Tricam love

Trad anchor in Acadia:

You...know that the gate was open on your pink, right?

Ted Pinson wrote:

You...know that the gate was open on your pink, right?

LOL...not my anchor! Those are Petzl Ange 'biners and were all closed...but you're right...I would have rotated the rightmost 'biner so the gate was facing away from the middle one.

Now that I look at it again it is closed...at that angle (and resolution) it looked like it had opened in exactly the way I would worry about with this kind of setup, but it was actually the spine of the biner next to it that I mistook for the gate.  Hope no one was TR bangin on that thing.

Ted Pinson wrote:

Now that I look at it again it is closed...at that angle (and resolution) it looked like it had opened in exactly the way I would worry about with this kind of setup, but it was actually the spine of the biner next to it that I mistook for the gate.  Hope no one was TR bangin on that thing.

If you agree the biners were not open, why are you still conceerned that <gasp> someone may have been climbing, er... "TR bangin", on it?

I've had my feelers out for tricams for a little while... those horizontal placements!

I'd want to plug a friend's tri before buying though. But if a friend had some I probably wouldn't need to buy any... full circle. 

I know that anchor. I was there. I cleaned it. It was not used for top roping. And I would not have been worried about toproping off of it if we were doing that...

Where were you ebmudder?

Speeches wrote:

I've had my feelers out for tricams for a little while... those horizontal placements!

I'd want to plug a friend's tri before buying though. But if a friend had some I probably wouldn't need to buy any... full circle. 

Come climb with me in the gunks and you can plug my tricams to your hearts content

Patrik Ring wrote:

I know that anchor. I was there. I cleaned it. It was not used for top roping. And I would not have been worried about toproping off of it if we were doing that...

Where were you ebmudder?

Heh...I don't think you were there Patrik...it was the top of Birch Ade on the South Wall yesterday (9/14).

Looks fine except I tend to prefer my tricams placed nose down, but that's just getting nitpicky 

ebmudder wrote:

Heh...I don't think you were there Patrik...it was the top of Birch Ade on the South Wall yesterday (9/14).

Yes. I climbed that with a guide showing me around the area.

The only way I give up my tricams is you pry them out of my cold dead hands! Love them! On every pitch, I find a placement that nothing else will do.

Gunkiemike wrote:

If you agree the biners were not open, why are you still conceerned that someone may have been climbing, er... "TR bangin", on it?

Eh, I don't love the way the gates are loaded on the rock.  Would probably feel better with lockers if I was going to leave it like that, but in the context it was used it is fine.

Patrik Ring wrote:

Come climb with me in the gunks and you can plug my tricams to your hearts content

Hey. Don't you go threatenin' me with a good time.

Patrik Ring wrote:

Yes. I climbed that with a guide showing me around the area.

with Alex? That would be a coincidence indeed!

ebmudder wrote:

with Alex? That would be a coincidence indeed!

With Alex indeed :D

It takes nerve and confidence to set an anchor like this!   Was it the guide who made it?   Love it.

It was the guide, but not really sure why it takes nerve. I’d consider this bomber as f*** :)

It looks pretty bomber, but it would be nice not to have all the pieces in one crack and maybe also have a bigger piece in there. 

I know it's bomber.   Do you build anchors?   It takes nerve and confidence because tricams are ..... unique....   in that you are trusting the little nose and a delicate little technique to set them.  A whole anchor of tricams, pulling weirdly in one direction only and twisting around a corner....  Is not exactly what you always see or do.

Russ Keane wrote:

I know it's bomber.   Do you build anchors?   It takes nerve and confidence because tricams are ..... unique....   in that you are trusting the little nose and a delicate little technique to set them.  A whole anchor of tricams, pulling weirdly in one direction only and twisting around a corner....  Is not exactly what you always see or do.

I mean. I do build anchors... and sure tricams are a bit special :) but I’d trust my life on that specific anchor.