If your alpine rack had just 1 piece, what would it be?

Drewdog got it right!

The Honnsolo for sure. No brainer!

Creed A wrote:

Even while hypothetically only carrying one piece, people are still trying to save weight by taking those damn tricams! 

Don't you dare talk shit about tricams!!!

pjc30943 wrote:

Just a thought experiment to see what pieces are favorites for general alpine rock in the <5.10 range:)

Ignore safety for this thought-experiment...

If your alpine rack had just 1 piece, what would it be? For me: yellow TCU.

If it had 2 pieces, what would it be? For me: yellow TCU and pink tricam.

If it had 3 pieces, what would it be? For me: yellow TCU, pink tricam, red link cam.

Yes! Metolius yellow TCU!

Orange Master Cam

Christian George wrote:

ProtoPipe

haha...do they still make/sell these?

A rope so I can get down

pjc30943 wrote:

Just a thought experiment to see what pieces are favorites for general alpine rock in the <5.10 range:)

Now if you had just asked "what pieces are favorites for general alpine rock in the <5.10 range?" and didn't bother with the "just 1 piece" nonsense you'd have probably received more real answers and a lot less snark.

True, could have asked that question...but the 1,2,3 piece question was asked, knowing it'd be half jokes and half real replies, so it's about as expected:)

Marc801 wrote:

Now if you had just asked "what pieces are favorites for general alpine rock in the <5.10 range?" and didn't bother with the "just 1 piece" nonsense you'd have probably received more real answers and a lot less snark.

A goddamn clue because this site is getting flooded with gumby nonsense like this.

Ah, i understand if some of it seems invaluable; that isn't the intent. The goal is to elicit genuine replies, which fortunately did occur. For me at least, this thread resulted in taking a deeper look into totems because of the replies to this thread, and then acquiring a blue totem which i'll be integrating into my rack to see how it performs.

The Beagle wrote: A goddamn clue because this site is getting flooded with gumby nonsense like this.

Ropes of different thicknesses some webbing and rocks from pebbles to fist size, that, sturdy boots and a big stick called an Alpen-Stock

Is all that was needed to climb mountains. . . . .

pjc30943 wrote:

Ah, i understand if some of it seems invaluable; that isn't the intent. The goal is to elicit genuine replies, which fortunately did occur. For me at least, this thread resulted in taking a deeper look into totems because of the replies to this thread, and then acquiring a blue totem which i'll be integrating into my rack to see how it performs.

Blue is a good size, very useful here in the PNW. Nice with the narrow head width. One reason I noted the green totem for alpine is how the two lobes and u stem work over a wide range to french free. Last year my partner was jammed up on a finger crack that had lots of flaring pods, she used two lobes of the totem to french free the crux. A .75 C4 would not have been able to do that in the flare of the pod.

pjc30943 wrote:

Ah, i understand if some of it seems invaluable; that isn't the intent. The goal is to elicit genuine replies,...

Invaluable. You might want to look up the definition of that word.

Hey Marc, thread hopping, Bread? Seriously? Just kiddin' ya! 

Meatballs! I was careful to include the 4 day warning. The idea is if it is wall weather,Normally cold blustery. certainly Not the food for Fry your brains summer walls In the ditch.  From, the oldest badassed Waller: Harding's  mother would make them for her boys . . . . 

Christian George wrote:

It saved my life once in an avalanche in 98 and its sentimental.

99? Hell, I've had one since 85.

Let's hear the story about how a protopipe saved your life in a avy...

#1 RP, obviously

1) #4 C4 cause it fits a lot of places and I would be terrified climbing a crack that size without pro. A hand crack would be super comfy to climb. 

2) #9 Wild Country Hex cause its a big passive chock or could fit a #3 active.

3) Yellow C3 cause I guess I should protect small cracks too.