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ThisSilentDream
May 5, 2009, 3:23 PM
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Craggmire wrote: Sad Story, I dropped my poop tube last week and they kicked me out
That's pretty gross. Good job.
Actually, speaking of two harnesses, I bring my extra, just in case something happens to my primary rig, I've got back-up! Usually you can see me climbing with my second harness around my shoulder in case I need it after I get up. After all shouldn't you use a different harness for rapping and descents?!
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cracklover
May 5, 2009, 4:31 PM
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ThisSilentDream wrote: Craggmire wrote: Sad Story, I dropped my poop tube last week and they kicked me out That's pretty gross. Good job. Actually, speaking of two harnesses, I bring my extra, just in case something happens to my primary rig, I've got back-up! Usually you can see me climbing with my second harness around my shoulder in case I need it after I get up. After all shouldn't you use a different harness for rapping and descents?!
I once went sport climbing with a girl I knew from the gym and her friend. The friend had never been out of the gym before. She had a good day, but was a little freaked out by a few things, like the prospect of hitting her face if she fell, and all the dirt and stuff.
At the end of the day I overheard her asking my friend "So how do you do this - do you have an extra harness and shoes so you can keep the ones you use in the gym looking good?"
I don't recall running into her again outside.
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AntinJ
May 5, 2009, 4:42 PM
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-1 Petzl Attaché Locker
-1 Petzl GriGri
-1 Metolious Locker
-1 Reverso 3
and one of these:
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robbovius
May 5, 2009, 4:50 PM
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gogounou wrote: Pitons, a hammer, and an ATC Sport... J
shit, that's an EXCELLENT IDEA. I'm definitely clipping a couple old pitons onthe harness for the nest time I go to the gym ;-)
even thoguh I have 3 harnesses, adn two of them are usually bare (but each has its own belay device and locker) I always wear the fab Singing Rock with all my trad shiat all over it. I don't even know whats there anymore. some stuff. all climbign related. Oh recently I added an edelrid Eddy, so yep that's comeing too. But, the pitons, that'll be KICKASS ;-)
I should defintely bring my ghetto modified ball-peen/piton hammer.
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Upperlimits
May 5, 2009, 7:07 PM
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Well other than the usual stuff.
I always keep my bail biner on my harness. Just in case.
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limeydave
May 5, 2009, 7:48 PM
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kgossett wrote: Usually try to go light at the gym. BD ATC guide, Petzl Ascenders, and a couple 5 step aiders. If I plan to be there awhile a headlamp and a couple water bottles...that I routinely refill from the drinking fountain.
It sucks getting benighted at the gym - do you have the portaledge and 0degree bag in the haulbag too?
Grigri, large locker, chalk here.
Sometimes I have my 5yr old girls shoes clipped to my harness, they are kids size 11 - i tell people they are mine, for my super hard projects. It's scary how many people don't laugh.
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welle
May 5, 2009, 8:04 PM
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my helmet:)
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stevendo
May 5, 2009, 8:31 PM
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at the gym i carry w/ me...,
-a petzl reverso3 on a dmm screwlock sentinel
-two dmm big boa locksafe(my gym requires climbers to clip into their ropes)
-one sigg water bottle on a black diamond neutrino
-one metolius chalk sock in a prana chalk bag on a black diamond jivewire
nothing more, nothing less..., yet...,
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ThisSilentDream
May 5, 2009, 9:56 PM
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cracklover wrote: ThisSilentDream wrote: Craggmire wrote: Sad Story, I dropped my poop tube last week and they kicked me out That's pretty gross. Good job. Actually, speaking of two harnesses, I bring my extra, just in case something happens to my primary rig, I've got back-up! Usually you can see me climbing with my second harness around my shoulder in case I need it after I get up. After all shouldn't you use a different harness for rapping and descents?! I once went sport climbing with a girl I knew from the gym and her friend. The friend had never been out of the gym before. She had a good day, but was a little freaked out by a few things, like the prospect of hitting her face if she fell, and all the dirt and stuff. At the end of the day I overheard her asking my friend "So how do you do this - do you have an extra harness and shoes so you can keep the ones you use in the gym looking good?" I don't recall running into her again outside. GO
Woah. That's pretty crazy. I think maybe she could have worn shorts over her harness in order to keep it clean?
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hafilax
May 5, 2009, 10:51 PM
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The employees at my local gym are always asking my partner to remove his nut tool for safety reasons. 
I've never understood the whole taking off the GriGri thing. It weighs 225g. That's 0.3% of my body weight. I've had dumps heavier than that. I drink more water at the gym than that. It always seems more like an announcement that you are about to climb something really hard. 
It would be interesting to see how hard I climb in the gym with my typical rack on my harness. I bet it would drop at least a grade. Maybe I should weigh it and wear the equivalent for an experiment.
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kriso9tails
May 5, 2009, 11:19 PM
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hafilax wrote: I've never understood the whole taking off the GriGri thing. It weighs 225g.
Man, you could shave so many grams off that with a few well-placed speed holes.
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desertwanderer81
May 5, 2009, 11:19 PM
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When it's the off season, I'll typically remove everything, but if I'm climbing outdoors 2 or 3 days a week and training in the gym 1 or 2 days a week, I'll typically leave my daisy chain, nut tool, extra ATC, and prussic on my harness. It's not a lot of weight and it doesn't get in the way so why bother taking it off?
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davidj
May 5, 2009, 11:40 PM
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I like to keep things simple... so I try to keep only the basics:
1. First Aid kit... you never know when you're going to get a nasty cut.
2. Snake bite kit - cuz snakes... ya know?
3. 5 Gallon jug of water - hooks right into the harness, and the loops can hold 4000 lbs, right? I get thirsty.
4. A spare pair of shorts.... accidents happen at heights. You may just have to drop the leg loops and switch up 30 feet in the air.
5. An ice axe - the higher you go, the easier water can freeze right? And those walls in the gym are pretty tall
6. My GPS - I get lost easily too
7. My bivy tent - for those moments when I don't want to give up, but I just can't make it today... I'll try tomorrow morning.
8. ATC Guide belay... for umm... belaying up top... in the gym.
9. Needle and thread - to repair the rope... if it breaks. I would hate to get stuck on the wall.
10. A couple of MRE's to eat in the bivy tent overnight... ya know, keep the blood sugar up.
Actually.... I'm a noob... I have to admit, I don't own any of this stuff... Right now I climb with my harness, shoes, chalk bag and whatever clothes I happen to be in. At this point in time, everything else I have on me gets left on the ground... I haven't found a reason to carry anything else yet =P
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cracklover
May 6, 2009, 4:13 PM
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Phone cord. It never leaves my harness.
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noshift
May 6, 2009, 4:26 PM
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i usually climb wiht my full rack the full set of cams nuts and freinds, slings, pas or 2, tape, and my gf but no clothes they add too much weight
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Vorago
May 6, 2009, 4:28 PM
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One or two screwgates (some gyms require you to tie in using a readymade figure 8 and two screwgates, others don't), my ATC and a chalkbag.
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herbertpowell
May 6, 2009, 4:42 PM
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Wow, lots of strange folks here. I keep it simple at the gym:
Plastic double boots and gaitors
(I don't use crampons anymore, the last gym kicked me out for "damaging" the artificial glacier they called "crash pads")
Helmet
Goggles
Harness
Ice tools (at the gym I use leashes since dropped tools tend to do a lot of damage when they hit the birthday party kids)
Maybe a bolt kit too (they yelled at me for hammering a piton thru the plywood when I was climbing a 5.9 A2)
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welle
May 6, 2009, 5:04 PM
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herbertpowell wrote: Wow, lots of strange folks here. I keep it simple at the gym: Plastic double boots and gaitors (I don't use crampons anymore, the last gym kicked me out for "damaging" the artificial glacier they called "crash pads") Helmet Goggles Harness Ice tools (at the gym I use leashes since dropped tools tend to do a lot of damage when they hit the birthday party kids) Maybe a bolt kit too (they yelled at me for hammering a piton thru the plywood when I was climbing a 5.9 A2)
hey, how about that V-thread hook, in case you have to bail?
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TKubik
May 8, 2009, 7:40 AM
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I tend to have too much gear on my harness when I'm at the gym, mainly because I'm too lazy to take it all off after the outdoor trip a few days prior. I might have my cinch (which we can't use in the gym), atc (which we also can't use in our gym), and a couple of lockers.
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Aequitas
May 8, 2009, 8:13 AM
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Come on am I the only one???
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AntinJ
May 8, 2009, 10:49 AM
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In reply to: ...I might have my cinch (which we can't use in the gym), atc (which we also can't use in our gym),...
Auto-Belay?
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currupt4130
May 8, 2009, 10:53 AM
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AntinJ wrote: In reply to: ...I might have my cinch (which we can't use in the gym), atc (which we also can't use in our gym),... Auto-Belay?
Hip belay?
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lodi5onu
May 8, 2009, 12:28 PM
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currupt4130 wrote: AntinJ wrote: In reply to: ...I might have my cinch (which we can't use in the gym), atc (which we also can't use in our gym),... Auto-Belay? Hip belay?
PANCAKE belay?
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bill413
May 8, 2009, 4:55 PM
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lodi5onu wrote: currupt4130 wrote: AntinJ wrote: In reply to: ...I might have my cinch (which we can't use in the gym), atc (which we also can't use in our gym),... Auto-Belay? Hip belay? PANCAKE belay?
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