granite_grrl
Nov 17, 2014, 3:37 PM
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camhead wrote: No seriously, there are a few spots where hexes would conceivably be the best (or even only) protection options, but in 15 years of climbing in many different places I've not found those spots. Your time and money would be better spent learning about and buying stoppers, cams, and tricams. The Niagara Escarpment in Ontario is good for hexes (especially since cams can rip out fairly easily unless they're in a good pod). But other than that I don't bother. There are other places I've climbed where they would work fairly well too, but since cams don't tend to rip out of the rock as easily I don't bother with the hexes. Edited to add - Niagara Escarpment is limestone
(This post was edited by granite_grrl on Nov 17, 2014, 6:12 PM)
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