Whats on your harness?

Hope, love, and a nut tool. Hugs <3!!!!!

3 extra locking biners and a daisy for anchoring and I use a prusik cord for my chalk bag. No more.

Depends on the route but typically

Wild Country Synchro harness (7 gear loops plus haul loop and a ice clipper. I keep my belay device and autoblock on the ice clipper)
Protection (duh)
alpine draws (all tripled onm my harness)
1-2 double length slings balled up, each on a wire gate
0-1 quad length sling (depends on if I'm bringing cordalettes and how many doubles)
0-2 5.5mm titan cordalettes, if i need to build gear anchors
1-2 vaporlocks for clove hitching into anchors (2 if using doubles or twins)
1 positron locker for hooking atc guide to powerpoint
3 spare wire gates for random things
autoblock prussik on a small biner
ATC guide with belay biner
2 quick links
knife
6mm bail cord
super light belay plate (backup)

Other than basic pro and slings for a climb, I always have 3 lockers and 1 non locker on the back of my MM-Titan harness that get left there.
1) locker with a Reverso belay device to be used every climb
2) Locker with nut tool (dummy cord attached), belay gloves, and a Trango piranha knife. Not always used, but usually is.
3) cordelette with 3 lockers, used on most climbs.
4) non locker - approach shoes, maybe a Stoic wraith UL windbreaker and headlamp based on season and location. Serves as bail crab and keeping approach gear

Here is my rational for the gear and why I think it should be more than enough for any climb.
The cord can be cut with the knife to make 2-3 bail anchors if you really want. After that cut the rope a few feet if you have more raps and need bail cord. This same cord and guide mode ATC can ascend the rope. You could also cut a section for prusik knots and self rescue. This is not an ideal rescue kit, but if you are self rescuing, things are not ideal, so deal with it. Chances are you are not rapping down El Cap and are usually on the ground or walk off after a few raps at most. I mean really, how often do you really bail and require leaving gear. Maybe once a season? If more, maybe you should reassess your ability to get up the climb you are attempting.
I also think keeping a dedicated bail carabiner above and beyond this much gear is pointless. For how often you actually have to bail and leave a carabiner, you might as well just leave one of your regularly used carabiners and eat the $8, not carry some grooved out death crab to save a couple bucks.

Didn't see it mentioned so I'll add it. A POLYPROPYLENE HAT. The small light ones can be stuffed in your pocket, worn under your helmet, and take up less space than a small camera, and weighs less than a carbiner. If you get injured or have an unexpected night out it can save your life. It is the lightest piece of clothing that can make the biggest difference.

Flask of Scotch, good idea, going to the kitchen now to add that to my pack! Perhaps the FotH is for reading if he gets stuck up on the side of the rock overnight, laminated in case it's raining too.

Ha ha. You guys are funny.

Always on my harness (because I'll forget if I take them off :P)

-ATC Guide (gridlock biner)
-GriGri2 (Vaporlock biner)
-Bluewater PAS (Madrock small locker)
-nut tool
-Madrock wiregate with the following three things on it.
-1/2 Finger gloves
-Gerber Remix
-Rap ring with two tiny prussics on it.

Then depending on the route or who I'm climbing with I'll have a locking oval with my microtrax on it, 2-5 lockers, and small cordelette hanging on the lockers. I'd rather caryy a tiny bit more wight and be able to do self rescue stuff.

DannyUncanny wrote:Most useful items I tend to have are a folded up coat hanger, and a tiny razor blade for cutting the rope (or tat).

For the partners who take too damn long/ give up too easy? :P

Wow i just reviewed my response - a PINT if whiskey? Surprised no one called me out on that! It's actually more like a pint of red-wine or a 5oz flask of whiskey.

Mulit pitch

-couple length of 7mm cord (20' length)
-atc guide with two locking biners
-nut tool
-two 48" slings with biners clipped around my chest
-a zippered chaulk bag containing gu packs, insulin, syringes, and my blood glucose meter (I'm a type 1 diabetic)
-knife

If you really want to go fast and light, you don't bring a harness. Or clothes.

+1 Alex. Naked and Barefoot. Anything else is aid.

My rappellstein. And stuff to put in it. Purely to assist with heat dissipation.

NorCalNomad wrote: -ATC Guide (gridlock biner) -GriGri2 (Vaporlock biner)

You can replace them both with a Mammut Smart.

DannyUncanny wrote:Most useful items I tend to have are a folded up coat hanger

Thanks for reminding me to pack one into my Creek pack!

Not sure if anyone mentioned, but I also always carry a super minimalistic First Aid kit - a maxi pad (to stop bleeding), 2 things of Vicodin, few low-dose aspirins (I switched from Ibuprofen in case of heart attacks and clots) and Benadryl. Awesome tip on cayenne pepper, Dominion Rognstad!

I've thought about it but I like having both for self rescue (or friend) situations. Actually did just that bout two weeks ago.

I carry a rack of bee keeper hoods and fly swatters.

Other than the rack of cams stoppers and tricams. Double and single length slings, and biners, I carry a few things.

On my back left gear loop: I carry a prussik loop on a snapper. A nut tool, trango knife, quick link, and an emergency tibloc ascender on an oval. A pas which I girth hitch to my harness and clip to that gear loop with a locker.

Back right: two lockers with ATC guide and gri.

Ice clipper slots: (rock season) all spare carabiners including three lockers

Haul loop: approach shoes when climbing, cordalette (25') w/ pear locker

Front loops are designated for the rack.

One full loop of webbing around my shoulders to rack gear as I second and hold any alpine draws not on my shoulders or clipped to my harness while leading

This is all over top of my black diamond shot backpack

I typically bring some quick draws, some slings over the shoulder and some extra lockers and shit. But more importantly, i carry the latest copy of barely legal rolled up and jammed into a magazine holder i made out of duck tape, i like to have a little something to read at the belay.

Metolius prusik set
Nut tool
1 dyneema sling
Silent partner... Recent thing in case I dial something in.
Cmi figure 8
Para cord
Several steel screw links
Knife
3 30ft accessory cords
2 extra locking biners
And.... Me.... (ThAnks whoever said that first)

i try and integrate my back up and rescue stuff into my rig so i am not caring extra stuff as much as possible. I have my chalk bag on webbing which can be tied into a loop for a kleimhiest or left as an anchor. I close it around my waist with two rap rings one steel one aluminum. I have one quick link on my haul loop. If I need to jug up a Line i have my reverso in guide mode and the Kleimheist. it would not be difficult to rig a YOYO style set up with slings in addition to these items. If i drop my device I can rig a tube from the rap rings, so there is no need to munter or use a biner brake. I keep a razor blade taped inside the zipper pocket of my chalk bag for cutting tatt off. I dont like to carry extra nonsense but these items would be a great help if the respective situation would occur and you never regret having a little webbing or rap stuff so why not get some purpose out of them while you carry them versus using non load bearing bullshit for that purpose.