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What's your favorite cam for horizontals?

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By Fat Paul
From Dirty Jerzey
Oct 28, 2009
me

Supra, practice up with your horizontal cam placements for when you visit the Gunks. Probably 65% of your gear placement there will be horizontal placements. Wade offers good advise concerning the orientation of your cam (widest lobes on bottom) since it provides a more stable platform. Most of my cam placements are like this but there are occasions when the inverse works better. I try to work the lobes behind crystals and indentations to maximize holding power. TCU's are great for this but any cam will work.


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By Sam Lightner, Jr.
Oct 28, 2009
The Shield

What's your favorite cam for horizontals?

My right hand.


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By suprasoup
From Rio Rancho, NM
Oct 29, 2009
3-18-09 Supra at the top of Sandia Crest.

Fat Paul wrote:
Supra, practice up with your horizontal cam placements for when you visit the Gunks.


Been there. My weapon of choice was the tricam:) Well...my only weapon. When you've got a crotchety old trad mentor who didn't "do" cams, sigh...


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