caribe wrote:They look super solid Kato. The active gear used by Arnaud Petit when he recently climbed "Black Bean" 8b in Ceüse were Totems. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TeTejh1ebs
If I climbed like Arnaud, I guess I'd be OK with them
I saw the Totem TCUs in Arnaud's vid (there were Camalots in there too), but my comments are just regarding the Kong Gipsy.
I would want the bottom against some sort of rail or in a recess. I used the old version of these a long time ago while climbing with some one that had them. Havent seen them since till now. I never wieghted them but it looks like they take a fall.
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I sketched out a free body diagram- that's what I "looked" at that made me think it is not stable. Of course, without one in my hand, I'm just going off the video, maybe there are features that aren't apparent that make it work better. Took me a long time to get comfortable with cams, too. At least they make sense mechanically.
Mega gay video. I don't understand the end... he grabs the wrong size cam, it's too small, then he grabs the right size Kong thingie, fumbles around on his leg, then sticks it in the plastic "crack" as if it's somehow superior to the wrong-size cam he grabbed earlier. All this proves is he picked the wrong cam the first time around and needs to work on that. That, and the value in not wasting time with pointless new gadgetry.
