I'd 2nd Ryan Watts from Jan. You have plenty for Mn and Wi. Have fun!
Long webbing is handy for top ropes.
I love nylon shoulder length slings. They last longer and test better than new hightech dyneema etc in their stretch in a shock load. They can be tripled and easily extended for quick draw or full length.
I love my Hexes and small Tricams. Tricams are the only light passive pro I would use in softer rock. Both are lighter and cheaper than slcds. Not factors for MN or WI, but nice when you get to longer stuff elsewhere.
Once you add some trad/alpine draws, go with thin sewn dyneema slings and full size or 2/3-3/4 size ultralight biners right from the get go, that is a pretty nice "light to medium" rack. To upgrade to nice big full rack status I would add:
1 set Metolius cams 00-6 (or all the way to 8) either U-stem Ultralight Powercams or single stem Mastercams. I prefer U stems. They will complement your C4's well. (Alternatively a second set of BD cams C3's/C4'scams/X4s if you want to keep it all 1 brand). Now you should have 2 full sets of , at least one of which goes down all the way to 00.
1 BD C4 #4, #5, and #6
1 set DMM IMPS micro brass nuts 1 set DMM Offset Brass Nuts (both racked together on 1 ultralight full size biner) Alternatively you can use the BD Micros and Offsets, I prefer the brass to steel most of the time but have have both.
1 set CAMP/Lowe Ball Nutz.
Eventually you can get a 3ed set of cams of some special type depending on your local rock, objectives, aid climbing or if you just want to become a gear head examples are: Totems, Aliens, Link Cams, Offset Cams, Metolius Fat Cams, Valley Giants, Splitter 2-Cams, Zero's Then you can get wide stuff like Big Bros.
Also I feel like if you want to carry hexes the DMM Torque Nuts are the best of the hexes. Maybe consider a switch/trade over.
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