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I broke my lead fall cherry on a pink tricam, so you know I'll never forget her.
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I Never really saw the utility of these pieces until I started climbing at Seneca Rocks and a recent trip to Cathedral Ledge in New Hampshire. Then I couldn't see how I ever led without them!
They take a bit of getting used to, but in some instances they're the best, fastest and most bomber piece out there.
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The reason they don't make a smaller tricam is because they'd be really hard to clean.
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arrrghjp
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Tricams work great, the biguns just make a sound like a cowbell.
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I was belaying a friend a couple of weekends ago...he gets to a point where he needs to place gear and couldn't find the right piece...I'm standing there watching him (obviously) and recommend a tricam - Bingo!!! Next placement, same thing - only a tricam seems to work. And of course...the pink one was one of the two placements!!! Gotta love the pinks
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vegastradguy
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I just ordered my first tricam! It's a pink one, of course!!!
Can't wait to try it out!!!!!
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Tri-Cams are awesome. Every time I put one in, I feel this sense of relief wash over me like a securing blanket, 'cause I know the rock will blow before it does. Fall on them, though, and they tend not to ever come out. Case in point, we left one in Psychosis at Poco's this summer. And yep, it was a pink one.
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dirko
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The Yellow #7 Tri-Cam is the only self-defense weapon of choice for those of us too poor to own a #5 Camalot.
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Is this lame thread ever going to end?
-Jay
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