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sevrdhed
Jul 18, 2007, 5:02 PM
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I'd run it out.
Pansies.
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LostinMaine
Jul 18, 2007, 8:37 PM
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"dingus wrote: Lastly, do you really carry nuts, cams, tricams AND hexes on your rack, all the time???? Cheers DMT
sure. If I'm climbing on a typical crag in the NE, I carry 10-12 nuts, 3 smaller hexes, the three smallest tricams, and 8-10 cams. If the area I'm climbing in has large quartz crystals (like the pissy rock in central Maine), I'll leave the hexes at home. For multi-pitch climbs with gear anchors, I don't feel comfortable shrinking it down much more than that.
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jeremy11
Jul 21, 2007, 10:21 PM
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BFP=Big Fat Pink (tricam) perhaps?
I'd go for the tricams if possible since they don't get used really often I'll use them when possible and save the other stuff.
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vegastradguy
Jul 21, 2007, 11:50 PM
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slot a cam and go.
anything else takes too much time.
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curt
Jul 23, 2007, 6:32 AM
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LostinMaine wrote: Assume you climbed up to a thin horizontal crack that was at least 4" deep and was slightly thinner at the lip than at the back. Assume that said crack would accept a large nut, small hex, small cam, or small tricam equally well. Now assume that the route is well within your climbing abilities, you are not pumped, and by clipping long you can eliminate rope tension that would otherwise cause walking. Which of the above are you more likely to place? Why?
Well, You've described a perfect stopper placement--so, that's probably what I'd put there. Naturally, that doesn't mean that any of the other choices you have offered are bad.
Curt
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flint
Jul 23, 2007, 6:59 AM
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summerprophet wrote: first of all, my Tricam is still sitting in the store, unpurchased, don't get me wrong, I love tricams, but whenever I feel the need to place one, there is usually one allready there, stuck.
Really, were do you climb, I could really use a new set of tri-cams, plus looting them seems more cost efficient then buying.
Anyway, for pro, I would pull the rock out of my cargos, put a sling around it, clip and go.
Or maybe a tri-cam, I might need the rock to throw at my belayer when they take their brake hand off to grab a slim jim.
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bodyboarder
Jul 23, 2007, 7:41 AM
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Is this seriously a thread? You're asking about a placement with just a description? Dude get off teh internets and stick something in there that wont come out and keep climbing....
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kricir
Jul 23, 2007, 7:54 AM
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tricam
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mojede
Jul 23, 2007, 6:51 PM
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BFP=Bomber Fvcking Pro.
A knotted sling would suffice in THIS situation.
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xjlx
Aug 7, 2007, 7:47 PM
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Tricam
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