Has anyone ever invented trad gear for climbing tufas?
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I don't know why I thought of this, but I vaguely remember some random video on climbing.com that featured a guy that used an acrobatic net to protect a certain climb, and he was working on some piece of gear that would pinch the tufas, serving as protection if he fell. Did he actually get any of these devices to work? Would it damage the limestone rib if someone took a fall on it? Name suggestions for this type of gear? |
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I think you're talking about the anticam. |
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Lorenzo Tragen wrote:I don't know why I thought of this, but I vaguely remember some random video on climbing.com that featured a guy that used an acrobatic net to protect a certain climb, and he was working on some piece of gear that would pinch the tufas, serving as protection if he fell. Did he actually get any of these devices to work? Would it damage the limestone rib if someone took a fall on it? Name suggestions for this type of gear?By tufas, I think you mean huge flakes?? Regular cams will work in most Tufas youtube.com/watch?v=-TeTejh… Watch this video @ 2:40 |
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Is it just me, or is using cams on limestone routes a really sketchy practice? |
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It's the anticam that I was thinking about, of which there's another forum post already. |
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This guy choose not to clip the bolts: youtube.com/watch?v=-TeTejh… |
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Nice vid! His ascent couldn't have been done with the bolts for rehearsal, I'm guessing, but that was some exciting, well shot climbing nonetheless. |