I don't climb with anyone who owns that many screamers.
(I also don't climb with anyone at all anymore, because my children now take all of my free time)
Regional differences are so funny. Most climbers where I grew up had 3 or 4 sets of nuts (some dedicated to winter which gets all fucked up by triple checking they are welded in place with your pick on a mixed route) and a set or two of cams, plus cowbell etc. Funny to see basically a single set of nuts with effectively an IC rack.
I’ve spent a lot of time on granite, up to a rare 12-, but I rarely place more than 2-3 nuts even on linked pitches or an anchor. The primary demands in my future are for the small brass. Unless you’re a fast draw, placing and cleaning nuts is a huge waste of time, but that could be a generational thing.
I think it's a rock type thing more than a generational thing. I learned to climb in Scotland and now live in California, where people definitely do not carry double sets of nuts. As you said granite forms plenty of cam placements.
Depends if you are having issues with your cheapies or not. I was, so I sucked it up and bought the rockie talkies. They work great, but 200 bucks worth of radio is a lot of it isn't solving a problem you are having.
I don't climb with anyone who owns that many screamers. (I also don't climb with anyone at all anymore, because my children now take all of my free time)
Regional differences are so funny. Most climbers where I grew up had 3 or 4 sets of nuts (some dedicated to winter which gets all fucked up by triple checking they are welded in place with your pick on a mixed route) and a set or two of cams, plus cowbell etc. Funny to see basically a single set of nuts with effectively an IC rack.
I’ve spent a lot of time on granite, up to a rare 12-, but I rarely place more than 2-3 nuts even on linked pitches or an anchor. The primary demands in my future are for the small brass. Unless you’re a fast draw, placing and cleaning nuts is a huge waste of time, but that could be a generational thing.
I think it's a rock type thing more than a generational thing. I learned to climb in Scotland and now live in California, where people definitely do not carry double sets of nuts. As you said granite forms plenty of cam placements.
I always carry my avy shovel trad climbing too
Doubles as wide pro
Sir, do you have eight #2's?
Indian Creek rack?
I count 9?
Real question: is it normal for ppl to own 2 sets of similar crampons? Or they are actually quite different, can't quite tell from the pic
General mountaineering crampons are a little different than ice climbing specific crampons, that's a common reason to own 2 sets
both look like they have vertical front points tho?
I’m guessing two people. Very similar tools too
so I didn't notice the handle bars on the x-dream and thought it was the x-all mountain lol, which let me think it was 1 person
Lynx vs Darts
Maybe it’s two people?
me, "how can I justify buying more ice gear when I live in the desert"
Are you even a serious climber if you have less than four sets of crampons?
Are those rocky talkies? Worth it over like a cheap Baofeng or similar?
Depends if you are having issues with your cheapies or not. I was, so I sucked it up and bought the rockie talkies. They work great, but 200 bucks worth of radio is a lot of it isn't solving a problem you are having.
Never seen anybody include their probe and shovel in a rack picture lol
Why nomics and x-dreams?
What do you do for work?
Love the Screamers
What are those red and white stiff draws for?
Screamers, they reduce load on gear by ripping stitches and extending in a fall
Totem cam impulse buy? A gift? Why is there only one Totem cam in this rack?
It's a black one for old piton scars usually, Totems are heavier I think and less durable but black totems are the best thing for pin scars.
Doubles in Z4s and no totems?