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winkwinklambonini
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I'm curious how other people rack up. This is because I recently changed my system, and it works really well.
I tied gear loops on my shoulder sling with spectra chord and semi-rigid tubing(vise grips work to maintain good tension so the tubing ends up nice and tight), because I tied them, they are adjustable. I also added one long one on the left side. Draws are on the left, gear on the right starting with stoppers and small cams which end up in the middle of my chest(wicked accessable). Lockers, Chordelette, and any doubles I have on my harness. Unlike racking on a harness, now I can reach any piece with either hand easily.
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coastal_climber
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For trad I have QD's and slings on my right side. Cams, stoppers on my left on a gear sling. For aid, shoulder harness with gear on the left, QD's on the right.
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I generally rack slings/quickdraws on my harness and gear on a shoulder sling. If it's a light rack I put everything on a shoulder sling.
Recently when ice climbing I've started racking a single screw on each side of my harness (with a sling on each side), and the rest of the screws and slings on a shoulder harness. This way regardless of the position I'm in and regardless of which hand is placing gear, I can easily grab a screw and a runner. I may start doing this on rock also, but since the gear is not universal like ice screws, it won't work as well.
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Feb 9, 2008, 12:51 AM
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QDs and the longer slings & cordellete on my harness, cams shoulder slung on the right nuts on the left
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Everything on my harness except maybe a four foot sling doubled and over my shoulder. I climb mostly at the Gunks, and learned early how much of a pain in the ass it is to place gear in an overhang when your gear is racked over your shoulder and it all falls behind you. Tripled slings on both sides, passive on the left, cams on the right.
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winkwinklambonini wrote: I'm curious how other people rack up. This is because I recently changed my system, and it works really well.
gear in ascending size toward the back of my harness. i am almost always carrying doubles anyways, so i divide the gear equally on both sides. i find this eliminates the problem of not being able to reach a specific piece when you in a corner or something. I find slings to a)hang too low, cause i'm short, and b) just plain flop around too much.
do you rack your 'biners with the gates facing in to your harness or out? my boyfriend and i are always teasing each other about racking stuff "inside out."
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Depends on where and what you climb.
If you're climbing overhanging stuff (like previously mentioned at the Gunks) racking with a gear sling sucks. On the other hand, if you're planning on climbing much in Yosemite, racking on your harness is total bullshit. First time you're thrashing around in a squeeze chimney you'll find that out. It's really personal preference though.
Personally, I rack nuts, slings and lockers on my harness while the cams go on a gear sling.
Nothing worse than being in an awkward position above your gear, gripped and not being able to just pull your gear over to where your free hand can reach them.
The biggest problems I see with peoples racks is not in how they rack it, but what they rack. Unbelievable!!!
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clausti
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salamanizer wrote: Depends on where and what you climb. If you're climbing overhanging stuff (like previously mentioned at the Gunks) racking with a gear sling sucks. On the other hand, if you're planning on climbing much in Yosemite, racking on your harness is total bullshit. First time you're thrashing around in a squeeze chimney you'll find that out. It's really personal preference though. Personally, I rack nuts, slings and lockers on my harness while the cams go on a gear sling. Nothing worse than being in an awkward position above your gear, gripped and not being able to just pull your gear over to where your free hand can reach them. The biggest problems I see with peoples racks is not in how they rack it, but what they rack. Unbelievable!!!
haha, just avoid squeeze chimenys, there is your problem! i forgot to say that i always rack nuts at the front on my right side if i'm climbing granite or NRG sandstone, and at the back if i dont think i'll use them much. slings always go in the back, as i dont need to see them.
what do you mean, what they rack? what stuff do people rack that you find unbelievable?
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The quantity of gear is sometimes amazing. Recently on Stanage (Derbyshire UK) on a 50ft route was some guy with about 30 cams. I didn't coment, 'cause a bloke who can climb while carrying that much gear must be extremely strong. His were all on his harness, in no particular order.
I rack up on my harness on alternating sides, small to front getting bigger as they go back, ie smallest front left, next front right etc etc. Tapes loosely knotted, clipped on back of harness, QD's on trad near back, on sport mostly on side dictated by position of bolts on route.
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salamanizer
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clausti wrote: what do you mean, what they rack? what stuff do people rack that you find unbelievable?
Are you kidding?
I've seen 3 cordelettes???
Backpacks complete with water, jacket, and shoes on single pitch routes.
Up to 8 lockers.
Piles of extra biners.
Racks fit for the biggest of big walls complete with triples of everything.
Miles of cordage and slings to the point you could swear if they tied it all end to end they could bail off the route without touching their rope.
Some dude had a #6 on Haystack (Pro to 2").
A bong (of the piton variety) up serinity crack in Yosemite.
I don't know, some people just carry some stupid useless crap and way too much of it.... but, whatever.
I bet you could start a 50 page thread about useless crap people have seen carried up routes.
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clausti
Feb 9, 2008, 3:16 AM
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salamanizer wrote: clausti wrote: what do you mean, what they rack? what stuff do people rack that you find unbelievable? Are you kidding?... ...I don't know, some people just carry some stupid useless crap and way too much of it.... but, whatever. I bet you could start a 50 page thread about useless crap people have seen carried up routes.
meh, i just wondered if you'd seen anything particularly egregious. like a puppy. i rapped in with my cat in my backpack once.
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Feb 9, 2008, 3:34 AM
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I'm sure there is a bit of hyperbole in your response, but having a little extra cord or a 2nd cordelette is pretty handy if you want to escape a belay or be prepared for a leader rescue scenario. Just sayin'. It's useless 'till it is necessary, or substantially eases what could be a tough situation. |
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builttospill wrote: regardless of which hand is placing gear, I can easily grab a screw and a runner. 
clausti wrote: gear in ascending size toward the back of my harness. i am almost always carrying doubles anyways, so i divide the gear equally on both sides. i find this eliminates the problem of not being able to reach a specific piece when you in a corner or something. I find slings to a)hang too low, cause i'm short, and b) just plain flop around too much. do you rack your 'biners with the gates facing in to your harness or out? my boyfriend and i are always teasing each other about racking stuff "inside out."
When rock climbing the biners are clipped gate in, but while ice climbing biners are clipped gate out. Doing so keeps them less likely to capture any other piece of crap swinging around by waist while on the rock, and easier to unclip when climbing with my ice gloves on. Screws are split between ice clippers on either side of my waist, while draws are divided between the fore loops on my ice harness and my double length slings (tripled+twisted) are relegated to the aft loops. thanks, clausti! the hash f8 i remembered, but the rest of it was escaping me... ;)
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clausti
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stymingersfink wrote: When rock climbing the biners are clipped gate in, but while ice climbing biners are clipped gate out. Doing so keeps them less likely to capture any other piece of crap swinging around by waist while on the rock, and easier to unclip when climbing with my ice gloves on. Screws are split between ice clippers on either side of my waist, while draws are divided between the fore loops on my ice harness and my double length slings (tripled+twisted) are relegated to the aft loops.
ah, i've never been ice climbing, so i havent had to mess with the potential tangle that would cause. do you find that you can get slings sufficiently tight so they don't flop around when you are climbing? mine always end up in front of me, pulling me off balance.
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clausti wrote: stymingersfink wrote: When rock climbing the biners are clipped gate in, but while ice climbing biners are clipped gate out. Doing so keeps them less likely to capture any other piece of crap swinging around by waist while on the rock, and easier to unclip when climbing with my ice gloves on. Screws are split between ice clippers on either side of my waist, while draws are divided between the fore loops on my ice harness and my double length slings (tripled+twisted) are relegated to the aft loops. ah, i've never been ice climbing, so i havent had to mess with the potential tangle that would cause. do you find that you can get slings sufficiently tight so they don't flop around when you are climbing? mine always end up in front of me, pulling me off balance.
you mean the double-length slings? well, they're kind of a bitch to deal with on the sharp end when it comes to rock routes, but for ice there's a different standard in placing gear, in that you're already yarding on a piece but they don't call it French Free! ;)
anyway, for double-length slings, I triple them up as I would a standard length draw, grasp each end biner in either hand, then twist the whole shebang counter one another. when it comes up pretty tight, i'll clip the rope-end biner to the pro-end biner and pull the bottom of the sling kind of tight and straight, making a straight little bundle that hangs no lower than my QD's and resembles in appearance a short section of hawser-laid rope.
i could probably post up a series of pics if I needed to...
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dudemanbu
Feb 9, 2008, 4:32 AM
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I rack on my harness because it looks cooler.
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clausti
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stymingersfink wrote: clausti wrote: stymingersfink wrote: When rock climbing the biners are clipped gate in, but while ice climbing biners are clipped gate out. Doing so keeps them less likely to capture any other piece of crap swinging around by waist while on the rock, and easier to unclip when climbing with my ice gloves on. Screws are split between ice clippers on either side of my waist, while draws are divided between the fore loops on my ice harness and my double length slings (tripled+twisted) are relegated to the aft loops. ah, i've never been ice climbing, so i havent had to mess with the potential tangle that would cause. do you find that you can get slings sufficiently tight so they don't flop around when you are climbing? mine always end up in front of me, pulling me off balance. you mean the double-length slings? well, they're kind of a bitch to deal with on the sharp end when it comes to rock routes, but for ice there's a different standard in placing gear, in that you're already yarding on a piece but they don't call it French Free! ;) anyway, for double-length slings, I triple them up as I would a standard length draw, grasp each end biner in either hand, then twist the whole shebang counter one another. when it comes up pretty tight, i'll clip the rope-end biner to the pro-end biner and pull the bottom of the sling kind of tight and straight, making a straight little bundle that hangs no lower than my QD's and resembles in appearance a short section of hawser-laid rope. i could probably post up a series of pics if I needed to...
for double length slings, i always just make an extendable out of them, whether or not i intend to extend, as it were. then they're usable in whatever form.haha, you knew it was there, sty, and you still got pwned!
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clausti
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dudemanbu wrote: I rack on my harness because it looks cooler.
psh, i dunno. i think slings LOOK cooler, they're just too PITA to use.
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dudemanbu
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clausti wrote: dudemanbu wrote: I rack on my harness because it looks cooler. psh, i dunno. i think slings LOOK cooler, they're just too PITA to use.
no way man. having all that gear at waist level is like having two extra huge swinging dicks.
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clausti
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dudemanbu wrote: clausti wrote: dudemanbu wrote: I rack on my harness because it looks cooler. psh, i dunno. i think slings LOOK cooler, they're just too PITA to use. no way man. having all that gear at waist level is like having two extra huge swinging dicks.
whatever, I don't have a dick to start with, i certainly don't want two "more" swinging!
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dudemanbu
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wow, my first post edited not by choice.. and i didn't even swear.
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clausti
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dudemanbu wrote: wow, my first post edited not by choice.. and i didn't even swear.
dude, what was that? will they really edit your post for swearing?
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I rack up one piece at a time, unless it's nuts, then it's one carabiner at a time.
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I carry too much stuff, but I don't know or haven't figured out what to leave. I do leave some big stuff sometimes. I don't know whats up there so I take it all. I have two water bottles, shoes, 6 inch square emergency bag, nut tool, bail biner, belay device, long and short cordalette, 4 lockers, prussics, webbing and rap ring, cpl extra biners, gloves, and maybe more on my harness. My gear goes on a double sling that goes on like a shirt. It has a sling on each side. I have nuts on the front of each side small in front, right side has the cams small to big, the left has hexes on two biners small to big, then passive tri-cams, then on each side I have 6-24 inch draws/slings tripled/alpine, then two 12 inch slingsdoubled, and one 48 inch runner daisy chained. There is also a screamer and a cpl other things. It is heavy enough that I won't allow any thing else. I prolly have four pieces to fit any crack from pinky to 4 inch fist. This is for multi pitch trad.
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I rack most of my gear on my harness. I put my small passive pro including my tri-cams on my right and my larger stuff on my left.
I usually put my cams on a gear sling.
All my biners are clipped gate facing in starting with two BD Rock locks and then biners are chained to them. Lockers on one, non-lockers on another.
I prefer to use ovals for racking gear. Slings get thrown toward the back two loops somewhere.
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Clausti said:
[whatever, I don't have a dick to start with, i certainly don't want two "more" swinging!]
Sure, why not. I just don't really bring a sling unless it's longer than 7 pitches, and I can usually fit all the gear for a 6-7 pitch climb on my harness. And then, it really pisses me off to have all my gear flop in my lap or behind my back when I'm gripped, but if it's on my harness, I know exactly where it is without looking.
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meh, i just wondered if you'd seen anything particularly egregious. like a puppy. i rapped in with my cat in my backpack once. "...Clausti
I have not seen this myself, but I have seen a guy climbing with a racoon hanging from his harness. Oh, thats right, that was actually a Jim Carey movie.
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clausti
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kmc wrote: " meh, i just wondered if you'd seen anything particularly egregious. like a puppy. i rapped in with my cat in my backpack once. "...Clausti I have not seen this myself, but I have seen a guy climbing with a racoon hanging from his harness. Oh, thats right, that was actually a Jim Carey movie.
whatever, i coudlnt leave the cat alone at my apartment (she tore shit up, major separation anxiety from being a rescue kitty) so for a season, she came climbing with me.
[insert sense of humor here.]
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I've tried all kinds of systems. We old-timers from the iron age grew up carrying our gear hanging from a shoulder sling on the left side. The right side was kept clear because that's where your hammer was and you didn't want the hammer cord tangling with the gear sling when you needed to get the hammer out and in action fast. Because of those beginnings, I've always had a preference for gear on a sling hanging on the left.
It is true that on overhangs, the gear slides around behind you, but we learned soon enough how to reach back and sweep it forward into our laps. Of course, climbs nowadays are both more overhanging and are overhanging for longer, so shoulder sling racking for these climbs seems less and less functional. Now that we have harnesses rather than swamis, a quickdraw placed at the back of the rack can be clipped it to either a harness loop or the belay loop to keep the gear forward on overhangs, but it is still easier to reach gear racked on the harness on consistently overhanging rock.
If the route isn't consistently overhanging, then I still find harness racking less convenient. Maybe I'm just used to the weight on my shoulders, but when I put an entire rack on my harness, it feels as if its gonna drop down around my knees, a sensation that does not contribute to a sense of calmness and well-being. Moreover, I find it hard to reach across and get a piece on the other side of the harness from the free hand, whereas I'm always able to pull the gear on a sling around. Additionally, it is much easier to get gear racked on the harness pinned against the wall in corners and other features, and for anything wide, harness racking is really inferior. Finally, I find harness racking slows down multipitch changeovers.
All these negatives notwithstanding, I like most people use a hybrid system that is well adapted, I think, to belay changeovers. I start out with the gear on a sling, free runners over the opposite shoulder, and quickdraws on the harness. For multipitch routes, it seems quickest to rack each cam (except possibly for the smallest ones) on its own biner, even though this adds a little weight.
The second cleans the cams to a harness loop, where they stay for the next lead. Quickdraws that were on the cleaned cams are racked to a harness loop in their usual position(s). Nuts usually have to be cleaned and racked with the quickdraw attached to them, I prefer putting them on a shoulder runner. When the second arrives at the the belay, the leader hands over the gear sling and over-the-shoulder runners. The leader has transferred any cams worn on the harness to that gear sling while belaying the second up. The second, who is about to lead, has only to re-rack the nuts that were cleaned and place the quickdraws from those nuts on the harness; everything else is already in place. While this is happening, the leader clips any remaining quickdraws onto the second's harness, and the second is set to begin the next lead.
Since most of the gear is either already racked by the second on the way up or is passed over with the gear sling, changeovers can be really fast.
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I'm with you Rgold...especially on long routes where change over are critical.
One thing I tend to do differently is have both climbers use their own gear sling. This way when you are following you can begin racking on the way up, thus eliminating extra gear moves at the belay. Then when you reach the belay, the former leader clip's any left over gear and QD's/runners(which go on the harness) to you while you rerack any nuts.
Also I use a multi-loop gear sling, similiar to the one the OP made for himself. Although i use one commercially available not custom. This generally eliminates the problem of reaching the gear while climbing overhang's. Obviously it doesn't solve the problem completely, but it certainly helps and adds more organisation to the rack. It also makes it easier to get gear off...instead of 8-10 biners clumped together it's 2-3 per loop.
The majority of people I do long routes with practice the same racking technique's. Everyone has slight variations, but the meat of it all is the same.
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oldsalt wrote: irregularpanda wrote: ...I just don't really bring a sling unless it's longer than 7 pitches, and I can usually fit all the gear for a 6-7 pitch climb on my harness. OK, I'll bite... What happens after 7 pitches that hasn't already happened, that requires you to use a gear sling?
Are you telling me you don't have a 200 meter rope?
Dinosaur!!!
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Please, I use a 185m 4 mil. The stretch allows me get into the 9th pitch before I need anything new on my rack.
And I can floss between pitches!
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I usually rack on my harness, but I also think that the way we rack up depends on where we climb and with whom.
2 front loops for gear
2 back loops for 12 draws, cordolette and ATC.
That would be my set up for Gunks, RRG, Twall, Ont, Quebec, Jtree.
I have a multi loop gear sling from Metolius that I use for racking my gear in my pack but I never use it while leading. Maybe I will use it more on the west coast.
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Generally rack on the harness
front two loops: gear
back two loops: trad-draws and a couple biners, ATC
Haul loop: A super long runner
Have a dedicated /modified nylon sling that I carry in my pocket which can be used as a gear sling (or emergency bail sling) in a pinch depending on the pitch.
Always nice to have options
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In the eighties,I carried three Friends and some wired stoppers.It all fit on a sling on the left.
Enter middle age.Now have 7 Camalots mosta the time,four Aliens,two C3's and some wires.Couple years ago I got one of those BD big wall slings that go on both sides,cut all the doodads off it,and love it.Doesn't move around much,no choking action like crossed slings.It's comfortable and has a wee mesh pocket on my back that will take a topo,gu,Tikka ,Prussic or tp.Started racking my Camalots on OP 5.0's and like that.
Lot of climbs here have a mix of gear and bolts,so generally carry some(4-6) Petzl Spirit draws on my left front harness.Alpine draws are useful,carry those on my right and going back to 11/16 Nylon.Right rear loops get spare biners,mostly Heliums in summer,5.0's in winter.Left rear gets a locker with ATC and one other locker.Over the shoulders go over left shoulder.
In vinter I like those ice clippers.My Petzl harness takes two on the right,and they get the BD screws.I rack my Helix's on my left on individual biners with the wire gate facing down and out.I like to keep screws down there as they are farther from critical internal organs.Pretty much using just the Spirit draws for ice,racked on a piece of knotted perlon on my left.I like being able to flip them into my lap.Perlon sling is a runner or V-thread.Got a few longer nylon slings and stash them in my jacket pocket.
One thing I found super useful of late is some oldskool knotted nylon slings.Almost every trip features sling upgrade,clean-up,replacement or new anchor.These are great for this or getting off a multipitch alpine situation.I tie them a little longer in winter,and go through two or three a weekend usually.
Wired stoppers get installed on three or four wire gate ovals,about four each.In finger crack sizes I sometimes have a biner with a common sized stopper as the largest on that biner,and the smallest of the next one up(follow that?).I don't carry any larger stoppers anymore,or hexes,Tricams only in winter since I got a couple C3's.Aliens live in pairs.Black/Blue,Green/Yellow.
Climb on two 8.6's so skip the cordelette.Don't toprope more than a few times a season.
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clausti
Feb 10, 2008, 4:10 PM
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as far as gear slings go, the only time's i've consistently used one climbing multipitch (say, more than two), swinging leads. it just makes you less likely to drop stuff (not that i've never dropped anything) if you can hand over the rack, racked, to your partner when its their turn to lead.
3+ pitch climbing, however, is a small minority of stuff that i've done, growing up in the southeast with the best single pitch sport in the country nearby.
oh, and also... women have their center of gravity in their hips, yes, and men in their chest? i wonder if that accounts for some preference of sling vs harness. for women, extra weight on their harness feels natural, because it rests at their COG (and thus doenst change it), whereas for men, a lot of extra weight on their hips would shift the COG down, feeling "funny" and off balance? whereas if a man has a sling on and the gear hangs level with his chest/stomach, then it would be closer to his natural center?
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angry
Feb 10, 2008, 4:45 PM
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I think the difference is less in center of gravity and more in fit.
I'm 5'9" with a fairly regular torso. The standard sewn 2' runner fits me perfect as a gear sling.
You are 5'3" I think. The women I've climbed with who are this height are going to have the gear at their calves with a standard sling. Barrel chested men also look a little tied up with a regular gear sling.
Back to the COG issue. A friend of mine took an upside down whipper and was lucky enough to come away with just a knot on her head. She was 5'3" and 100lbs soaking wet. She had a large rack on a sling. The route was overhanging and the fall was clean. There was absolutely no reason she should have gone upsidedown. We guessed at the time it was because the rack made her top heavy. That might not be it, but it did seem to fit the scenario.
I almost never climb without a gear sling but I don't know that it's the perfect solution for everyone.
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clausti
Feb 10, 2008, 6:12 PM
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in the scenario you describe, i could totally see her getting flipped upsidedown by the weight on the sling.
i wonder if men are more likely to take inverted whippers?
as far as the fit thing goes, you're definitely right, a standard sling puts gear at my knees, and even my misty adjustable sling is barely within my comfort zone, as small as it gets. if a standard sling gets behind me, i cant reach the gear. comical, but only in retrospect.
my more common problem withe the sling, though, is not that it gets too far behind me, but that that it gets in FRONT of me, and gets in my way.
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one900johnnyk
Feb 13, 2008, 3:50 AM
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dang i leave this place for a few years and for some reason i woke up the other day thinking of 'winkwinklambonini'..i am not even kidding about that. had no idea where it came from but now i remember. i think you used to live in RI, right?
anyway i still can't rock the sling. on my harness i make sure that my bigger pieces (~#2 camalot and up) are the only ones out of reach to one hand or the other because that maximizes the likelihood that i can switch hands if needed. your system sounds pretty rad
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Feb 14, 2008, 1:16 AM
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kmc wrote: Everything on my harness except maybe a four foot sling doubled and over my shoulder. I climb mostly at the Gunks, and learned early how much of a pain in the ass it is to place gear in an overhang when your gear is racked over your shoulder and it all falls behind you. Tripled slings on both sides, passive on the left, cams on the right.
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wyoclimb wrote: kmc wrote: Everything on my harness except maybe a four foot sling doubled and over my shoulder. I climb mostly at the Gunks, and learned early how much of a pain in the ass it is to place gear in an overhang when your gear is racked over your shoulder and it all falls behind you. Tripled slings on both sides, passive on the left, cams on the right. I'll agree stuff swings around. But isn't swapping leads a bitch
not really
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For OW, chimneys, etc I of course do different, but for a typical trad route:
1. Nuts up front, half on each of two biners, one biner on each side.
2. Handful of draws, 6", 12", and 24" trad draws on the same loop as the nuts.
3. Blue-Yellow aliens, 2 sets, one set per biner, one set per side next.
4. Red Alien-#3 Camalot one cam per biner, one per side.
5. #5 Tech Friend back on the left.
5. 3 big hexes way in the back on the right.
6. Cordellette, maybe extra trad draws, a few lockers, and maybe a few free biners way in the back.
7. Over the shoulder I carry any extra draws and trad draws on a sling if needed.
Personally I used to really like keeping just 12" draws, and then kept the 24" draws open over the shoulder with one biner each, and a few free biners on the harness. Too many partners hated this, so I caved.
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builttospill
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stymingersfink wrote: builttospill wrote: regardless of which hand is placing gear, I can easily grab a screw and a runner. and i thought you said you don't place screws with your left quite yet!
I think I only have on lead once. It's more for peace of mind than anything. Sort of liking taking an extra wrap in the leashes.....just one thing I do that tells me I'm ready to go....one less thing to go wrong. But then you probably knew that 
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stymingersfink
Feb 16, 2008, 4:23 AM
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you gettin out tomorrow?
How's santaquin sound?
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builttospill
Feb 16, 2008, 8:24 PM
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Probably not. I'm in the middle of finishing the remodel of the upstairs. Sorry.
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All on my Misty Mountain harness...
Everything below is on both sides equally:
-Draws on one biner of one draw (to take up less room) in the front loops
-Stoppers on 3 biners (2-5 on one, 6-8 another, 9-13 on last), front loops
-Small cams on one biner, front loops
-Large cams on one biner, back loops
-Cord and other stuff on biners in the back
-Shoulder loops and doubles, well, over the shoulder
Note-I have a lot of stoppers (around 60), and about 15 cams. And I rarely take all my stuff, as I only take the bigger cams and smaller stoppers (2-5) when I know I'll need them.
If mutli pitch, I have a slung 1/2 gallon Gatoraid bottle that goes over the shoulder, and gets clipped to a biner in the back to keep it from swinging in front. When I build an anchor, most gear gets hung from it, as well as my shoes whilst on belay.
Picture below is pre Misty Mountain harness (6 loops), and pre 15 cams, but you get the idea...
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hugepedro
Mar 7, 2008, 8:07 AM
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"How do you rack up?"
These days, about 3 pounds lighter since I bought a bunch o dem newfangled light biners and skinny slings.
I usually rack on my harness because I don't like the weight of a gear sling shifting in a balancy spot, and when multi-pitching I'm usually leading every pitch.
Cams on the right front loop.
trad draws and usually a couple sport draws on the left front loop.
Nuts, hexes, tricams on the left back, on 3 biners.
Pedrodelic anchor rig, nut tool, prusik, personal anchor on the right rear.
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winkwinklambonini
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Thank you everyone, but I must confess, I had other motives for this post. A few weeks ago I was taking a stroll down memory lane and I found this, my first ever post. I was surprised by how helpful everyone was, looking back.
Maybe this is because I've been spending too much time on the soap box, but I thought that if I posted the same thing again, I could show a difference in helpfulness. I was wrong, and that's sweet.
I still use my gear sling with the extra loop on the left for draws, shoulders over the shoulder, doubles double over the shoulder, 2 keylocks each. Just hold on with the right, grab a biner, and whip it out, so to speak.
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Arrogant_Bastard
Mar 7, 2008, 11:04 PM
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winkwinklambonini wrote: Thank you everyone, but I must confess, I had other motives for this post...
You had ulterior motives in making a post? That's just wrong.
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Arrogant_Bastard
Mar 7, 2008, 11:04 PM
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Arrogant_Bastard wrote: winkwinklambonini wrote: Thank you everyone, but I must confess, I had other motives for this post... You had ulterior motives in making a post? That's just wrong.
Woo!
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shimanilami
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There is a guy at my gym who works out with 12 brand-spanking-new Spirit quickdraws, 4 C4's, a cordelette, a figure-8, and a bunch of large lockers on his harness. It is a very impressive rack for top-roping at the gym.
I wonder if I could get him to carry hexes, too ... on a divided gear sling ... on individual 'biners. That would be rad.
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mistajman
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Depends on if its a single pitch climb or multi pitch. But mostly I have all my slings over my shoulder with one biner on them. Then I have all my gear clipped to the gear loops on my harness. Wich side planned out in advance from looking at the pitch. So when I have to place i just take it off the harness and then off of my shoulder and its already extended. Works pretty well for me.
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wires, aliens, and tricams on a gear sling. Camalots in the back on the right side. Slings tripled and put about 70% on right side, 30% on left. Cordolette, ATC, and nut tool on left side in the back. Double length runner over my left shoulder. That's it.
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i personally prefer to carry my wicker basket full of blowfish on my right side and my authentic cliffhanger bolt gun in a holster on my left hip. hope this helps
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