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MisterE
Social climber
Cinderella Story, Outa Nowhere
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No moving parts....
I know! Even the webbing on mine fits in that statement! 8^P
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perswig
climber
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Choosy climbers choose tricams.
Apparently so does White Boy Bob.
Dale
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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That's a badass lookin' cat, Dale.
What's up with the duct tape on the slings?
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MisterE
Social climber
Cinderella Story, Outa Nowhere
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That's what I'm talkin' about.
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Gene
climber
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I'm a sucker for any thread that includes a cat, tri-cams and duct tape.
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p-owed
Trad climber
Ramona ca
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Apr 10, 2011 - 03:49am PT
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duct tap should be on the cat!
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skywalker
climber
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Apr 10, 2011 - 04:49am PT
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I'm with nature on this one...sink the pink, love-em in all situations...have fun out there!
With all do respects to everyone...
Cheers!
S...
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okie
Trad climber
San Leandro, Ca
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Apr 10, 2011 - 11:13am PT
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I had a cat that would chew those slings if I left them on the floor. Caught her chomping happily on one of my ropes. She's in kitty heaven now.
(she died of old age)...but with all the teeth marks in our electrical cords I'm surprised she didn't blow up her little cat head and depart sooner. But I digress...
Tri cams: never used 'em much. Those things seem to be gear for folks who are smarter and more cultured, ya know, those soul-climbers who use more passive pro, nutcraft and such.
I heard once that the notches on cam lobes were a cosmetic feel-good feature. But the way those things can pull through sandstone maybe they have some value.
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hooblie
climber
from where the anecdotes roam
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Apr 10, 2011 - 01:01pm PT
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philo nails it with the "most elegant and verstile" comment and it gives me some satisfaction to know that credit goes to the boys that routinely fail to get the glory
for the less elegant SLCD idea that got snaked from them.
as for the boat anchor attributes garnered by the larger sizes, it's true.
accurately positioning a boat next to cliffs and rocks such as those on lake powell goes a lot easier with some rock gear to hold the boat in tension against the typical "submersible" ground tackle.
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NigelSSI
Trad climber
B.C.
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Apr 10, 2011 - 01:36pm PT
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Do the large ones make a better weapon than a large slung hex?
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Apr 10, 2011 - 03:38pm PT
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The pink and red are a bit on the weak side when placed as passive pro, which is too bad since part of the versatility of the tricam concept comes from use in both active and passive modes. The new white and black sizes are not likely to be good for much more than body weight.
They are fiddly to place and do not seem likely to inspire the fire-in-a-unit crowd. They are sensitive to direction of load and have to be carefully slung. They can be a pain to clean even when not fallen on, and when fallen on are prone to ending up as ugly and useless fixed items. For these reasons, in ordinary more or less parallel-sided horizontals, they have been superseded by cams.
Tricams excel in certain types of problem placements that don't take cams well or at all, like solution pockets, constricted and/or obstructed horizontals, and certain types of flares (including pin scars). But still, I think that for most areas (even including the Gunks) they are a specialty piece.
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MisterE
Social climber
Cinderella Story, Outa Nowhere
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Apr 10, 2011 - 04:30pm PT
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Ready to rumble, Beeotches!!111666
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perswig
climber
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Apr 10, 2011 - 04:33pm PT
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"What's up with the duct tape on the slings?"
Marmots.
I climb so slowly, they chew through my gear. The tape slows 'em down.
(No, really, I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
I think someone above touched on a good point.
Placing them well is a pleasure. Like stacking nuts.
Sure, they're probably not gonna be on the rack for overhanging finger cracks or other endurofests.
But if you use them regularly - and stiffen the slings with tape to allow one-hand placements (wink) - you'd be surprised at how well they work and often you think to use them.
It's been said A LOT before, but they also are great for mixed and alpine racking.
How's this? They're like a tele turn. Sure, it may be unnecessary, some will see it as pompous and self-aggrandising, but it's groovy, it's got soul. And sometimes, it's fun.
Have a partner who knows how to clean them. Key.
Dale
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zeta
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Apr 10, 2011 - 06:47pm PT
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How's this? They're like a tele turn. Sure, it may be unnecessary, some will see it as pompous and self-aggrandising, but it's groovy, it's got soul. And sometimes, it's fun.
i love that!
A good tri-cam placement is so nice...love the pink and red. And the purple tri-cam was my very first piece of gear...
the large ones suck though. Had a partner who had large ones, he recommended to use them at the anchor...so one day, I was putting in a large (grey? yellow?) tri-cam, pulled to test it and it came flying out towards my face--just barely ducked in time. Decided to just be loyal to the little ones
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MisterE
climber
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Jan 27, 2014 - 10:59am PT
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Bump - looking for some larger tri-cams, 2.5 and up. Anyone got some the don't use?
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Jan 27, 2014 - 05:06pm PT
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Bomber!
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