Sport gear

Hey all, I'm buying my first set of sport gear. So far I have shoes, harness, atc, 12 draws, 3 locking biners, 2 60cm slings, 1 30cm sling and 60m rope. Is there anything essential I'm missing? Sorry if its a repeat question did a couple searches and nothing was immediate.

Get a helmet.

Other things you might want to consider are:
- a tether/cowstail/pas
- prussicks (both for an abseil backup and for any eventual self rescue)

I do need some 6mm cord, thank you. Would 3 meters be long enough? Also ill look into helmets

Benjamin Chapman wrote:Get a helmet.

He said he's looking for sport gear, safety third!

Trad comes next!

A belay device?

Matching Prana shirt, pants & beanie.

Is any other brand ok? or only prana? I mean ill try my best

FrankPS wrote:A belay device?

I have a Mammut Smart

FrankPS wrote:A belay device?

He said he's got an ATC, but you're right, this is sport climbing, so Grigri is a requirement.

Avalon'cha wrote:Matching Prana shirt, pants & beanie.

He can't wear a shirt!! This is sport climbing. Prana pants and beanie is all he needs.

Boom box. Don't know yer climbing if you ain't makin' noise!
Oh, and do dogs only go with bouldering?

Crispy. wrote: He can't wear a shirt!! This is sport climbing. Prana pants and beanie is all he needs.

My bad, i was thinking winter boldering for some reason. And how did i forget the Boom-Box! Damn, too many bong hits this morning (you need one of those too)

Muscrat wrote:Boom box. Don't know yer climbing if you ain't makin' noise! Oh, and do dogs only go with bouldering?

nah man, you clip that mutt to the first bolt by tying the prussiks to the P.A.S. Then its off to Send Town via Gnarrr Villll Express !!!!!

A chalk bag might be advisable.
Depending were and what you climb, think about clip stick.
Don't see a mention of rope bag or tarp, something worth considering to make your rope and gear last long.
Don't forget some bail gear - carabiners or quick links, carabiners preferable.
Don't forget a pack of some sort to get all that gear to the crag.

Some sort of stick clipping device, perhaps? The Superclip is my favorite.

Heh, you guys are hilarious. But hey, stereotypes are derived from the behavior of the majority. If I had a dime for every shirtless [Prana] beanie-wearer...

But for real - Lance, I'd recommend checking out a guide book, Mtn Project, etc for the areas you want to climb and ensuring you've got what you need. At my local crag the rim bolts are generally set back pretty far from the actual rim and there are no chains. I went bopping up there (dear God, nearly 15 years ago now) without the right gear.

kennoyce wrote: He said he's got an ATC, but you're right, this is sport climbing, so Grigri is a requirement.

Whoops, I missed that. Probably because "ATC" wasn't capitalized. Yeah, that's it.

Mike Br wrote:Heh, you guys are hilarious. But hey, stereotypes are derived from the behavior of the majority. If I had a dime for every shirtless [Prana] beanie-wearer... But for real - Lance, I'd recommend checking out a guide book, Mtn Project, etc for the areas you want to climb and ensuring you've got what you need. At my local crag the rim bolts are generally set back pretty far from the actual rim and there are no chains. I went bopping up there (dear God, nearly 15 years ago now) without the right gear.

Gotta love stereotypes haha but ill take a closer look at the guide books and everything to see if it recommends anything. Didn't think about that, Thanks!

amarius wrote:A chalk bag might be advisable. Depending were and what you climb, think about clip stick. Don't see a mention of rope bag or tarp, something worth considering to make your rope and gear last long. Don't forget some bail gear - carabiners or quick links, carabiners preferable. Don't forget a pack of some sort to get all that gear to the crag.

Have a bag and chalk just forgot to mention it, also don't know how I feel about clip sticks. Also thanks for the tarp idea, I didn't want to buy a rope bag because I'm cheap