WalkieTalkies for sport climbing.

A lot of the sport climbing crags I go to are crowded and noisy.

I was thinking about getting a couple of radios so my partner and I can communicate.

Does anybody else do this? Is there a light weight radio good for sport routes?

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Serious question. Boom boxes. Crying babies. Barking Dogs. It's hard to communicate. With sport you want to be light.

Tug wrote:Boom boxes. Crying babies. Barking Dogs.

I've used them alpine climbing and they can be pretty handy when the wind is screaming and it's a full rope length between you and your partner. Can be nice in any kind of rescue situation also. Can you do without them - of course - sport climbing seems like overkill for radios though. Cabela's has them and so does Amazon etc. Battery life can be an issue - check which one's do better before you buy.

I've seen people use them in the Gunks. IMO, they contributed to the noise pollution rather than alleviated it. Mainly because people don't know how to use radios well and end up repeating what they said loudly at which point you don't really need radios.

Also, I can't really see anyone being able to sport climb with a walkie talkie, because of their "push to talk" feature, unless you're climbing well below your limit. Not sure what's the point of sport climbing at that point. The only feasible hi tech solution to talk to your partner I could see is wearing a phone with a blue tooth ear piece maybe?

If its a really long climb, sometimes my partner and I will use hand signals for easily knowing when to give/take slake or for other stuff. Tying in direct is always verbal though. You might get some funny smirks stepping onto a climb with a walkie talkie clipped to your harness.

Maybe not so great sport climbing. Better for trad and alpine. As stated earlier they can be useful. I use a set with VOX and clip it to my shirt collar.

I have a couple of Motorola Talkabouts. On the few occasions that I've remembered to bring them, they have been handy in Clear Creek. You only use them at the anchors, and honestly, it was sport climbing, but multi-pitch sport climbing.

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