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How many carabiners do you own?

Jacob Smith · · Seattle, WA · Joined Aug 2013 · Points: 230
Sdm1568 wrote:Who uses non-locking carabiners anymore
I desperately hope this is a joke.
Sdm1568 · · Ca · Joined Aug 2012 · Points: 80

^^^^Well said John! That's good food for thought, especially point #1. Haha

David Gibbs · · Ottawa, ON · Joined Aug 2010 · Points: 2

I've got something approaching 100, which is enough, so far.

Walt Barker · · Western NC · Joined Dec 2010 · Points: 425

45. I climb trad, sport, mountains. 8 lockers. Plenty for me....would be a staggering number if I counted all the bail biners I've no doubt donated to other folks' harnesses...

JK- Branin · · NYC-ish · Joined Nov 2012 · Points: 56

Lots/not enough.

I could use a few more yosemite draws... I have way more oval lockers than I know what to do with. (I seriously have like 20 oval lockers...)

Neil Rankin · · Winston-Salem, NC · Joined Feb 2012 · Points: 166

Ok, from the responses here I'll feel no guilt at buying some more this week. That will be put me over 100. So. . . shiny. . .

20 kN · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Feb 2009 · Points: 1,346

200ish, but the only time I ever use more than 40 in one setting is during commercial rigging or wall climbing. On a wall, one can never have enough biners.

Kevin Mokracek · · Burbank · Joined Apr 2012 · Points: 342

6

Ryan Palo · · Bend, oregon · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 605

Went from only having a a set of 10 draws to somehow a Tupperware bin full of them. Could probably equip several dozen routes. Course most of them are total mank/crap Ive cleaned off routes.

Also I have 2 locking biners. One for the grigri. The other for my easy-daisy( for developing ).

Rockbanned brett · · Plattsburgh, Ny · Joined Dec 2011 · Points: 215
Locker wrote:" 3 yrs of climbing, I probably have 150 or so now... You can never have enough..." Only 3 years of climbing and you're certain you can "Never have enough"? I'll bet that if you stick with it, before long you'll be changing your mind and selling off some of those "Manic purchased" suckers. Because YES, you CAN have too many! LOL!
hahahahaha... Keyrings, ATV tie-downs, skidding small trees, towing vehicles... like I said, the uses are endless for them. Once they get used for something else, they don't go back on the rack though, lol...
Mitch · · Chattanooga, TN · Joined Oct 2013 · Points: 95

I boulder, what are carabiners?

Buff Johnson · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2005 · Points: 1,145

There can only be one....

Woodchuck ATC · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Nov 2007 · Points: 3,280
Hobo wrote:I boulder, what are carabiners?
OK, Hobo, then for you the question is: How many chalk bags, or pairs of climbing shoes do you have? Or how many maxi pads?
Mitch · · Chattanooga, TN · Joined Oct 2013 · Points: 95
Woodchuck ATC wrote: OK, Hobo, then for you the question is: How many chalk bags, or pairs of climbing shoes do you have? Or how many maxi pads?
Oh! I have 3 maxipads, 11 pairs of shoes, 4 pillow sacks of chalk, 45 beanies and 8 tank tops.
Woodchuck ATC · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Nov 2007 · Points: 3,280
Hobo wrote: Oh! I have 3 maxipads, 11 pairs of shoes, 4 pillow sacks of chalk, 45 beanies and 8 tank tops.
You got me there, I only have 3 beanies and outgrew (belly did) tank tops a looong time ago!!!
Wiled Horse · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2002 · Points: 3,669

its a trick question. how many carabiners own you?

Jackxc925 · · Unknown Hometown · Joined May 2013 · Points: 0
dropbox.com/s/fctchq4lerloh…

According to this, I have 85 of them, and they weigh 8 pounds.
Dan Felix · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Aug 2012 · Points: 35

I didn't get an exact count, but did a quick once-over earlier today since I've been thinking about it since this thread popped up. Pretty sure I counted 56 on quickdraws, 41 on trad/alpine draws and 30+ on full and partial racks. So over 100 non-lockers, and if I had to guess somewhere in the neighborhood of 20-30 lockers...

A better question would be how many pairs of shoes and how many harnesses do you have?

Mark Hudon · · Lives on the road · Joined Jul 2009 · Points: 420

Probably a couple hundred. And, I might add, at least four times a year, I use almost all of them!

Woodchuck ATC · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Nov 2007 · Points: 3,280
Dan Felix wrote: A better question would be how many pairs of shoes and how many harnesses do you have?
I've only parted with a couple pairs of totally worn out shoes..all the rest of them, including perfectly good ones that just won't fit right, are sitting in storage somewhere,,along with same amount of old non fitting harnesses too.
Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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