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Cragar
climber
MSLA - MT
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Jan 25, 2017 - 11:40am PT
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The Kor roof was my one and only Yosemite placement, so I owned the pink one for a bit. Otherwise, I considered them semi-archaic and never had a rack of them. When I got to MT, I noticed folks took them seriously and after a Lolo Pass visit I understood why. They work awesome in the right granitic pockets which leads to less bolts and cleaner lines.
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slabbo
Trad climber
colo south
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Jan 25, 2017 - 12:19pm PT
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K-- I have climbed Esto as well as Stand.. I don't remember what I used, but it wasn't tri cams
Did plenty at Courtright w/o the little f@%$kers
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Jan 25, 2017 - 03:35pm PT
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50 m pitch, only pro that would work was two pink tricams. nuts, friends, TCUs would not fit the seams. no bolts.
22 years later, still no repeats
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Prod
Trad climber
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Jan 25, 2017 - 03:43pm PT
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
Jan 25, 2017 - 03:35pm PT
50 m pitch, only pro that would work was two pink tricams. nuts, friends, TCUs would not fit the seams. no bolts.
Check out the styling Aces! Loved those shoes.
Prod.
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Trashman
Trad climber
SLC
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Jan 25, 2017 - 04:30pm PT
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On a scale if 1 - Bitchin' I'd give them a -49
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Jan 25, 2017 - 04:53pm PT
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Agreed. Not bitchin.
Bitchen, maybe.
Definitely not bitchin.
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perswig
climber
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Jan 25, 2017 - 06:06pm PT
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So bitchin'.
Dale
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Mule Skinner
Social climber
Bishop
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Jan 25, 2017 - 08:14pm PT
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You old farts place tri cams but have never ripped on one there lame.
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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Jan 26, 2017 - 08:02am PT
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Good for some things bad for others. so just ok. I have 2 sets to #6 Peter Hays gave me, only use 0 to 2.
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Jan 26, 2017 - 10:01am PT
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I remember trying to lead Dolphin in J Tree and my biggest pro was a #7 Tricam. Ho man. That sucked. I had to bail, downclimbed from 6 or 7 m above the wobbly thing.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
SLO, Ca
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Jan 26, 2017 - 10:17am PT
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I used them all the time before I could afford cams. Way better than hexes. They are also light stand-ins for cams at belays on long/alpine routes. And of course sometimes the small ones do fit where nothing else will. Still, I don't typically carry them on my rack.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Jan 27, 2017 - 03:16am PT
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finally took the red and pink off the rack this summer.. didn'y miss them. specialty pieces... Climbing in the tetons has a way of makeing your count every gram that you carry....
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perswig
climber
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Jan 27, 2017 - 04:30am PT
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^^
Three Hail Marys, one random act of kindness, and downgrade your last two GU projects and you will be absolved of your sin, my son.
No, the climb that fell down does not count.
Dale
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Scole
Trad climber
Zapopan
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Jan 27, 2017 - 09:06am PT
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In the 80s I was told that "You can't do Magic Mushroom without a pink Tricam".I wasted an entire day driving to Modesto to buy one from Robbins shop. Never used the thing. Never even saw where you could use it. Sawed-off angles worked just fine.
35 years later I still have the thing. Never used it once
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Curt
climber
Gold Canyon, AZ
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Jan 27, 2017 - 09:47am PT
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There may be places where only a tri-cam will work, but those are exceptionally rare. Considering the difficulty of placing them, I don't personally think they're all that useful.
Curt
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Curt
climber
Gold Canyon, AZ
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Jan 27, 2017 - 10:17am PT
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They're great in horizontals and if I had the choice, I'd for sure have them with me were I to be climbing at the GUNKS...
To each his own. I've been climbing in the Gunks since 1980 and never once thought that I needed a tri-cam. rgold (on page 2 of this thread) also finds them to be of limited usefulness in the Gunks.
Curt
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Curt
climber
Gold Canyon, AZ
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Jan 27, 2017 - 11:53am PT
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When I was climbing a lot...
it was not uncommon for me to carry two to four PINKS (JTNP)...
and I can't count how many times I found them to be the perfect piece for the job...
Many "LOCALS" do the same (Or did, maybe it's changed)...
Yeah, I get it--people either seem to love the things or not. I personally prefer any of the newer flexible-stem camming units with narrow heads (Aliens, X4s, C3s, etc) to tri-cams.
Curt
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grover
climber
Castlegar BC
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Jan 27, 2017 - 03:59pm PT
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Tri-cams are like full-size latex sexdolls, they're not for everyone.
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Flydude
Trad climber
Prather, CA
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Feb 18, 2017 - 07:43pm PT
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A Match Made in Heaven...Courtright!...JUST TOO BITCH'N!!!
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