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1001 Uses of the Nut Tool

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F r i t z · · North Mitten · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 995

1. Pipe cleaner

George Foster · · Durango, CO · Joined Oct 2015 · Points: 12

Fork is really the only thing I use it for anymore.

F r i t z · · North Mitten · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 995

2. Frontcountry flatware

F r i t z · · North Mitten · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 995

3. Toenail extractor

F r i t z · · North Mitten · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 995

4. Backcountry spoon courtesy of The Zine

Ted Pinson · · Chicago, IL · Joined Jul 2014 · Points: 252

You forgot “removing stuck nuts” and occasionally “carefully squeezing triggers of cam
that walked its way deep into a crack.”

Old lady H · · Boise, ID · Joined Aug 2015 · Points: 1,374

Clapper fer yer cowbells?

Mine has assigned itself the unhelpful task of hooking my shoe loops. While I'm wearing them. Mid climb.

Best, OLH

David S · · Lewiston, NY · Joined Dec 2014 · Points: 0

Bottle opener.

Melanie Shea · · Colorado Springs · Joined Oct 2015 · Points: 10

Threader around a chockstone when your fingers don't fit.

Melanie Shea · · Colorado Springs · Joined Oct 2015 · Points: 10

The reason you have to lower your follower back down the first 10 feet of the pitch because they just realized they left it in their pack.

F r i t z · · North Mitten · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 995

10. Recalcitrant can opener

F r i t z · · North Mitten · Joined Mar 2012 · Points: 995

11. Microagression

Melanie Shea · · Colorado Springs · Joined Oct 2015 · Points: 10

14. A chisel to get that one little crystal your cam is stuck on but the crystal turns out to have friends.

j sittler · · Carbondale, CO · Joined Oct 2013 · Points: 0

15. aid climbing hook

stolo · · Lake Norman, NC · Joined Sep 2016 · Points: 214

16. Use mine to clean dirty cracks more than cleaning gear

Alex Zucca · · Salt Lake City, UT · Joined Oct 2013 · Points: 355

17. Loosen up a knot

Noah Betz · · Beattyville, KY · Joined Nov 2017 · Points: 26

18. Piton

David Gibbs · · Ottawa, ON · Joined Aug 2010 · Points: 2

20. "Manufacturing" holds.

B C · · Unknown Hometown · Joined May 2017 · Points: 0

Wrench

Jack Servedio · · Raleigh, NC · Joined Feb 2016 · Points: 35

22. Skyjacking tool (at least according to the TSA, on occasion).

Matthew Tangeman · · SW Colorado · Joined May 2015 · Points: 1,098

23. Wrench, used one to change my truck's oil just the other day

edit: now if only it could teach me to read posts above me

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

Trad Climbing
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