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currupt4130

Mar 3, 2009, 4:41 AM
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Re: [fishclimb] C4 #3 [In reply to] Report this Post Average: (0 ratings)	Can't Post

I'm always happy when I place my #3. It's a little confidence inspiring and goes into fist to fat hands for me. I guess it's just one of those pieces that I like to look it and love to place.

Blue also happens to be my favorite color. Cool

a-e-jones

Mar 3, 2009, 10:37 AM
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Re: [currupt4130] C4 #3 [In reply to] Report this Post Average: (0 ratings)	Can't Post

double up on the #3 if you can, i found it to be one of the most useful pieces around

Adk

Mar 3, 2009, 11:30 AM
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Re: [a-e-jones] C4 #3 [In reply to] Report this Post Average: (0 ratings)	Can't Post

Metolius Supercam. Wink

patto

Mar 3, 2009, 12:28 PM
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Re: [Adk] C4 #3 [In reply to] Report this Post Average: (0 ratings)	Can't Post

I don't know why threads like this are made. It all depends on where you climb.

johnwesely

Mar 3, 2009, 12:45 PM
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Re: [fishclimb] C4 #3 [In reply to] Report this Post Average: (0 ratings)	Can't Post

I didn't have a 3 inch cam for a while and did just fine, but now that I have one I place it on every climb.

jman

Mar 3, 2009, 2:26 PM
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Re: [johnwesely] C4 #3 [In reply to] Report this Post Average: (0 ratings)	Can't Post

what he said. I like my #3.

Adk

Mar 3, 2009, 2:28 PM
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Re: [johnwesely] C4 #3 [In reply to] Report this Post Average: (0 ratings)	Can't Post

johnwesely wrote:

I didn't have a 3 inch cam for a while and did just fine, but now that I have one I place it on every climb.

I don't know anyone who has been climbing for a time that doesn't either own a C4-#3 or a Metolius small Supercam.
You're right about having one. Once you do have one you plug it everwhere.
I know a climb where a #3 or SC is the Bomb! High E in the Gunks! Laugh

kachoong

Mar 3, 2009, 3:12 PM
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Re: [chadcummings] C4 #3 [In reply to] Report this Post Average: (0 ratings)	Can't Post

chadcummings wrote:

# 5 for me is a wide fist.

That's a pretty wide fist... for me a fist is a slightly under-cammed #3 or mid-range #4.

I agree though that a #3 is mandatory on an average rack.

granite_grrl

Mar 3, 2009, 4:32 PM
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Re: [johnwesely] C4 #3 [In reply to] Report this Post Average: (0 ratings)	Can't Post

johnwesely wrote:

I didn't have a 3 inch cam for a while and did just fine, but now that I have one I place it on every climb.

The funny things is that I kinda feel the same way about my #4 C4! Shocked

I figure if I'm going to lug up my old style #3 I have no reason to leave the new style #4 on the ground. They weigh about the same.

scotty1974

Mar 3, 2009, 6:05 PM
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Re: [fishclimb] C4 #3 [In reply to] Report this Post Average: (0 ratings)	Can't Post

Without reading the whole thread, a #3 isn't offwith. In fact its sort of the top end of the range of a standard rack (whatever that means!). I place it on almost every climb, and it's always on the rack. Typically most people don't have doubles of a #3, but that doesn't mean I don't wish I had another. I think you are doing your rack a disservice if you don't have one!!

theclaw

Mar 5, 2009, 6:49 AM
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Re: [scotty1974] C4 #3 [In reply to] Report this Post Average: (0 ratings)	Can't Post

Pretty Much.

Unless you plan on climbing purely finger cracks.

chossmonkey

Mar 5, 2009, 11:28 AM
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Re: [fishclimb] C4 #3 [In reply to] Report this Post Average: (0 ratings)	Can't Post

Heh....

#3 is farrrrrrrrrr from "offwidth".

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