Dream Gear You Wish Existed

highaltitudeflatulentexpulsionwrote:

3 lights, 3 different colors, each on a different spot of the device.

Sold with no suggestions as to what each one should mean. Allow the end users to choose.

Red, I have to shit

Green, I should have already shit

White, why can’t I just shit already?

Or whatever you feel is relevant to your multi pitch situation.

And 4 other unique combinations to further granularize your vertical butt-updates.

A sil nylon bag with a mini battery-powered dehumidifier attached to it, such that anything put inside the bag is fully dried in minutes.

J Lwrote:

Smart Alpine 2.0

i love my smart alpine.  why didn’t they carry this product over with the 2.0?

BryanOCwrote:

i love my smart alpine.  why didn’t they carry this product over with the 2.0?

I asked Mammut, I'll see if I can dig up the response.

Found it -- they discontinued it to make space for new items. This was October of last year.

Perhaps if we independently reach out we could change their minds. I just followed up again.

Jared Ewrote:

This exists, CT alpine up. Just need to use appropriate rope diameter

My experience is similar to Duncan Domingue, I have briefly owned the Alpine Up and thought it was sticky and frustrating to rappel with in autoblocking mode. Perhaps they don't work for Duncans?

Still looking for a double rope device that rappels as smoothly as a GriGri or Reverso and autoblocks like a GriGri.

duncan...wrote:

My experience is similar to Duncan Domingue, I have briefly owned the Alpine Up and thought it was sticky and frustrating to rappel with in autoblocking mode. Perhaps they don't work for Duncans?

Still looking for a double rope device that rappels as smoothly as a GriGri or Reverso and autoblocks like a GriGri.

The Alpine Up is sticky until you happen on the correct trick.  It rappels very well if you turn your body about 15-30 degrees from the cliff and use the lever.  The device really sucks with thicker ropes but is fantastic with thinner ropes or thin double/twin ropes.  I use a 8.9mm triple rated rope as a single.

A route comment platform with low barriers to entry but good automatic extraction/sorting of info by category (will a sedan get stuck, approach beta, route finding beta, how hard are the cruxes, how hard are the runouts, how many pieces of each size, how many slings, which pitches are good to combine, how long the rappels, rap/walkoff beta, c2c records, names of previous climbers' dogs and where they had breakfast, other stories, tangential pissing contests, what the grade would be at Joshua Tree, unprotected harder variations, etc).

A grigri-like autolocking belay device where you can insert or take out the rope without disconnecting it from your harness. So you can use it on multipitch with no risk of dropping it. There's precedent for such a device to exist; similar devices exist in caving (eg Petzl Stop) and rope access (eg Petzl Rig).

And, before anyone says it, no, attaching your grigri to your carabiner with cord is not a satisfactory solution! The cord always gets in the way of things.

Alex Fischerwrote:

A grigri-like autolocking belay device where you can insert or take out the rope without disconnecting it from your harness. So you can use it on multipitch with no risk of dropping it. There's precedent for such a device to exist; similar devices exist in caving (eg Petzl Stop) and rope access (eg Petzl Rig).

And, before anyone says it, no, attaching your grigri to your carabiner with cord is not a satisfactory solution! The cord always gets in the way of things.

Then you want the Ice Rock Gnome
http://icerockequipment.com/en/catalog/descenders/gnome-second-edition

A jacket as thin and light as wearing a base layer yet warmer and more breathable than an puff jacket. 

The second generation Petzl IKO light that doesn’t stop working after you twist it up or stretch it over a helmet. Its the best headlamp ever but at the same time the most fragile since the micro power cord inside gets damaged so easy.

High altitude still suit - lightweight, stretchy like lycra, recycles sweat and pee into drinking water, fabric is also a battery and powers a mesh heating layer, battery lasts for 4-weeks of continuous heat on a single charge, can be recharged with accompanying solar jacket.

CTBwrote:

The second generation Petzl IKO light that doesn’t stop working after you twist it up or stretch it over a helmet. Its the best headlamp ever but at the same time the most fragile since the micro power cord inside gets damaged so easy.

It exists already, https://flashlight.nitecore.com/product/ut27 

super good, get it with 2 battery packs. bought from aliexpress for like $40. doesnt have the rear battery pack so its not annoying like that. works well with helmet.

Duncan Dominguewrote:

Then you want the Ice Rock Gnome
http://icerockequipment.com/en/catalog/descenders/gnome-second-edition

Wow, thanks for letting me know about this! I'll have to get one.

- a device to belay from the top with low friction. Something like a microtrax without the rope-severing risk. Bonus points if it has another purpose (lead belay, or rope clamp)

- The OG boostic with a slightly wider forefoot (or the 2nd gen boostic with the stiffness of the OG)

- a cheap, simple TRS device.  (Yes the Taz is cool but expensive. Again, bonus if it serves more than one purpose). 

Generally though, it is amazing how good gear is these days.

Alex Fischerwrote:

A grigri-like autolocking belay device where you can insert or take out the rope without disconnecting it from your harness. So you can use it on multipitch with no risk of dropping it. There's precedent for such a device to exist; similar devices exist in caving (eg Petzl Stop) and rope access (eg Petzl Rig).

And, before anyone says it, no, attaching your grigri to your carabiner with cord is not a satisfactory solution! The cord always gets in the way of things.

Just change how you load a GriGri and you'll never drop it. Face the carabiner gate to the right, open it with your left hand. Works the same hanging from an anchor for a top belay.

https://imgur.com/BXuLgEV

The Flying Dutchmanwrote:

- a device to belay from the top with low friction. Something like a microtrax without the rope-severing risk. Bonus points if it has another purpose (lead belay, or rope clamp)

- The OG boostic with a slightly wider forefoot (or the 2nd gen boostic with the stiffness of the OG)

- a cheap, simple TRS device.  (Yes the Taz is cool but expensive. Again, bonus if it serves more than one purpose). 

Generally though, it is amazing how good gear is these days.

I use the knog Gigi and it's great and you can use 2 ropes and do everything the same as an atc cut it is a little more difficult due to the fact you need 2 bieners or to make a keeper cord

A girlfriend. 

G7 Haul Packs

LS Solutions with a super stiff midsole and xs edge.