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crackboy
Jun 15, 2004, 8:47 PM
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i carry all my slings as draws, since i don't want to have to come over my head every time i need a sling. i also rack 2-3 pieces per biner. for anchor biners i clip 4 biners to each other and then carry two bundles.
i always have 2-3 lockers on my harness anyway so that takes care of the power point. If i ever need extra biners then i just scrounge through my slings, and if i still need more i can always use the racking biners
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munckee
Jun 15, 2004, 8:49 PM
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In reply to: i carry all my slings as draws, since i don't want to have to come over my head every time i need a sling. i also rack 2-3 pieces per biner. for anchor biners i clip 4 biners to each other and then carry two bundles. i always have 2-3 lockers on my harness anyway so that takes care of the power point. If i ever need extra biners then i just scrounge through my slings, and if i still need more i can always use the racking biners
So you carry 8 extra biners? How many draws do you usually carry?
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mandrake
Jun 15, 2004, 9:24 PM
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In reply to: i carry all my slings as draws, since i don't want to have to come over my head every time i need a sling. i also rack 2-3 pieces per biner.
I agree, I don't like to be pulling slings off my shoulders on lead. Depending on the pitch, I'll mix up trad draws and longish quickdraws on my harness. Not set in stone (as it were) on this, if there's lots of wandering and the pitch is off vertical, I'll throw some slings over my shoulder.
On the second point, personally, I'm not too wild about racking multiple cams to one biner, because it's a problem for the cleaner. His goal is to come up to the belay with a neat rack for quick belay changeovers. If he's got three different-sized cams hanging on one biner, there's more of a cluster and an opportunity for dropping when changing them out at the belay. For ease of cleaning, when I place the cam usually I just leave the extra biner dangling if I've clipped a draw or trad draw to it. It's a little more weight, but it makes life easier.
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crackboy
Jun 15, 2004, 9:44 PM
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i call them my anchor in a can and learned it from a friend, usually only have one deciated one thats all oval wires, and the other is some random ovals and D's or any other biner than got bumped down from sling duty
as far as number of slings go it depnds, but usually around 10 or so depending on the pitch or the difficulty. I usually like to have extra slings on me since i like to run things together, or so i dont run out when i want one. i don't mind the extra weight since that is what i have always done from when i started leading.
2-3 cams a biner isn't too bad my main partner racks the same way i do. besides when she or i clean we usally just clip the piece with the sling right to the harness rather than take everything apart.
if its the last cam on the biner i just leave the extra biner on so it has a total of three, two on the sling and one on the piece.
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nthusiastj
Jun 16, 2004, 3:18 AM
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I carry 10 extendable trad draws and maybe 2 or 3 sport draws.
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munckee
Jun 17, 2004, 12:27 AM
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Well, unless anyone can talk me out of it, I'm pretty settled on 10 alpine draws plus 2 long slings for "just in case".
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