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currupt4130
Jan 6, 2009, 1:50 AM
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Just sat down tonight to catalog all my gear. Figured it would be a good idea to know everything I have and its value in case I needed it for insurance. Took pictures too.
Some of it I "inherited", the largest chunk I got for half value from a buddy who was selling (about 900 worth), some I got as Christmas presents, and the rest I just picked up here and there so far. I want to add some more passive pro, I went kind of crazy with the cams. A set of useless hexes and some random nuts would round it out quite well for me (I tend to just grab for cams on every placement). I wouldn't mind a #5 and #6 BD but I don't really need them.
Weight is about 22lbs of gear.
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.3, .4, doubles of .5-4 BDs, #2 C3, CCH Aliens black to red, TCU's red to gray, BD nuts 1-13 with some random doubles, tri cams blue to pink, 13 sport draws, 7 trad draws, 2 double length trad draws, Grigri, Reverso 3, ATC, ATC Sport, 10 lockers, 4 24" slings, 1 12" sling, 12 ovals, 2 Ds, 4 extra asym D's, harness, Mocassyms, Miuras, gear sling, cordalette and a 60M rope and ascenders not pictured.
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climberslacker
Jan 6, 2009, 4:13 PM
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No pics  But my rack is
set of BD Camalots 1-5
BD C3 yellow
6x BD Draws
~7 mad rock draws from sale at josh
Set of BD wired hexes
~6 locking biners
~30' cordelette x2
60' piece of cordellete
Im trieng to get one more peice a month
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climbinginchico
Jan 6, 2009, 11:01 PM
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I should lay out all my gear and take a new photo. It's been a few years since and I've of course added to the collection. Maybe tonight when I get home I will.
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salamanizer
Jan 10, 2009, 7:14 AM
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evanwish wrote: [image]http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/37/l_7192d686e92c441596537e761abff2c2.jpg[/image] this was my buddy's and my rack mixed together... a complete REDICULOUS amount of gear. 96 pieces. this was pretty much just for the picture.. lol
Ha! I've got more gear in my un-used miscelanious box than that.
At least all of it's not totally shiny. 
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northfacejmb
Jan 10, 2009, 8:38 AM
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Well, I was looking at my small amount of gear the other day and decided it was time to post a picture.
Oh, and I have a yellow link on its way as well..
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tlloyddavies
Jan 10, 2009, 10:22 AM
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haha good to see the most important part of any rack, I can't place anything without at least one Banana Nut-Bread Clif Bar and maybe one Strawberry Banana GU
As for water enhancements (Gatorade, etc..) I think they're all inferior to beer. An IPA to be specific
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northfacejmb
Jan 10, 2009, 6:49 PM
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Yep. I'm thinking I need to get a full set of cliff bars next. On my friends rack they seem to be the most used pieces..
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digital_photog
Jan 15, 2009, 1:21 AM
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you won't see the new shiny stuff on my rack. Started climbing in the 1960's but was out of climbing for about 15 years because of a non climbing accident. have been doing some climbing again the last 2 years.
the stoppers are DMM, Chouinard and BD
hexes are Chouinard.
all corded ones have been recorded this year. Slings and draws are all new this year. about half of the biners are new in the last 2 years. This just shows my ttrad rack. I have more harnesses, helmets and ropes to use on our climbing wall in the barn.
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yodadave
Jan 15, 2009, 1:30 PM
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are those slings homemade?????????
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petsfed
Jan 15, 2009, 4:29 PM
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yodadave wrote: are those slings homemade?????????
In the sense that he tied them himself, yes. However, I doubt most people have the means to hand weave slings.
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krosbakken
Jan 15, 2009, 4:38 PM
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petsfed wrote: yodadave wrote: are those slings homemade????????? In the sense that he tied them himself, yes. However, I doubt most people have the means to hand weave slings.
I believe yodadave is referring to the black webbing that is making up the quickdraws.
and I don't believe those are tied. and to me, they look homemade.
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AlexCV
Jan 15, 2009, 4:41 PM
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They're homemade and the stitching pattern he used is the most efficient/strong you can use for this. These could very well break outside of the stitching.
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yodadave
Jan 16, 2009, 2:48 AM
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Actually smartass, sorry i mean petsfed i was referring to the home stitch job.
And strong or not it is still a little...... unusual to see.
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digital_photog
Jan 17, 2009, 3:09 PM
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I have been away for a few days and just found this discussion this morning. Before answering I took another picture of the stitching.
Yes, They are home sown. Data used for the stitch pattern was obtained from ON ROPE North American Vertical Rope Techniques New Revised Addition By Bruce Smith and Allen Padgett Page 239 and following. They are sown with #138 20 lb nylon thread. approximately 240 stitches in the pattern. Since I have experience in mechanical engineering, several years ago I built a hydraulic test pull device and used it to test some slings. I found that like the data published in ON ROPE my slings would usually break in the web before the stitching. I use an old singer commercial sewing machine. below is a close up of one of the slings.
I have confidence in climbing with these slings. I have used them for both recreation and for work as a millwright building grain elevator systems. Many times in commercial work the slings we need are not available unless custom made.
Flame away. and for your safety don't climb on any piece of equipment you don't trust. If you were climbing with me and wanted to use your protection instead of mine you wouldn't hurt my feelings... it is YOUR life at stake. climb safe.
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digital_photog
Jan 17, 2009, 4:06 PM
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A few more details on the stitching. I now stitch all slings with a 3 to 5 inch overlap. I prefer 5 for most use. % inches make it easier to get the required number of stitches in. I use 8 stitches/inch. I use a ball point needle so I don't cut the thread in the webbing. With this stitching I have never had the stitching fail before the webbing on any I have tested. I have tested some other stitch patterns where the stitching did fail before the web.
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lumineferusother
Jan 25, 2009, 2:26 AM
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Both myself and my computer had a seizure because of all the color in that photo 
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brownie710
Feb 15, 2009, 2:05 PM
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http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2294/66/122/581426518/n581426518_1478686_6588.jpg
can someone help make clicky???[:)]
Photo is of
c4's - .5-4, doubles of .75-3
#3 master cam
00-3 powercams
1-1/2 set of nuts- BD's and DMM's
misc nuetrinos and hotwires on mammut/wild country/black diamond spectra/dyneema slings. A few nylon metolius slings as well.
all harnesses, ropes, etc not pictured
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epoch
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Feb 15, 2009, 3:21 PM
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brownie710 wrote:  can someone help make clicky???  Photo is of c4's - .5-4, doubles of .75-3 #3 master cam 00-3 powercams 1-1/2 set of nuts- BD's and DMM's misc nuetrinos and hotwires on mammut/wild country/black diamond spectra/dyneema slings. A few nylon metolius slings as well. all harnesses, ropes, etc not pictured
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brownie710
Feb 15, 2009, 6:36 PM
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mighty thanks epoch.
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yodadave
Feb 16, 2009, 2:29 AM
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It wasn't meant to flame you, i was just very curious. The boys at On Rope are legends and its cool that their knowledge base is being passed around. Thanks for sharing all the info, much appreciated.
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digital_photog
Feb 16, 2009, 10:55 AM
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yodadave wrote: It wasn't meant to flame you, i was just very curious. The boys at On Rope are legends and its cool that their knowledge base is being passed around. Thanks for sharing all the info, much appreciated.
It wasn't taken as an insult. I question too when I see something that I'm not familiar with or is untested. Any weakness in equipment or our belayer could cost us our life. When I posted the pictures I expected someone to comment about them.
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boymeetsrock
Feb 19, 2009, 7:35 PM
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justroberto
Feb 19, 2009, 7:36 PM
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boymeetsrock wrote:  Pretty psyched to have this where it is. [image]http://www.rockclimbing.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3233;[/image]
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