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Cole T
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Jun 28, 2015
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Cincinnati, OH
· Joined May 2012
· Points: 496
So I was curious was a standard NRG rack entails. I found one thread about the topic but it wasn't overly clear. So, If anyone frequents the area could let me know what a standard rack entails so i can see what I may need to beef up on my rack the advice would be appreciated
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Jacob palmer
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Jun 28, 2015
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Akron
· Joined Jun 2014
· Points: 5
depends on what you are going to get on with what you will need. A standard rack at NRG would be just a .5-3 with a full set of nuts. This should get you through most routes pretty well protected
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Cole T
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Jun 29, 2015
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Cincinnati, OH
· Joined May 2012
· Points: 496
Alright. Seems I will be light in the smaller sizes but should have enough to get by. I have 1 blue met, doubles C4 .5 - 3, 3.5, and a set of nuts and a fair number of alpine draws
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Michael Holland
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Jun 29, 2015
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Lander, WY
· Joined Jun 2012
· Points: 5
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Mark Paulson
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Jun 29, 2015
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Raleigh, NC
· Joined Sep 2010
· Points: 141
You should be fine on a lot of climbs- just depends on what you're doing and how easy you want to be on yourself. I did Party in My Mind with singles (00-3) and nuts and it took me 30 minutes. I came back did it again with doubles in the small stuff and it took 10 minutes, cams only. Something like Burning Calves, however, goes easily with just nuts (and maybe a blue metolius). If I have no info on a climb, I usually take doubles from .1-2, a 3, nuts (Peenuts, Alloy offsets, and some medium stoppers), and 10 draws or so. Usually you can see if you need wide stuff from the ground. I personally love rack recommendations for routes, but unfortunately the Admins deleted most of the NRG route comments. Now I just take everything most of the time.
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Chris Whisenhunt
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Jun 29, 2015
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Fayetteville, WV
· Joined Jun 2010
· Points: 995
I definitely not a Nelson or Goodman when it comes to gear here, but I feel like I've done a enough to know what to carry. My standard rack is below: Nuts Single silver and purple tcu and bd #2 Doubles of blue tcu to bd #1 Anything bigger depends on the route Let me know if there are any routes you want to know about in particular.
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rocknice2
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Jun 29, 2015
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Montreal, QC
· Joined Nov 2006
· Points: 3,847
I recall being very happy to have triples on more than a few climbs. Never climbed with every cam on my harness, just added the cams I needed.
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Catt Marpenter
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Jun 30, 2015
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Fayetteville, WV
· Joined Jun 2015
· Points: 0
Just bring some offset nuts
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Joe Virtanen
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Jun 30, 2015
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Charlotte, NC
· Joined May 2010
· Points: 241
Michael Holland wrote:climb PARTY IN MY MIND!! +1 - amazing pitch. I'll echo the "kitchen sink" philosophy. Because of the varying requirements, it makes sense to carry a rack of doubles of most things besides the very biggest and the very smallest.
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Cole T
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Jun 30, 2015
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Cincinnati, OH
· Joined May 2012
· Points: 496
Seems the consensus is to bring the entire kitchen, though you all keep suggesting some smaller pro in regards to TCUs. As such, I'm not sure if my 1 blue met and .5 C4s with nuts is totally adequate but seems as it may fit the bill for the most part with some finagling on routes
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