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Poll: Cam lobes: racked in/out?
Inner lobes out. 1 / 10%
Outer lobes out. 0 / 0%
Inner lobes facing front. 0 / 0%
Outer lobes facing front. 0 / 0%
I'm not sure. 9 / 90%
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acorneau


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So, I'm curious...

When you rack your cams, either on your harness or on a gear sling, do you rack them so the inner or outer lobes face out away from your thigh? Or perhaps you've got a harness that makes the cams sit differently; which lobes are facing forward?

I find that my harness seems to twist the position of the cams slightly, so I guess I rack mine with the inner lobes facing out and forward at the same time. I think I remember Craig Luebben mention it in one of his books as the proper orientation, but I can't remember where...


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Oct 13, 2010, 10:08 PM
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acorneau wrote:
So, I'm curious...

When you rack your cams, either on your harness or on a gear sling, do you rack them so the inner or outer lobes face out away from your thigh? Or perhaps you've got a harness that makes the cams sit differently; which lobes are facing forward?

I find that my harness seems to twist the position of the cams slightly, so I guess I rack mine with the inner lobes facing out and forward at the same time. I think I remember Craig Luebben mention it in one of his books as the proper orientation, but I can't remember where...
Why on earth would this matter? Oh, and what are you going to do with Trango Splitter Cams???


kennoyce


Oct 13, 2010, 10:17 PM
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acorneau wrote:
So, I'm curious...

When you rack your cams, either on your harness or on a gear sling, do you rack them so the inner or outer lobes face out away from your thigh? Or perhaps you've got a harness that makes the cams sit differently; which lobes are facing forward?

I find that my harness seems to twist the position of the cams slightly, so I guess I rack mine with the inner lobes facing out and forward at the same time. I think I remember Craig Luebben mention it in one of his books as the proper orientation, but I can't remember where...

I rack biner gate facing out. That means that the cams get racked however they happen to be sitting on the biner at that moment. I'd be willing to bet that around 99.99999% of climbers don't care in the slightest what way their cams are racked (in the context of your question), and I don't know about your cams, but mine certainly rotate and move around as I'm climbing.


reaeper


Oct 13, 2010, 10:26 PM
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I like to keep them going in the same direction, but that direction doesn't really matter.


hafilax


Oct 13, 2010, 11:27 PM
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What's the rock type?


rokshoxbkr19


Oct 13, 2010, 11:58 PM
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well, to answer this appropriately the audience will need to know if it's a leap year or not, very important!


Kartessa


Oct 14, 2010, 12:07 AM
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It really just depends on the colour of my shoes


clc


Oct 14, 2010, 12:14 AM
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WTF?


mheyman


Oct 14, 2010, 1:22 AM
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Need better bait.


currupt4130


Oct 14, 2010, 1:24 AM
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I take mine and insert them stem down through the gear loops so the lobes hold them in place by sitting on the gear loop.


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Oct 14, 2010, 1:26 AM
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acorneau wrote:
So, I'm curious...

When you rack your cams, either on your harness or on a gear sling, do you rack them so the inner or outer lobes face out away from your thigh? Or perhaps you've got a harness that makes the cams sit differently; which lobes are facing forward?

I find that my harness seems to twist the position of the cams slightly, so I guess I rack mine with the inner lobes facing out and forward at the same time. I think I remember Craig Luebben mention it in one of his books as the proper orientation, but I can't remember where...

The obviously correct answer is to alternate. That way they rack closer together and thus take up less space on your harness.


jbro_135


Oct 14, 2010, 2:09 AM
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One star, bitch!


Partner j_ung


Oct 14, 2010, 3:03 AM
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Where's the "I don't care," option? Tongue


wonderwoman


Oct 14, 2010, 3:25 AM
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My lobes are attached, I have hitchhiker's thumb, I can roll my tongue...

Oh. And I'm moving this to campground.


hafilax


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j_ung wrote:
Where's the "I don't care," option? Tongue
It's called not clicking reply.


acorneau


Oct 14, 2010, 2:13 PM
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mheyman wrote:
Need better bait.


Still got a few!

(Yeah, I was bored!)


wjca


Oct 14, 2010, 6:13 PM
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acorneau wrote:
So, I'm curious...

When you rack your cams, either on your harness or on a gear sling, do you rack them so the inner or outer lobes face out away from your thigh? Or perhaps you've got a harness that makes the cams sit differently; which lobes are facing forward?

I find that my harness seems to twist the position of the cams slightly, so I guess I rack mine with the inner lobes facing out and forward at the same time. I think I remember Craig Luebben mention it in one of his books as the proper orientation, but I can't remember where...


Your mom likes it when I rack both the inner and outer lobes of her cam, from the front and back.


kachoong


Oct 14, 2010, 6:43 PM
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wjca wrote:
acorneau wrote:
So, I'm curious...

When you rack your cams, either on your harness or on a gear sling, do you rack them so the inner or outer lobes face out away from your thigh? Or perhaps you've got a harness that makes the cams sit differently; which lobes are facing forward?

I find that my harness seems to twist the position of the cams slightly, so I guess I rack mine with the inner lobes facing out and forward at the same time. I think I remember Craig Luebben mention it in one of his books as the proper orientation, but I can't remember where...


Your mom likes it when I rack both the inner and outer lobes of her cam, from the front and back.

I was expecting ball nuts to be included in your post.... very disappointed!


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