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kunlun_shan

Mountain climber
SF, CA
Oct 7, 2018 - 09:26pm PT
Here's a Tom Evans photo of Gobright and Reynold's go-to do a Nose record rack, from Oct. 21st, 2017:

Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Oct 7, 2018 - 09:50pm PT
A set of wires then triples through 5 Camalot and a smattering of larger, for most areas but Vedauwoo, where you need bigger. Obviously, some projects need more specific gear, but if your partners have racks it’s a good start. ..
NegativeK

climber
Chicago
Oct 7, 2018 - 10:27pm PT
Dude, you've got to stop spraying your blog posts on every climbing forum.

Buy ads or write content that other people want to spread.
Iamjus10

Trad climber
San Diego
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 7, 2018 - 10:52pm PT
If you don't want to read it, you don't have to read it.
A single post isn't spraying anything. I don't see why this is so offensive to you.
Iamjus10

Trad climber
San Diego
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 7, 2018 - 10:58pm PT
Also, Gobright is insane. I want to use at least double as much gear as he ever does.
Scole

Trad climber
Zapopan
Oct 8, 2018 - 11:40am PT
"We do not think you need all of this gear. A few slings, some carabiners, this is enough"(Personal conversation, Rio Blanco, Argentina, 1983). Take just what you need; leave the rest behind.
Jaybro

Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
Oct 10, 2018 - 07:08am PT
I’m taking ng this to mean what you take on a trip to a new area to have to draw from...
Iamjus10

Trad climber
San Diego
Topic Author's Reply - Oct 10, 2018 - 10:04am PT
Well, technically I take it literally everywhere I go. But yes, I would never take ALL of that up a wall. Or even just all of my "base rack." I have just found it a good starting point for deciding what to rack it. It's where I keep my favorite pieces of each size, then work from there. Adding doubles, removing sizes etc...
NutAgain!

Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
Oct 10, 2018 - 11:23am PT
ontheedgeandscaredtodeath

Social climber
Wilds of New Mexico
Oct 10, 2018 - 11:30am PT
Obviously one makes adjustments but my starting point is doubles through gold Camalot and then one blue. I like Metolius in the smaller sizes. Usually a set of wires. I'm sure some say that's too much but over time I've found it more efficient to just be able to plug in the gear I want where I want it as opposed to hunting for the right placement for whatever I have left, especially at the belay.
WBraun

climber
Oct 10, 2018 - 05:22pm PT
I hate looking at gear.

I hated racking that st00pid sh!t.

It was a necessary evil and pain in the ass to deal with.

Throw that sh!t in the dumpster where it belongs and get a nice rack like "NutAgain!" guys rack up thread ......
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Oct 10, 2018 - 08:20pm PT
Werner’s go-to rack always depended on the climb he was doing...for Astroman it was as many as three or four pieces.
Jim Clipper

climber
Oct 10, 2018 - 08:27pm PT
I thought there was some slander about leading with a static line also...
AnotherDirtbag

Trad climber
Joshua Tree
Oct 10, 2018 - 08:48pm PT
Leading with a static line is no problem.
Falling though.. that can be problematic.
Iamjus10

Trad climber
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 8, 2018 - 03:33pm PT
Just dont
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
Nov 8, 2018 - 04:11pm PT
Free rack...

Camalot ULs have caught my attention. Light biners plus the ULs have shaved down my overall rack weight. Up to #3, sometimes doubles to #4. Now if only I could shave down my weight.

Totems in the small sizes, dbls as needed, but still keeping blue/green alien, and sometimes a smaller cam if the day calls for tiny.

Set of nuts, BD down to tiny, but rarely use RPs anymore for free rack. DMMs if in the Valley.


Wall Rack is totally different. But that's like a recipe. You cook for the specific climb. No go to ways about it!
AnotherDirtbag

Trad climber
Joshua Tree
Nov 8, 2018 - 06:01pm PT
Damn Moose.. I like where your heads at.
donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Nov 8, 2018 - 06:13pm PT
Your go to rack depends on the climb. Modernize your rack...I am constantly blown away seeing experienced climbers with old, out of date, gear. Put that crap on eBay, there seems to be a huge market for old gear...mystery to me. You shouldn’t have a carabiner on your rack that weighs over an ounce unless it’s a screw gate...and you shouldn't have many of those.
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