completing my rack

okay so i am about to finish off my rack so it is a complete single rack from 000 C3 to #4 C4.

i was wondering if i should skip the #2 C3 and get the #0.3 C4 which covers more range. or should i just say screw it and get both so them my rack is complete to #4 C4?

i also was wondering what haul bag i should get since i dont plan on doing many over nights should i save the money and get the BD stubby or spend the extra 50$ and get the Touchstone?

Get the #2 C3 instead of the .3 C4. It fits in a lot more places due to its narrow head width.

Also, you would be better off getting doubles in fingers to hands sizes than getting the tiny C3s, and maybe the #4 C4. You will use them a lot more. This does depend on where you climb, just general advice.

hey thanks the thing is i was looking at the C3's because i dont have much TCUS but should i go with 0,1,2 C3s and doubles in .75, 1, 2 C4'

TCUs are important, but you won't start relying on the really small stuff until you start pushing the grades, and you will want doubles of the common sizes before then.

I would get doubles of C4 .5, .75, 1, and 2, and C3 1 and 2. The next step will be C3 0, double of C4 3, and C4 4.

patrick donahue wrote:hey thanks the thing is i was looking at the C3's because i dont have much TCUS but should i go with 0,1,2 C3s and doubles in .75, 1, 2 C4'

How small do you go in the C4's? Rather than double the .5 and .75 C4's, i'ld look at the 3 and 4 tcu's. They're roughly the same size in use and give you more placement options and are lighter if you want doubles. I'd consider a size equivalent for the #1 (maybe a mastercam?) just for variety.

My base rack is TCU/C3 1-4, a purple alien (roughly #1C4) and C4's .3-3. It's alot, but it's roughly doubles in up to #1 C4. I add in the 0, 00 and #4 if i'm expecting it to be thin or wide.

I use the .3 and .4 all the time. In use, the .3 feels between the 1 C3 and 2 tcu, and the 2tcu feels close to the .4. (2 C3 should be close to 2tcu). The range's spec'd on those seem to disagree with me, the 2 is bigger than the .4, but that's how they work for me. I can understand the complaint about the head width on the small C4's, but they usually fit for me where i climb, and i learned with them.

Can you say, 'tri-cams'?