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skinny mike

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i think climbing might be an even worse addiction than biking. i spent $78.29 on climbing gear today and am now broke once again. :bonk:
at least i got a discount on all of it...

and for those of you wondering what i got:
3 bd freewire quickdraws
2 #12 bd stoppers
1 #11 bd stopper
2 #8 bd stoppers (currently on order from the rei outlet)
1 nut tool

i am quite pumped that i've finally started to build up my trad rack though... :banana:
 
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skinny mike

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Sherpa said:
$78 made you broke?
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notice the once again part...

i've only been paid for a week of work in the past month and haven't been making much in tips, so i haven't had much money lately. luckily my next paycheck is going to be big and i don't really have any expenses aside from climbing gear at this point.
 
Westy

Westy

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A friend of mine was breaking nut tools regularly. I made a handfull of them for him out of some $.59 shelf brackets and duct tape. He says they actually work better and last longer than the purchased ones.
 
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sneakysnake

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If your building a trad rack, why are you going with quickdraws as opposed to building your own extendable draws with a sling and one bent/wire gate and one straight gate? That way you have much much more flexibility and ease of creating a straight line of rope travel.
 
SkaredShtles

SkaredShtles

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sneakysnake said:
If your building a trad rack, why are you going with quickdraws as opposed to building your own extendable draws with a sling and one bent/wire gate and one straight gate? That way you have much much more flexibility and ease of creating a straight line of rope travel.
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He'll have to have some of those as well... maybe he already does. I have a bunch of QDs because they're nice and neat and easy to deploy. And a lot of routes have sections or even whole pitches that don't require 3' runners. :D

And where the F**K are the pitons?? :confused:
 
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sneakysnake

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SkaredShtles said:
He'll have to have some of those as well... maybe he already does. I have a bunch of QDs because they're nice and neat and easy to deploy. And a lot of routes have sections or even whole pitches that don't require 3' runners. :D

And where the F**K are the pitons?? :confused:
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True, and super handy to make quick anchors off of bolts. However, I only have runners kept in an alaskan sling...at least thats what I've been told its called. But, using a 4' runner fully extended can make sport pitches very interesting:biggrin:.

skinnymike, next on your list is aid gear:biggrin:
 
caputo1989

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SkaredShtles said:
He'll have to have some of those as well... maybe he already does. I have a bunch of QDs because they're nice and neat and easy to deploy. And a lot of routes have sections or even whole pitches that don't require 3' runners. :D

And where the F**K are the pitons?? :confused:
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The only reason you need a long runners is to keep pro alignd right. Most biginner trad routs i've done dont need more then an 8" draw.
Pitons are for old folks.
 
SkaredShtles

SkaredShtles

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caputo1989 said:
Yeah J tree is all granite cracks size 3-4 cam and up.
Im still kinda a noob to climbing so Longs is oing to be a ways away. I can only climb 5.7-5.8 outside and am still a little weary with the multi pitch stuff.
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Weary or wary? :think:

The West Face of Longs is a good intermediate trad "route" - I think the technical climbing was 3 pitches. The approach is pretty gnarly... as is the descent. :D

 
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sneakysnake

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Crack climbing is where its at. My first go at that was at tennesee wall for a week earlier this year...man, that place made single pitch trad so much more fun than I ever though it could be. 110+ climbs, with about a ten minute walk from first climb to last.

Sandstone crack climbing is so much different from the western carolina climbing I learned on.
 
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skinny mike

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i'm addicted to crack. hell, i shelled out $130 for my 5.10 pitons which are mediocre for most climbing, but amazing when you get them in a hand crack.

going to pawtuckaway tomorrow, i'll be playing around with my new toys a bit there. probably won't lead anything just yet. but you never know...
 
Da Peach

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Westy said:
A friend of mine was breaking nut tools regularly. I made a handfull of them for him out of some $.59 shelf brackets and duct tape. He says they actually work better and last longer than the purchased ones.
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You could make a fortune if you started making nuts, cams, etc...
How did he manage to break one of those things? I've bruised up my palm/thumb pretty good trying to bash out some stuck nuts.

Following on trad is cheaper...
 
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skinny mike

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i'm going to whitehorse ledge on tuesday, this will be my first experience with multi-pitch climbing. should be a good time. :cheers:
 
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