What climbing gear / equipment do you own?

 

I have, BD Focus AL harness, BD Pearabiner, BD ATC-XP, Rock Pillars / Evlov Shoes, BD Chalk bag

 

For the kind of climbing that I do, I dont think I need anything else.

 

regards

harness; singing rock, rock and lock

shoes; quechua

biner; HB wales

belay; ATC

chalk bag; quechua

rope; black diamond

quickdraws; various.

Harness- BD Momentum, Singing Rock

Caribiners- Bunches

Siings- Bunches

Pro- BD Stoppers and Hexes, Rock Empire Cams

Belay- Mad Rock, BD ATC's

Black Diamond belay device

La Sportiva shoes (1 lace up, 1 slippers)

Carabiners (lots, various)

Chalk bags (lots, various)

Quick draws (lots, various)

Mammut 60 meter rope and bag

Singing Rock 60 meter rope and bag

Trad - Cams and nuts (various)

Mike

 

harness: climbed in misty mountain harness, used to have a super-comfy trango harness (retired), now have a moderately comfy BD harness (anxiously awaiting the expiration date so i can get back to misty mountain).

most of a rack (i'll just leave it at that)

slings, slings, slings

biners, biners, biners

shoes: used to have some old school boots (you know, the board-lasted up to the heel leather shoes), now climb in mythos

HELMET!! - BD half dome

rope: 10.5mm x 60m and nearing its retirement. and a static line for TR anchor via USSR

and some webbing and a chalkbag or two (honestly i don't know where one of them came from. it just appeared one day).

 

...you get the idea

how do you like those rock empire cams?

i'm pretty sure beal is the rope company behind black diamond.

Mostly its sport climbing for now. I'm looking forward to take the 'lead rope climbing' class before getting ropes / quickdraws.

 

Still got 2 more classes (performance climbing clinic) and plan to at least spend 6 months of TR tackling 6c before going over to lead rope climbing.

 

The main reason for me to ask the gear list is to determine the popular brands. The proshop at the gym carry BD exclusively, so far BD are considered top notch equipment.

 

Chilli / Brad - I'm not suprised on your 'too much to list' list.....

 

regards

Just ordered a pair of La Sportiva Testarrosa shoes.

Mike

I can't really give a good report on them yet. I have not really been out since I got them. I do know the .5 places nicely in a crack in the bridge near my house. From what I undrerstand they are the same as the Trango Flex cams.

Heath

i had heard something along those lines, but i don't really remember specifics. they seem like a valuable asset to a rack for the price (but not having any experience with RE, i was curious). let me know what you think as time goes on.

thanks

i'd say listen to that advice with a grain of salt. i kind of have a problem with the statement. i've heard it too, and while i won't won't contest the concept that perhaps the shape, camming angles, surface area, etc. of a particular make of cam MAY allow for it to be a little more prone to walking, i still object (at least in part) to the rumor. the reason being that the tendency of a cam to walk is generally not something that is intrinsic to the device itself, but can typically be traced back to the placement or rope drag...

a lot of people are not overly careful when placing cams because they sort of 'pop' right in there. this is problematic (as you may well know) because the crack may be flaring in the wrong direction for a cam (e.g. a constriction for which a nut/hex may be better suited) and thus the cam will walk with a little agitation from the rope...

...which brings me to my next qualm with the idea of particular cams walking: rope drag/pull on a cam, becuase someone used a short draw when they should have used a runner, can also cause that whole walking thing by wiggling the cam back and forth constricting lobes on each side until it walks itself back to a more cammed position (for which your second will thank you when trying to remove)...

...so if i heard someone say to me "yeah, but my larger ones walk," the first things i'd want to see would be the placement and the runner (along with the line of the route).

 

sorry about the rant, but it's a bit of a trigger for me. so like i said, i've heard it too, but i still listen with a bit of skepticism. let me know if you sink a good placement with a good length runner and it still walks. i'd be genuinely curious and interested to hear some more critiques since the rumor floats around.