Dumbest outdoor gear purchase
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Never bought one, but absolutely refuse to lead with someone else's gear if they use these: (can't easily manipulate the gate with a thumb as it slips off the one wire/nail) |
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I was in Peru and went big on a commiting and rarely done route on Chopicalqui. |
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Ball wrote:Never bought one, but absolutely refuse to lead with someone else's gear if they use these: (can't easily manipulate the gate with a thumb as it slips off the one wire/nail)Hah, that's every one of my slings and trad draws. I actually don't find any trouble with them, to be honest. I just like that they're tiny, key-locking (I think they can be referred to as key-locking, but certainly notchless), virtually weightless little things. I usually do a 'full hand' clip when clipping the rope on them, but it's not troublesome. |
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Metolius rope hooks. |
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gavinsmith wrote: Hah, that's every one of my slings and trad draws. I actually don't find any trouble with them, to be honest. I just like that they're tiny, key-locking (I think they can be referred to as key-locking, but certainly notchless), virtually weightless little things. I usually do a 'full hand' clip when clipping the rope on them, but it's not troublesome.I will NOT be climbing with your rack. Ever :) |
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caughtinside wrote: I don't own any of those Anges but I can say that after climbing on a friends, they are the nicest quick draws I have ever used. Prefer the larger ones (blue anodized) for clipping the rope, but man those things are light.Light is the only good thing you can say about them. I don't even use nanos (despite having bootied a dozen of them). Prefer a nice big gate for clove hitches. |
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Ball wrote: Prefer a nice big gate for clove hitches.Just wondering why you would be clove hitching into a wire gate? I have one small locker that I use to anchor in almost every time, is this an aid thing or useful to use the rope to build an anchor or for an equalette or something similar? |
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Eric Fernandez wrote: Just wondering why you would be clove hitching into a wire gate? I have one small locker that I use to anchor in almost every time, is this an aid thing or useful to use the rope to build an anchor or for an equalette or something similar?People often build anchors by cloving the rope in series into 2 or 3 pieces with non-locking carabiners and only use a locker at the master point (if they have one) Not the best illustration of it as all the pieces here are horizontal, but see this classic picture Dale Bard 5 rurp belay. |
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I got one of those weird petzl carabiners at rock and snow annex for something like $3. It's fine. I think I racked my tricams on it for a while, now it lives on my #4 and will probably only touch a rope a few times this season. Not the worst carabiner I've ever owned, but far from the best. |
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Locker wrote:Everyone can post all they want and it's still not going to come close to this winner. What were they thinking? LOL! EDITED: "My body feels great, but my arms just snapped off from being FROZEN".finally a solution to the age old problem of cold chest hot hands and forearms |
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Crack Gloves. I'm still mad at myself for getting persuaded into getting a pair - that POS fell apart after a couple of uses. For the amount of money I spent on them I could've bought a lifetime supply of Eurotape. |
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Club Intrawest timeshare if you take the words outdoor gear outta the title. |
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Eric Fernandez wrote: Just wondering why you would be clove hitching into a wire gate? I have one small locker that I use to anchor in almost every time, is this an aid thing or useful to use the rope to build an anchor or for an equalette or something similar?I clove hitch into wiregates all the time. Using the rope for an anchor is fast and strongreally makes multi-pitch go fast IF you're swapping leads (otherwise I use cord or slings which eats up a lot of time). |
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Larry S wrote: People often build anchors by cloving the rope in series into 2 or 3 pieces with non-locking carabiners and only use a locker at the master point (if they have one) Not the best illustration of it as all the pieces here are horizontal, but see this classic pictureWow, that's a *terrible* example! I'll at least pseudo-equalize my anchor. If the pieces aren't in a line I'll use slings to make the biners offset (often the anchor is made with nuts/tricams anyway) or if they're really far apart I'll do something like a bowline (or 8) on a bite. |
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FoamFinger wrote: +1 for a dumb piece of gear! For me its probably... those stupid yellow egg carriers that let you take eggs camping with you. Who the hell takes eggs with them backpacking?!I do!! They last longer than you think! Especially since I winter camp.... :-D |
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Garret Nuzzo-Jones wrote: Three rules of climbing are: 1. Look Good 2. Have Fun 3. Be SafeIf you're not doing the first two you have no business even being there. That's why safety is third. |
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Gold Plated Rocket Pony wrote:Alpine Up. Just horridGold Plated why is this horrid? I have the "click up" version and its my go to for lead belay, I love it. I was actually looking to upgrade to this to consolidate my belay devices, I'd love to hear if theres something wrong with the Alpine Up. |
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Might just be me. Others seem to like it just fine. I thought it'd be easier to use and not so big. |
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The first 30 below synthetic bag REI offered. Weighed 6 pounds and took up 2/3 of my backpack. I used it once. Dumbest purchase I ever made. :( |
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they are too small, the lock sucks but hey i got them with my BD .5 i bought off my roomate for 30 |