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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 14, 2013 - 09:59pm PT
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As a young lad I took the pain to mark every piece of my gear. Lately I've gotten lazy and this is all that remains of my old rack. It's time to reinvent myself.
How do you make your mark? Show, don't tell...
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Onewhowalksonrocks
Mountain climber
In the middle of the ocean
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May 14, 2013 - 10:09pm PT
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Really! This is what we've come to.
I piss on mine.
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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May 14, 2013 - 10:14pm PT
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purple nail polish.
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10b4me
Ice climber
Soon 2B Arizona
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May 14, 2013 - 10:15pm PT
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It was a pain to mark gear with tape
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
El Dorado Hills, CA
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May 14, 2013 - 10:16pm PT
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Come by Sacramento and I'll bar tach the slings on your cams.
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Gagner
climber
Boulder
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May 14, 2013 - 10:19pm PT
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Diamond C or Diamond BD
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nutjob
Sport climber
Almost to Hollywood, Baby!
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May 14, 2013 - 10:30pm PT
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I have never once labeled my gear! It used to be the price tag and bar code was my distinction...
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10b4me
Ice climber
Soon 2B Arizona
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May 14, 2013 - 10:34pm PT
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I have never once labeled my gear! It used to be the price tag and bar code was my distinction...
I've done that also
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jabbas
Trad climber
New River, AZ
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May 14, 2013 - 10:53pm PT
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Quarter inch copper tape and dehydrated urine mixed with baking soda. Just in case those pesky trail dogs get any ideas.
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Moof
Big Wall climber
Orygun
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May 14, 2013 - 11:10pm PT
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I am still using the same pint of engine paint from Canadian Tire I bought 10 years ago. A dab with a Q-tip stays pretty good. It does wear down over time, but I have had no flaking off issues. I use ugly dark green, since I figure all the pretty colors are likely in high use. I also originally slopped it on to discourage theft, but I have gotten a little more dainty these days.
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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May 14, 2013 - 11:14pm PT
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if you had a million dollars you could DAB it on these two Vermin hooks ;)
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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May 14, 2013 - 11:19pm PT
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Does this involve rubbing your scent glands on the neighbor's tree?
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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May 14, 2013 - 11:24pm PT
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Painting, or otherwise marking your gear is, like, sooo last century. Just get it electromagnetically keyed to your RFID implant.
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jabbas
Trad climber
New River, AZ
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May 14, 2013 - 11:39pm PT
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Ghost, I like that idea. Get too far away from your gear and your electronic slave device goes off -- that is until all climbing gear evolves into all "carbon fiber undetectable " implements of terror !!
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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May 14, 2013 - 11:43pm PT
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I note who in my circle of climbing friends has the nicest gear, then mark my manky crap the same way. I got a pretty nice rack now.
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MisterE
Social climber
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May 15, 2013 - 12:26am PT
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Skip does stained glass, and has this super-sticky thin copper tape for soldering that we use. I wears down hard and is quite unique.
No-one else has this gear-marking method that I have ever seen in 20+ years.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol
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Topic Author's Reply - May 15, 2013 - 01:22am PT
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Well, I've been doing the non-marking technique for a long time now, and guess what? Cams keep disappearing onto people's racks. So that ain't working anymore.
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rwedgee
Ice climber
canyon country,CA
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May 15, 2013 - 01:25am PT
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DMT has half my gear
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WBraun
climber
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May 15, 2013 - 01:27am PT
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I used to stamp my whole first name on them.
Then fill the stamp with red paint to highlight the marking.
There was no mistake then.
Gear easily gets misplaced all the time when one climbs with many numerous partners.
Thus well placed visual markings make gear sorting quick and efficient afterwards.
I hate dealing with gear to begin with so the sooner I'm done with this junk the better ......
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 15, 2013 - 01:28am PT
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My partners would never have dared to walk with my gear.
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Raafie
Big Wall climber
Portland, OR
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May 15, 2013 - 01:58pm PT
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Ok, maybe it's a bad idea to post this publicly. But in the realm of "no one else is doing this". . . .I came up with a pretty good one.
See when you have kids, from time to time you have to deal with the most awful of substances---glitter. Art projects come home from school. Next thing you know, glitter has crept to the far reaches of the house.
But I got this idea, sparked from the "can't beat them--join them" mindset. Find a low-abrasion spot on the gear, apply several flecks of glitter with a Q-tip and then coat them with Loctite Super Glue. The Ultra Gel Control version is super impact resistant.
Besides being totally different than the usual nail polish or tape strategy, who's going to steal your gear when it's got glitter on it?
Probably doesn't work so well with small brassies. But anything with a low-abrasion surface---this is a good trick.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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May 15, 2013 - 02:03pm PT
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JD,
Paint ain't gunna prevent me from obsconding with yer cams.
;)
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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May 15, 2013 - 02:06pm PT
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a dot of orange nail polish. tape sux.
hey dodrill - i still got your red tcu. u want it back? :)
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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May 15, 2013 - 02:08pm PT
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Write initials on my cam slings with a perm marker made for ropes. It eventually dulls down too, but still readable for 10 years or more.
Wires and biners...mostly unmarked.
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Don Paul
Big Wall climber
Colombia, South America
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May 15, 2013 - 02:26pm PT
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Werner how do you stamp your name? Can you buy the letter stamps at Home Depot? I need to go there anyway to get some keys made and will see if anyone knows how to do it.
I always used nail polish and it just wears off, plus too many of us were into the red nail polish to be able to tell them apart.
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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May 15, 2013 - 03:02pm PT
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With one of these, I make 2 dots in the same place on every peice of gear.
Pretty permanant, and no way anybody else has the same mark.
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GhoulweJ
Trad climber
El Dorado Hills, CA
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May 15, 2013 - 03:08pm PT
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3 differet depth grooves from a hacksaw. NOBODY has this mark.
If ur reaching for ur hacksaw, then the load u feel on ur shoulders is Darwin on the right and the Reaper on ur left.
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Salamanizer
Trad climber
The land of Fruits & Nuts!
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May 15, 2013 - 03:24pm PT
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I'm just gonna start making my own gear with a 3D printer and just have my personal mark written into the design.
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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May 15, 2013 - 03:57pm PT
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Gated biners:
Paint under the gate hinge when opened.
Ridged stem cams from BITD:
Three file grooves on the edger of the stem.
For contemporary cams (with plastic triggers etal) and...
Wire gated biners:
Lots and lots of paint in the hard to scuff areas
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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May 15, 2013 - 04:54pm PT
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Rewire all of your triggers with weed wacker wire and everyone seems to leave them alone.
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KyleO
Gym climber
Calgary, AB
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May 15, 2013 - 07:17pm PT
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Scrub off the midnight lightning bolt...
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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May 15, 2013 - 07:38pm PT
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Any gear without your mark on it .... thats mine.
All my stuff is unmarked.
I climb with gear heads... they always have the latest and greatest.
They never wish to use my stuff, I only bring my Misty Mountain.
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MisterE
Social climber
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May 15, 2013 - 08:28pm PT
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Anyone else tried the "Gear Ferret"?
Piss on all your gear, then train a ferret to sniff it out.
People will be both reluctant to touch your gear and, if somehow they end up with your gear will find themselves beseiged by a stinky mammal with sharp claws.
I had to stop this gear-marking technique after the "quick-draw in the pocket" attempted-theft incident.
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Ljohnson
Social climber
The land of ice, snow and rocks
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May 15, 2013 - 11:15pm PT
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Another vote for the rattle-can.
I remove all nylon (or cover it,) and go to town.
The biggest advantage to this approach is that when people see my rack they immediately volunteer to use theirs.
Preemptive gear marking, don't have to sort when no one wants to use your gear!
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Edge
Trad climber
New Durham, NH
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May 15, 2013 - 11:53pm PT
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I use hunter green electrical tape; have for decades. Upkeep is no big deal, and it lasts plenty long if you're careful not to manhandle the cut end with your fingers on the last wrap.
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ryanentwistle
Trad climber
American Canyon, CA
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Seems everyone I climb with is new to it just uses my gear. Means I have had to invest in a ton of gear, up-side is that nobody takes my stuff at the end of the day :)
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Dollar store purple nail pollish.
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kaholatingtong
Trad climber
Nevada City
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A friend gave me a roll of ninja turtle pattern duck tape and I wrap a little around each piece. Turtle Power!
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speelyei
Trad climber
Mohave County Arizona
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Another rattle can aficionado. Bright orange helps prevent loss of all sorts.
It's absurd that I took the time to do this, since my return to climbing has been an excercise in onanism
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Red and black nail polish...it was what my daughter had laying around and extra of. SInce i'm mostly german, I thought that would work. Looking at YOUR stuff however, seems I need to pick some other colors. Or use Wbraun's method.
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MH2
Boulder climber
Andy Cairns
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Jan 16, 2017 - 04:32pm PT
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Lots of useful advice.
Should be passed along to the nuclear materials MUFF workforce.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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Jan 16, 2017 - 05:57pm PT
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Cowboy, I don't understand your screamer placement. Please enlighten me, Im a little dense sometimes. Is it because the biner is against a rock, and you thought it might snap the biner?
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couchmaster
climber
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Jan 16, 2017 - 07:24pm PT
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^^Clearly another drinking and climbing thing Studly:-) Pics of your rack?
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Jan 16, 2017 - 07:27pm PT
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sweet tubers BC. how do you mark your gear?
yep studly, I was afeared of a big swinging ripper on a poorly protected traverse for the follower. a tie-off woulda been ideal, time was short so just slapped a screamah on the bad looking lever
alcoholic fervor as necessary given the wet, odd substrate.
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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Jan 16, 2017 - 09:35pm PT
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"Spot check!"
"Empty the packs..."
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