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joegoesup
Oct 10, 2003, 1:02 PM
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How many cams do you have on your rack, and how many is usually enough for trad climbs that require you to build an anchor? I have about 21 cams in all and doubles in most sizes up to a #4 friend.
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rrrADAM
Oct 10, 2003, 1:05 PM
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31 Cams, 65 Stoppers, and 5 Hexes... About 90% of my placements are stoppers.
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madman_dan
Oct 10, 2003, 1:25 PM
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"L.B.M.F. !!!" wtf ?
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edge
Oct 10, 2003, 1:28 PM
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12 cams, 30 stoppers, and 12 hexes. On 90% of my climbs, I will only carry about half the cams and 40 % of the passive gear.
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madman_dan
Oct 10, 2003, 1:34 PM
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ahh :roll:
P.s A more fitting question would be "How many nuts do you have?"
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ricardol
Oct 10, 2003, 2:59 PM
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In reply to: How many cams do you have on your rack, and how many is usually enough for trad climbs that require you to build an anchor? I have about 21 cams in all and doubles in most sizes up to a #4 friend.
like most questionsi n climbing .. the answer is "It depeneds" -- in this case it depends on the route ..
.. sometimes i take 1 set of cams .. sometimes you double up on specfic sizes .. if i dont know to much abou tthe route .. i take doubles on aliens size red to #2 camalot .. and carry either 1 #3 and 3.5 .. or up to #4 ...
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-- ricardo
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robmcc
Oct 10, 2003, 3:27 PM
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Lessee. I'm not going to win anything on this one, but:
4 TCUs, though I broke one and can't find it anymore, which is really to bad. It was always fun showing that one off. :P
6 camalots
All hexes except #11, which mysteriously has vanished.
7 tricams
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rcaret
Oct 10, 2003, 3:58 PM
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25 Cams , 26 Hexes , 30 stoppers , 10 Ball nutz and just ordered some more of each .
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23nuts, and 8cams, its enough for anything...
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one900johnnyk
Oct 10, 2003, 4:09 PM
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just 11. why would anyone reply to this thread?
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robmcc
Oct 10, 2003, 4:10 PM
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You replied. Ask yourself. As for me, someone asked and answering was painless enough, so why not?
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bigwalling
Oct 10, 2003, 4:13 PM
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33-35 not really sure at the moment. On trad I carry about 5-15 depending on the route.
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epic_ed
Oct 10, 2003, 4:18 PM
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I thought I had a lot of cams until I met Flagstaff_Climber. Dude has an arsenal of 90+ cams!!! :shock: Makes my 47 look like a beginner rack. His closet must look like a gear shop. In fact, I'm certain my local shop doesn't have 90 cams at any one time.
Ed
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rockmx
Oct 10, 2003, 4:26 PM
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flagstaff_climber
Oct 10, 2003, 4:41 PM
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72, thought I had more Ed but alas when I counted them there were only 72 :( Gotta get some more, I am wanting to double up my aliens.
Rick
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wigglestick
Oct 10, 2003, 4:49 PM
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50 some odd
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attitude
Oct 10, 2003, 4:57 PM
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13 cams
4 Tri-cams
6 Hexes
9 nuts.
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tanner
Oct 10, 2003, 5:03 PM
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I assume all the people with few cams are not replying to this thread.
So I have six cams and they do me very well. Much better than when I had only 2 not long ago.
More often then not I have left over cams on my rack after a pitch. Any way I leaned on all pasisive pro (stoppers) Then I got some tricams(X2 pink red blue) Cams Have been a great addition more would be nice But 6 honestly has done me well. Having some more of the Really big and really small cams would be nice for some routes
Is there any point for a free climber to carry more than 20 cams?
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vegastradguy
Oct 10, 2003, 5:06 PM
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34 cams
3 Big bros
31 stoppers
3 hexes (old chouinards that were fished out of random chunks of sandstone).
My standard rack is usually a single set, with doubles where needed. I almost always carry up to the #4 C4. I carry the bigger crap, like the bros and the monster cams when needed.
I also usually supplement my rack with my partners, which is usually a set of dolt nuts and a few hexes.
edited because i'm a gear whore.....woohoo!
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wigglestick
Oct 10, 2003, 5:08 PM
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In reply to: Is there any point for a free climber to carry more than 20 cams?
No, but sometimes you need 8-12 of the same size
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piton
Oct 10, 2003, 5:39 PM
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i heard a rumor that cch is coming out w/ a new cam between the yellow and red sizes. has anyone else heard this?
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caughtinside
Oct 10, 2003, 5:55 PM
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13 cams, 10 stoppers. That's it. Yee-haw!
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petsfed
Oct 10, 2003, 6:31 PM
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6. I'm begging and borrowing, but not yet stealing, to get ready for Indian Creek.
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olympicmtnboy
Oct 10, 2003, 6:54 PM
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Guess my rack is pretty puny then. I've got 13 cams (BD #0.5,0.75,1,2,3,3.5,4,4.5,5, a couple of medium size trango cams, and four random unlabeled cams I bought in Russia for $9 each, roughly size 0.5-2 BD). I generally carry anywhere from 4-10 of those depending on the route.
Oh and I've got 12 hexes and 14 nuts, plus some random tricams, pins, oddities, etc.
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