Pink tricam love

Jonny d wrote:

Lonely, brand new, single pink left lodged on Monday one-third of the way up the first pitch of Sedona Scenic Cruise. In need of some loving attention that time did not permit that day.

:'(

Buddy Smith wrote:

Climbed eight routes today and had the pink on the belt for all. Used it on each even if it was just superfluous. I LOVE that bastard! Used the red and a big blue too, but I was determined to place that dang pink on every one.

I and my regular partner have developed a tradition of using a tricam (preferably pink) on route at least once, each trying to find a better placement than the prior lead.  Placements have ranged from mono-pockets to using one as a stopper in passive placement, to two pinks in opposition.  Once, after cleaning, I topped out to see his entire anchor system built off of four tricams (two pinks a red and a black).  Bitch all you want about them, I love their simplicity and versatility. 

Jonny d wrote:

Lonely, brand new, single pink left lodged on Monday one-third of the way up the first pitch of Sedona Scenic Cruise. In need of some loving attention that time did not permit that day.

Suggestive of a haiku, maybe there should be an ode for the lost pinks

Mark LaPierre wrote:

Suggestive of a haiku, maybe there should be an ode for the lost pinks

Lonely pink tricam

left behind; more love needed

than time permitted.

Clearly the best use for tricams in the gunks

Caitlin Wolters wrote:

Clearly the best use for tricams in the gunks

There's a pink Tricam graveyard at the top of Horseman in the Gunks: https://imgur.com/phEMSvY

wivanoff wrote:

There's a pink Tricam graveyard at the top of Horseman in the Gunks: https://imgur.com/phEMSvY

ha, I have a red on my rack from the same spot

I carried a brand new pink tricam on my harness during a multi-state climbing trip this past summer. Can't tell you why, but I felt compelled by some force to leave it on my harness as a lucky rabbit's foot for each climb. 

At the end of our trip we were running low on some supplies while climbing in Vedauwoo. A guy offered us several items for free, at which point I offered back my lucky pink tricam. The guy's eyes lit up as he mentions that he's never owned a pink tricam but knew there were forums dedicated it. 

We were both beyond stoked.

It may be time to start a "brotherhood of the traveling tricam" thread...take a picture of your little pink pal, then mail it to the first person that asks for it...lather, rinse, repeat?

I converted that video into a less efficient file format: here.

wivanoff wrote:

There's a pink Tricam graveyard at the top of Horseman in the Gunks: https://imgur.com/phEMSvY

Those WERE red Tricams. They've been gone for at least a year now (I cleaned 'em).

Gunkiemike wrote:

Those WERE red Tricams. They've been gone for at least a year now (I cleaned 'em).

Were they red? Guess the webbing had faded. I don't remember, but thanks for cleaning them.

Can you imagine the logic? "Ohhh... a stuck Tricam. Well, mine won't get stuck"..... "Oh, look. Some Gumbies got two tricams stuck. Well, mine won't get stuck..."  LOL

wivanoff wrote:

Were they red? Guess the webbing had faded. I don't remember, but thanks for cleaning them.

Can you imagine the logic? "Ohhh... a stuck Tricam. Well, mine won't get stuck"..... "Oh, look. Some Gumbies got two tricams stuck. Well, mine won't get stuck..."  LOL

you can tell they are red because of the shape of the nose. Larger sizes have smaller, more pointy that end in a "dot" form while smaller ones like pink through white have a point that ends in a "line" shape. 

Gunkiemike wrote:

Those WERE red Tricams. They've been gone for at least a year now (I cleaned 'em).

Oh interesting. I think I placed a pink there, and I thought maybe it came out nicely because I placed it with the fulcrum point down, or that I was mistaken about it being the same spot on Horseman. But maybe it was actually because I placed a pink and those were reds, a size larger.

While also placed multiple times on lead during this outing (much to the annoyance of my second, who as a west coaster was thoroughly unfamiliar with the ways of the tricam...this was the intended effect on my part), the pink worked great for some impromptu gear organization whilst cragging out at Index. And of course I own two of them.

I bought a tricam set on MP a few months ago and was wondering why there was a double in only the pink color....then I saw this forum, I am now starting to understand why.

Can you imagine the logic? "Ohhh... a stuck Tricam. Well, mine won't get stuck"..... "Oh, look. Some Gumbies got two tricams stuck. Well, mine won't get stuck..."  LOL

ha! you're not wrong, but maybe you're also not factoring in the trad climbing fear (... of certain death even though I'm actually totally safe). It's probably more like "I'm about to die, and fuck this Tricam at least I know this placement is bomber!"

Dave Alie wrote:

ha! you're not wrong, but maybe you're also not factoring in the trad climbing fear (... of certain death even though I'm actually totally safe). It's probably more like "I'm about to die, and fuck this Tricam at least I know this placement is bomber!"

This guy climbs trad.

Somebody had mentioned large yellow #7 earlier in the thread. I own two and they work very well in the industrial rope rescue environment. They fit well in W flange beams. Find a joint at a tie plate or an empty bolt hole to set the spike, wedge it and add a bit of opposition tie. Friggin bomber. Wish I had a picture handy. Always looking to pick up more of the #7s.