T-Wall Gear Beta
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I'm going to be in the Chattanooga area for a few days this September and we're thinking about spending a day at the T-Wall. My first question is about the hunting closures. I can see on the SCC website that they have closures listed for spring 2015 but nothing for the fall. Does anyone know if that means its clear for this fall or maybe they're just not listed yet? I'm trying to get this figured out so I know whether to study routes here or look elsewhere (like Sunset Park?) Thanks in advance. |
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Thanks for the dates, it looks like I'm clear to try the T Wall! So I'm wondering a bit about gear beta. I'm a little new to trad leading so I'm looking to climb some of the easier and better-protected climbs. I'm looking at routes like Plastic Toys, Nappy, Jaywalker, Nutrasweet.... I'm seeing recommendations on routes like Plastic Toys for "Small to medium gear" I don't mind picking up a bit of extra gear if it means keeping my leads better protected. Most of what I've lead so far is not quite as tall and has taken average to extra hand sized cams. So how small do I really want? Right now I have BD singles .3, .4, 3.5, 4 and doubles .5 through 3, of course a single set of nuts. What else might I want and/or double or triple up on to sew up these routes? |
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Scott, |
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It's a bit further down the cliffline, but you might want to add The Garden to your list. It takes a lot of gear in the hand-sized range (#1-#3 Camalot), which is where you already have doubles. |
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I got halfway up The Garden and would have been happier with Triples in the bigger sizes. I only left the ground with singles and then got by with doubles after some tomfoolery. The caveat being I wanted to sew it up. |
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I've actually got triple #3s and yea I've actually used em all on a pretty consistent sized hand crack route, I've considered picking up another #2 to have three of those too but I'm really trying to avoid buying more than I need of anything... I'm starting to think I might wind up wanting a 3rd for some of the routes I'm looking at. |
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You really don't need triples at T-Wall, or probably most anywhere, unless you're a big wuss like I am :) |
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Ha, I'm sure you're right, guess that puts me in the big wuss category then but I'm ok with that! |
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You'll probably want some smaller cams... I use .3, .4, and .5 BD's there often, as well as blue, yellow, and orange Master cams and TCU's. |
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Thanks for the info folks. Thats a good point about still being warm in September, I imagine if its a sunny day I would cook being that the wall faces south, I guess I'll be prepared to go to either place depending. |
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If you like the X4 you already have, then just fill out with those. X4s, TCUs, Aliens are all good. It's just a matter of what you prefer. |
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And as for the hexes, since you already have doubles in hand-sized cams I wouldn't bother. |