Any glaring holes in my sport rack?
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Guy Keese wrote:How do you protect yourself, while being lowered, from a bail biner?http://www.petzl.com/files/all/en/activities/sport/Solutions-Sport-climbing_Catalog-2011.pdf For what it's worth, I tried this once after bailing on a very overhanging route and it wasn't worth the trouble. |
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Alvaro Arnal wrote:Why prussiks? This is sport cragging, right? Not an alpine adventure.Lots of safety lessons today on use of a double PAS system at top, and a small prussik or similar Sterling rope device to use for a rappel back up on your sport cleaning and raps. Nothing wrong with that. |
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Dan's link explains it. I've never actually used it, though. Just read up on it. |
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Thanks for sharing. Might consider using it if bailing off an old 1/4" bolt or fixed pin and didn't have a second rope, but I don't think bailing off a single modern bolt is cause for concern. |
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Craig Childre wrote: Gri Gri cannot climb a tensioned rope, like you will encounter in most rescue scenarios.I believe Sam was talking of "rescuing" otherwise ok climber off a top rope. It's a typical guide scenario: a beginner "stuck" mid-pitch, the belayer ascends her end of the rope with a gri-gri to talk through the "stuck" climber. Unless you are introducing grade-school kids or middle-aged folks to climbing all the time (you are a guide), it's a very unlikely scenario. |
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Jesus Christ people. Stop recommending stick clip. Possibly the gheyist invention in climbing. We already have too much wankery at the crags as it is. Just cuz you need one don't encourage others to lower their standards. Stop. Please stop. |
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^^^^ plus 1, please stop encouraging |
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Greg D wrote:Jesus Christ people. Stop recommending stick clip. Possibly the gheyist invention in climbing. We already have too much wankery at the crags as it is. Just cuz you need one don't encourage others to lower their standards. Stop. Please stop.Just how is stick clipping lowering the sport climbing standard? It wasn't even invented by sport climbers. |
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reboot wrote: Just how is stick clipping lowering the sport climbing standard? It wasn't even invented by sport climbers.Umm. What. Stick clips are ghey for sport, trad, whatever. Who cares who invented it. Re sole, re shoe, re boot. Just don't re stick clip. |
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friends dont let friends buy/use a stickclip |
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Get two laser pointers. One green and one red. Red one is for right hand holds, green is for left. |
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Things you need: |
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I don't really get the need for quick draws instead of alpine draws. |
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Make sure and ground up that sport route! Stick clips are for trad and big wall only. Don't look ghey at the sport crag! You gotta be tough and dumb at the same time to look cool ground upping your proj, with your ikea rope bag. |
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yep, forgo the stickclip like the guy I watched fall on an 'easy' warmup 10' up and shatter both ankles. |
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"I'm wondering if I have any glaring holes in my rack of gear for sport climbing"
You should probably pick up at least two "Suzy Hummer Blow Up Dolls". No REAL "Sport climber" would climb without them. |
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Gri Gri 2 is on sale at coloradocrackgear.com for $79. Pick one up! People prefer people with GriGri. It's like carpooling with someone in a Ferrari instead of a VW bug. |
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"People prefer people with GriGri."
I always love it when someone THINKS they KNOW what others think as I personally cannot stand when anyone belays me with a gri gri. First thing that comes to my mind when I see one hanging on someones harness is... n00b. LOL! |
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It's always obvious who doesn't do much sport climbing. |
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csproul wrote:It's always obvious who doesn't do much sport climbing.No kidding. A lot of people stuck in the past too. Pretty cool to see some folks still growing and learning as climbers though- rgold springs immediately to mind, there are certainly others. |