REI Dividend came in, new climber gear advice

Ikea bag for the rope .... Costs one dollah

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Get this jacket. rei.com/product/855415/arct… .
Only about $600 after your dividend, and tax. The rock, mountains and ice will bow to your presence when you bestow your greatness upon them. Anything else is just crazy talk.---except for becoming the chalk baron, that is brilliant.

I dont shop too much at REI, but have their credit card so I typically get a decent sized dividend each year.
Currently I am in a small town in AZ and so there are no climbing shops to support.

I went ahead and took your advice Mike Belu and bought the jacket. I already spent my dividend but if the mountains will bow to me then who cares!!

Thanks for all the help!

bearbreeder wrote:Ikea bag for the rope .... Costs one dollah ;)

i hear those are on the CDB banned list!

skip shirt, buy beanie

+1 on the helmet...

Unless you're too cool for school...

then get the beanie...

After seeing a couple "sport-climbers" almost deck, the helmet is a big deal. I make most people wear one when they lead with me.

The atc guide is a waste. I've had the classic reverso, which was decent, the atc-xp, which is junk, the atc guide, stitch plates, several other fancy descenders and belay devices, and I always go back to the regular ATC, or other device just like it.

Quick draws are the biggest necessity for a sport rack.

jes3se wrote:After seeing a couple "sport-climbers" almost deck, the helmet is a big deal. I make most people wear one when they lead with me. The atc guide is a waste. I've had the classic reverso, which was decent, the atc-xp, which is junk, the atc guide, stitch plates, several other fancy descenders and belay devices, and I always go back to the regular ATC, or other device just like it. Quick draws are the biggest necessity for a sport rack.

Somebody doesn't multipitch...

Locker wrote:"I make most people wear one when they lead with me." Make? You must be a load of fun to climb with. and HOW does that "I make MOST people" thing go? You MAKE the ones you like wear the helmet or the ones you don't like? LOL!

Haha, my climbing partner and I don't usually wear helmets, but when we take newer people with us, we usually harass them into wearing one. Mostly until we can see that take a fall without flipping upside down.
The two of us used to run a climbing tower for a non-profit and helmets were required, so we're pretty used to them...

As far as multi-pitching, there isn't a lot of it available near me. The guide-style belay devices are cool for it, but I still usually just redirect the belay so I can wear the piece normally. For some reason I have myself convinced I can release my personal anchor and rap down the line to assist an injured/incapacitated second. I have no idea why a second would be incapacitated, but it's a thought I had somewhere along the line and it works for me.

I guess the right answer for the OP would be "IMO, I wouldn't buy a belay device that has the jaws in it, like the atc-xp or atc-guide. I feel like I get locked when I don't want to be." YMMV