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phatcat
Mar 9, 2005, 7:11 PM
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In reply to: It sounds like some of you haul a lot more gear around than I usually do. I'll admit I'm a pretty tame climber, but I don't think I want to hump that much gear to the base of a route, let alone climb with it. 32 cams, plus hexes and a double set of nuts for free climbing?!? That sounds like 60 pieces. How many placements are you looking at per pitch? On most routes I carry 9 cams, 8 hexes (4 - 11), a set of nuts, and a couple tri-cams. I'll add to that when necessary, but I don't find myself short very often. On a recent trip, we left the hexes at home and carried maybe 14 or 15 cams. I have doubles in mid-range cams (old Rock Empires I started climbing on), but I usually prefer to leave them at home. I like pro, but there's only so much I want to carry.
sounds like your missing the point of this thread... :D
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mattm
Mar 10, 2005, 5:08 PM
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In reply to: hey, i was right! :D yeah, i'm such a whore when it comes to cams. i have doubles of every size from green alien to the #6 C4 (yes, i own two!), plus random TCU's, hybrid aliens, ballnutz, and a set of Bros (including the monster). and, like a true gear whore, my REI dividend is going towards more cams. muhahaha!!!
I knew vegas would pony up! sweet heaven - people with as much as me!
My Racks (yes, plural) WC rack - doubles 1.5 through 4 plus a #6, 2 sets nuts, one set micros, one set walnuts. Old BD rack - doubles .75 through 3 plus .5, 3.5, 4, 4.5 - New C4 BD rack doubles .75 through 3 plus .5, 4, 5.
Smalls cams. Set TCUs 00-3, double aliens blue through red plus a black, hybrids 3 largest sizes (can't find the black/blue right now) toss some big bros and two Valley cams in there (wait, and .1,.2,.3,.4 BD cams and WC slug hexes and some Tri cams and Ball nuts - sh_t - I got a museum)
Built over a lot of years and a lot of boxes of ramen - pretty much done now... until aid gear is needed....
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montaniero
Mar 10, 2005, 9:23 PM
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In reply to: Old BD rack - doubles .75 through 3 plus .5, 3.5, 4, 4.5 - New C4 BD rack doubles .75 through 3 plus .5, 4, 5.
What's the logic behind this? Seems you have ONLY 4 racks of BD Camalots to complement your Friends....
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vanman2004
May 26, 2005, 10:28 PM
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My rack. Total cost:$345.50 All prices w/shipping:
Metolious Power Cams #5-8 (like Camalot .75 - 3)
#6: $30
#8: $27.50
#5 and #7: $56 (with two 'biners)
Stregor Cam #4 (Between #3 and #4 camalot): $30
Double Set of Black Diamond stoppers #4-13
New Anodized Set: $68
Used Non-anodized set: $27
Black Diamond stopper #6, (2) #1, (2) #2, (2) #3, (2) #4
$20
Black Diamond Hexes (2) #1, (2) #2, (3) #3
$20
Black Diamond Wired Hexentric #8
$16
5 Large-ish Hexes slung with perlon
$21
Pink and Red tricams
$30
Total: 5 cams, 29 nuts, 13 Hexes, 2 tricams.
A lot of this is ebay stuff, and the hexes and one stopper set are lightly used. The metolius cams are very lightly used. I also got 21 biners for $60 (D's) and a handful of slings from REI to supplement my long sport draws.
(edited for spelling)
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avalon420
May 26, 2005, 10:42 PM
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$79 here, 15 there, 2 big ones for the rope, ..............................HOLY CRAP i spent that much....boohooo boohooo...............................................my name sis Avalon and im an addict
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renohandjams
Jun 10, 2005, 5:34 PM
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Here is a picture of my Rack, I paid for this with the help of student loans and grants :wink: :
http://www.TradRack.com/ben'srack5.jpg
If you are REALLY serious about setting up a mega Trad Rack from scratch, http://www.TradRack.com offers a special Trad Rack coupon for orders over a $1500.
The coupon is:
'godzillasrack'
and it only becomes active over $1,500 and offers a woppin 15% off, off of regular priced items AND SALES. On top of that they will match any price, so if you are getting a piece that is priced lower somewhere else, email the owner, Ben, the link or the phone number (ben@TradRack.com) and he will match the price and take an additional 15% off of the new price of that piece.
If you are going BIG it's one of the better, large purchase discounts out there.
For smaller large purchases the coupon:
'babyrack'
offers 10% for purchases over a $1000 on Sale items as well
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-Kenny
http://www.TradRack.com
Free Email Accounts, yourname@TradRack.com, only 100 available
Email ben@TradRack.com with the name you want
Only 5 accounts have been taken so far.
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renohandjams
Jun 11, 2005, 6:55 PM
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My Rack:
http://www.TradRack.com/ben'srack5.jpg
It's really simple, it has a set of big bros, ball nutz, omega scalloped nutz, the really light trango draws (forgot what they are called), a full set of WC tech friends, and.. a set of Link and Max Cams on their way to boot.
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-Kenny
http://www.TradRack.com
Free Email, yourname@TradRack.com, only 100 available.
Click Here To See if the Name you want is available
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eyecannon
Jun 11, 2005, 7:45 PM
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I've spent around $2000 on mine so far:
Aliens blue thru purple
C4's .5 thru 5
Maxcams 2 thru 4 (have not yet received)
Ballnutz 3 and 4
Tricams pink to brown
Hexcentrics, 4 of the big ones
BD stoppers, full set
Wallnuts, assorted 6
and all the fixin's....
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mgr
Jun 11, 2005, 9:24 PM
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Why is it that all of the activities I participate in have to be so expensive?
$2000 for a rack, $1000 for my kayaking gear, $500 for a pair of skis. Where does it end?
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pt
Jun 11, 2005, 9:28 PM
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I have at least 5 of each size from micro cams up to #3 camelot, then I only have doubles up to #5 camelot. Then again, I've been climbing for 25 years and you may not want to use some of those older pieces! I've probably bootied 10 of those cams over the years. I only bring the old ones out for big walls, indian creek, or maybe the tower.
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mrtristan
Jun 11, 2005, 11:50 PM
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Wow. I spent the last hour or so cataloging all my gear and just the rack (pro, biners, slings, etc) comes to about $1700. This is for a set of Camalots from tiny to #4, #3 and 4 Bigbro, 4 smallest Metolius TCUs, a set of Tech Friends from smallest to #4, a couple other random cams, a set of BD stoppers, a set of HB Offsets, lots of biners, lockers, slings, etc.
ALL of my gear? *shudder* Including harnesses (have 3), shoes (several pair), aid/big wall gear, ice gear, helmets, headlamps, ropes, etc etc... It comes to... holy crap... about $5000. :shock: This is over about... the last... 5 years.
Yeah, my friends might have cars and might be eating real food, but hey, the REAL question is... who has more gear? 8^)
-Tristan
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avalon420
Jun 14, 2005, 5:28 PM
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I'll just assume this picture was taken as you were walking out the store :lol:
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madrock
Aug 22, 2005, 1:36 AM
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$800.
Joe
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saxfiend
Aug 22, 2005, 3:33 AM
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I see you're up to 94 posts now; how much longer before your first useful one?
JL
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dr_fil_good
Aug 22, 2005, 4:22 AM
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In reply to: I'll just assume this picture was taken as you were walking out the store :lol:
:lol: and with your fly undone!!!
(all in AUSD)
My rack has set me back approx $2k and is almost complete with cams, aliens, nuts, rps, hexes, tricams, a rap rack (six bar but you only need five and I would highly recommend a Goldtail), a variety of belay devices (two reversos, a gigi, and two fig of eights), eight std quickdraws, four quickdraws with long runners, a petzl basic (for top-rope self belayed ascent), about eight or so screwgate binas, two sets of prussic cords, couple of screamers, a whole heap of webbing, and a few other things I can't think of right now - however I only have one of each item of protection.
Also + various ropes $500 + bags $500 + ice gear $2k + GPS $800 + camping gear $3k
On my wishlist is a handful of wiregate binas for racking my cams individually (currently I have three to four items of pro to a bina on my shoulder rack), a second set of nuts, a pair of jumars, a pair of pulleys (for pack hauling, rescue, and more rope friendly tyrolean), a silent partner, and a spare helmet.
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ping
Aug 24, 2005, 12:38 PM
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I took my time putting together the rack: checking sales, looking for cosmetic seconds, saving up to buy in bulk to get discounts, looking for free shipping without sate sales tax, etc. My windfall was a Mountain Gear customer appreciation promotion that took 10% off my order with an additional 10% off for buying multiple cams. With piecemeal additions before and since, the whole thing came in at at $1150.
Aliens blue-gold
C4's .75-3
BD Stoppers 4-13
Tricams pink-brown
26 BD Hotwires
10 Petzl Sprits for racking
3 Petzl Owalls for wired pro racking
7 assorted locking biners
10 24" Mammut Dyneema slings
2 48" Mammut Dyneema slings
5 8" BD Dogbones
Kong Gigi
Cordelette
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