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Racking gates In or Out? Has this question finally been answered?

Eric and Lucie · · Boulder, CO · Joined Oct 2004 · Points: 140
Luc wrote:Gate out, less chances of gates getting snagged on clothing and unclipping from gear loop.

^this

JK- Branin · · NYC-ish · Joined Nov 2012 · Points: 56
kennoyce wrote: It's all personal preference, there is no right answer.

This. +100.

Some of us have developed weird preferences... Like racking differently for sport and trad... (I've mostly broken that habit)

SethG · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Aug 2009 · Points: 291

Make America Gate Again.

ChuckSchick · · San Francisco, CA · Joined Mar 2013 · Points: 0

I always did gates out because that's the way I saw Steph Davis do it in one of those Masters of Stone videos. I figured there was a reason she did it that way and never thought about it again. It's so second nature now that it would be a huge pain to change even if there were some marginal benefit.

Simon W · · Nowhere Land · Joined May 2013 · Points: 55

https://youtube.com/watch?v=vhefVwPOodk

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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