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BJ Null
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Jan 17, 2018
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Jul 2007
· Points: 350
OK guys, I have $100 to spend on some new gear. I have double BD cams from #0.50- #3. I have one #4 BD cam. I also have a good mixture of cams less than 0.50 (+/- 6 cams) Plenty of nuts, hexes, biners, straps, nut tools, quickdraws. Any recommendations on what to use my money on?
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Gunkiemike
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Jan 17, 2018
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Jul 2009
· Points: 3,492
Gas for more climbing trips.
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Ancent
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Jan 17, 2018
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Reno, NV
· Joined Apr 2015
· Points: 34
Depends what you climb. A #5 is an obvious missing piece. With a 1 #4 and 1 #5 you can be pretty set to climb anything that gets wide for a period without giving up pro. You won't need it all the time, but when you do, it feels nice to have one.
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Frank Stein
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Jan 17, 2018
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Albuquerque, NM
· Joined Feb 2012
· Points: 205
Booze, bullets & tobacco...
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frank minunni
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Jan 17, 2018
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Las Vegas, NV
· Joined May 2011
· Points: 95
How about dinner for yourself and a friend?
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eli poss
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Jan 17, 2018
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Durango, CO
· Joined May 2014
· Points: 525
Sounds like a pretty decent rack. I would guess that as you get more and more mileage and experience, you will want to make changes at some point to your rack. I would put some of that $100 into gear savings for down the road when you decide that you want or need new or different gear. This savings fund could also potentially be used for replacing gear you had to bail off of. The rest of it I would spend on things that allow you to do more and/or better climbing. This could mean money for gas or flights, hotels or campground fees, food, etc. Depending on how flexible your job is, it could also be saved to fund more time off to climb.
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Zach Parsons
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Jan 17, 2018
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Centennial, CO
· Joined Aug 2013
· Points: 95
Tibloc, pulley, knife, headlamp... self rescue stuff. Newfangled belay device?
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Walt Barker
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Jan 17, 2018
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Western NC
· Joined Dec 2010
· Points: 425
Tri-cams, I have found the combo of a Tibloc and and Hollowbloc to be indispensable
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Franck Vee
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Jan 17, 2018
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Apr 2017
· Points: 260
eli poss wrote:Sounds like a pretty decent rack. I would guess that as you get more and more mileage and experience, you will want to make changes at some point to your rack. I would put some of that $100 into gear savings for down the road when you decide that you want or need new or different gear. This savings fund could also potentially be used for replacing gear you had to bail off of. The rest of it I would spend on things that allow you to do more and/or better climbing. This could mean money for gas or flights, hotels or campground fees, food, etc. Depending on how flexible your job is, it could also be saved to fund more time off to climb. I would second that - if you're asking yourself the question, it's not really all that essential it seems to me.
So you may just end up buying something that will be somewhat useful, but realize in the middle of the summer that what you would really have wanted was actually something else...
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Jim T
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Jan 17, 2018
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Colorado
· Joined Jun 2012
· Points: 469
Assuming your double BD’s are C4’s, I would add one or two flexible stem cams in the .5-1 range. Or double up your .3-.4 cams.
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Mike Womack
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Jan 17, 2018
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Orcutt, CA
· Joined Mar 2014
· Points: 2,015
offset cams! I use my .3/.4 and .4/.5 all of the time!
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David K
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Jan 18, 2018
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The Road, Sometimes Chattan…
· Joined Jan 2017
· Points: 423
Helmet? Sterling Hollow Block for Prusik?
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Glass Tupperware
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Jan 18, 2018
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Atlanta
· Joined Jul 2012
· Points: 45
You could start picking up Totems. I've been surprised how much more confidence they inspire than traditional cams
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Rob WardenSpaceLizard
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Jan 18, 2018
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las Vegans, the cosmic void
· Joined Dec 2011
· Points: 130
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Russ Keane
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Jan 29, 2018
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Salt Lake
· Joined Feb 2013
· Points: 392
Pick up some tri-cams. You'll find them very useful, not to mention fun and charming.
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Matt Himmelstein
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Jan 29, 2018
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Orange, CA
· Joined Jun 2014
· Points: 194
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dindolino32
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Jan 29, 2018
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Feb 2009
· Points: 25
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Christopher Smith
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Jan 29, 2018
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Unknown Hometown
· Joined Jan 2017
· Points: 0
Either get some totems or ditch the quickdraws for alpine draws.
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