tricams for Serenity Crack p1?

Hi:

Wanting to check out Serenity-Sons in September...I saw some people on this site mentioning using hybrid cams on pitch one of Serenity with variable success. I'd prefer to avoid buying one or more of the bigger offsets that apparently would be needed, because I doubt I'd get much use out of them in my usual climbing.

Has anyone had good luck with tricams on that pitch, and if so what sizes? 1.5-2?

Cheers,
David

John Wilder wrote:i doubt it- i remember not being able to get anything that i'd fall on in before the bolt that used to be there, and right next to that bolt was a bomber green camalot placement. fwiw, i'm a total scaredy cat most days and the first pitch is probably 5.8 to that point (except the first 3 feet which is hardish)- its really no big deal getting to good gear on that pitch.

No tri-cams. Offset master cams or aliens would be nice. That said its totally possibly without. The 1st couple moves off the deck are kinda blank, but you get up into pin scars really quick. The old bolt has been chopped. The 1st set of scars that take gear are .75 or #1 size and really flared about 25ft off the deck (not a great placement). Shortly after that you can get a bomber #2 and the gear is solid after that. If you are really concerned about protecting the start (and don't wanna buy offset cams) I would take a set of DMM offset alloy wires and/or some larger offset brass.

You can see where the scars get larger under Patrick.

Ryan Kempf wrote:No tri-cams. Offset master cams or aliens would be nice. That said its totally possibly without. The 1st couple moves off the deck are kinda blank, but you get up into pin scars really quick. The old bolt has been chopped. The 1st set of scars that take gear are .75 or #1 size and really flared about 25ft off the deck (not a great placement). Shortly after that you can get a bomber #2 and the gear is solid after that. If you are really concerned about protecting the start (and don't wanna buy offset cams) I would take a set of DMM offset alloy wires and/or some larger offset brass. You can see where the scars get larger under Patrick.

That was the only place in the Valley I found tricams useful. But other stuff works too.