+1 for pink tricams. Tricams are lighter and cheaper than cams. They are harder to place so I like to use them to build anchors when I can so I can save a cam for the next pitch. Nice, clear and concise video!
@kivorndran1615
Жыл бұрын
pink tricam is the unoffical gear of the gunks. I think you're sleeping on them a lil, I place them constantly in places where the direction of fall would be bad for a cam to take, but the sling of a tricam doesnt have issues with (horizontal cracks mostly) it really seems like every trad climber is either a hexes or a tricams kinda guy, but both are great gear when placed correctly... and tricams are lighter...
@thepiedharmonicaplayer
Жыл бұрын
Many climbers I'm around think it's a bit funny to extend the range past simple nuts and cams. I'm getting more into the more unusual types of gear now though. Pink tricam is the gear of the Watchtower Faces here in Aus as well
@Etmanning
Жыл бұрын
No idea why I was recommended this, but good stuff! You make me want to try out ball nuts, but I just picked up some totems & need to slow down the gear accumulation haha. Stay safe and climb on!
@thepiedharmonicaplayer
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! You may have made the right decision as totems are the more useful of the two anyway - but that doesn’t stop me from bringing ballnuts up everything I climb!
@JamesCFraser
Жыл бұрын
No mention of sky hooks? I've seen some trad climbers talking about using them on sketchy routes (they really look pretty desperate and I've seen footage where the hooks are pulled off the wall the second the climber goes above them!)
@thepiedharmonicaplayer
Жыл бұрын
I should have mentioned them! I actually know of a story where to bag the FA of one of my local slabs, the climber placed a skyhook - the only gear he could place - and weighted it with his entire rack to be sure it wouldn’t fall off!
@shrknan073
Жыл бұрын
fix that problem with a bit of duct tape and you got yourself something pretty bomber
@Ben-xd4fc
Жыл бұрын
Rocks. Wedge a handy rock in a crack, throw a sling round it. Pitons - normally (in the UK) fixed gear but might be carried on some mental stuff, sometimes only hand placed - not hammered. Skyhooks, tied down if possible, stuck on with tape if you're insane
@sirblackbird
Жыл бұрын
Very nice, love the editing
@thepiedharmonicaplayer
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@UKnaZo
Жыл бұрын
Very enjoyable video, good work.
@thepiedharmonicaplayer
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@riorodrigues5240
Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@kid5Media
Жыл бұрын
Wow. In the entirety of my climbing in Yosemite in the 70s I never used a locking biner, much less four. Neither did anyone else. And no camming devices, of course. Just nuts. Hexes, alas, seem to have gone the way of the Dodo.
@thepiedharmonicaplayer
Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't say that about hexes where I climb, though I climb at places with quite old school ethics and amazing natural placements for hexes
@michaeldemasi1984
Жыл бұрын
My favourite piece of gear is my pink Tricam
@thepiedharmonicaplayer
Жыл бұрын
The only size of tricam I don’t have haha
@Kolby-lt9cr
Жыл бұрын
Tricams are kinda amazing lowkey tho
@thepiedharmonicaplayer
Жыл бұрын
Oh they’re ridiculous. I love them
@aron7548
Жыл бұрын
Wheres all the hammerable stuff (other than hexes). My favorites are beaks (exceptional in frozen turf and those chossfull dirty cracks where you can't put a python in). Also ice screws are technically trad gear. Nice video tho.
@thepiedharmonicaplayer
Жыл бұрын
Good point about the semi-fixed stuff, I generally associate them with aid which I consider a different discipline but it’s true they are trad gear. I’m actually not too familiar with beaks (only pitons and copperheads) so that’s something I’ll try and learn more about. Thank you!
@william2496
5 ай бұрын
My favourite is Gorilla Tape
@TknJn
Жыл бұрын
Kouba Climbing Abalak Stoppers!! (twisted lovechild of a tricam and a nut) one of the few non-destructive ways of protecting smaller shotholes. would like to get my grubby wombly paws on some to test!. :-j
@thepiedharmonicaplayer
Жыл бұрын
I was researching them for this video trying to tell if they were tricams or nuts haha. They do seem interesting
@Etmanning
Жыл бұрын
@@thepiedharmonicaplayer I've got a set and am not super sold on them. The "point" of the cam is thinner than the CAMP version, leading to instability. The wires are not as flexible, making it harder to place & is often a two-handed deal. The only use for the Ablaks have been working gear beta for a specific climb where one of the larger ones replaces a cam. still, for the price it's a fun set to mess with.
@TknJn
Жыл бұрын
@@Etmanning that's interesting and a bit sad! if the point is too small; it might bite earlier, but possibly more susceptible to blowing. have U tried them in a bored hole from blasting? (shothole) target size of interest is about 1" give or take.
@Etmanning
Жыл бұрын
@@TknJn I've never climbed anything with blasting holes. Maybe I'll try and bring them with me to the beach nearby. I think there are some manmade walls. They'll definitely work for some stuff!
@TknJn
Жыл бұрын
@@Etmanning ahhh; the remnants of quarrying! bigger bore/blast holes will take cams (a frikkin charm) but the smaller ones... the classic method with a nut is interesting if U have tripped over it? :-j
@jackryan148
Жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention kong gipsy's
@thepiedharmonicaplayer
Жыл бұрын
Ah yes! They're a weird piece of gear, though I don't think they're still in production. After letting this video marinate I might make an updated video on this topic that would be more comprehensive and include gear like that
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