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bamaclimber


Nov 2, 2004, 5:12 AM
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I've seen in some pics people taping their quickdraw biners in colored tape.? WHY?


karmaklimber


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It helps with identification purposes.


danpayne


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Really? My tape acutally holds my biners together....


climber49er


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Clear tape is harder to see.


karabiner_klimber


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Tape is used by many climbers so they can tell whose gear is whose. Different coloured/types of tape for different people.


walrus


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ya gotta have somewhere to store the duck tape!


ron_burgandy


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I put band-aids on mine in case I scrape myself so I don't get an infection.


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