Tricamuary Volume 3. The Year of the Tricam.

Adam Gallimorewrote:

Red tricam goodness at Stone Mountain in NC. Nothing else would fit here except for maybe a sky hook, but I don't carry those free-climbing (yet)

This bad boy was so good it almost didn't come out.

How do you get that out?

Might of needed two hands and a nut tool for that one...

BFFs <3

Coatimundi Crack on a wet day at Devil’s Lake.

Bounce testing the last placement on Condolences. 

Smokey says: Only you can prevent bolting wars. Learn to tricam.

Nick Goldsmithwrote:

I know there are some ER workers on this forum. any patients ever come in  with that problem? A stuck tricam in the rectum that the 2nd could not clean?

Only when I’m working shifts in the NE.

No pics but I recently bought a 4 pack of tricams, mostly because the beta for prodigal sun in Zion calls for a pink one…

Since then I’ve mostly been test placing them in the ground. BUT, while leading Ant Crack Right at Phantom Spires, I found a spot when I really wanted gear and only the tricam would fit / work.

I’m a convert and will carry tri-cams on my rack for long trad climbs and most definitely on aid pitches.

Charles Winsteadwrote:

No pics but I recently bought a 4 pack of tricams, mostly because the beta for prodigal sun in Zion calls for a pink one…

Since then I’ve mostly been test placing them in the ground. BUT, while leading Ant Crack Right at Phantom Spires, I found a spot when I really wanted gear and only the tricam would fit / work.

I’m a convert and will carry tri-cams on my rack for long trad climbs and most definitely on aid pitches.

A whole bunch of good tricam placements on prodigal sun! but I think you might also need the Red, just in case you were thinking about going with just the Pink. 

Aid placement on Zodiac in a wacky pin scar. 

It held aggressive bounce testing, but then pulled out with the gentlest of upward tugs.

Making a point to place at least one tricam a day. This opens my eyes not just to tricam placements but all passive gear placements. This has been most helpful.

Linked pitches on "Whodunit" at Tahquitz, nearly emptied all my gear loops of protection in the process. The trusty pink tricam delivered when I needed another piece for my anchor. Third piece not pictured  

Retro-trad of Made in the Shade 5.9- using tricams and a couple of small nuts for those cracks too small for a black.

It started raining a little more than half-way up for bonus fun!