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Carabiners for trad/alpine draws?

Superclimber · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Mar 2009 · Points: 1,310
Jim Amidon wrote:Smells like a TROLL Who on earth would mark a biner "pro end".
Yeah, you might be right.
sullz · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jan 2013 · Points: 0
Jim Amidon wrote:Smells like a TROLL Who on earth would mark a biner "pro end".
Not trolling. This is commonly done in sport climbing and being new to trad I was wondering if it was necessary. I am not planning on using these biners for sport climbing so I will be fine mixing my biners around my rack as necessary.
Matt N · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2010 · Points: 415

A lot of my trad draws have solid gate biners for the pro end and wire gates for the amateur end.

Easy to distinguish and I got them dirt cheap so that was the real tipping point.

Dan Felix · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Aug 2012 · Points: 35

^^^^ This. Gotta be the most obvious. Only for me I have wire gates on the pro end and solid bent gates on the rope end.

Dom Caron · · Welsford, New Brunswick Canada · Joined Dec 2007 · Points: 1,370

I put tape on my gear to distinguish it from My partners' gear. For quickdraws I put it on the pro end only. I didnt used to do that but then killed a rope in 2 weeks. I am Almost certain it was from a gouged biner. Climb trad long enough and you'll encounter the odd Bolt here and there. If you push yourself you'll eventually fall off a Bolt on a "trad" (or mix) climb.

Shelton Hatfield · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Apr 2011 · Points: 650
Dom wrote:I put tape on my gear to distinguish it from My partners' gear. For quickdraws I put it on the pro end only. I didnt used to do that but then killed a rope in 2 weeks. I am Almost certain it was from a gouged biner. Climb trad long enough and you'll encounter the odd Bolt here and there. If you push yourself you'll eventually fall off a Bolt on a "trad" (or mix) climb.
I agree. I've encountered plenty of "trad" routes with bolts
Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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