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Ascentionist wrote:All you need is the hex. Right JB?

Speaking of hexes, I have a full set but only rack the 3 inch piece as a joke. How useful are hexes at the red.

TradWanker wrote:When in doubt, run it out.

how cute, especially since trad climbers place pro every 2-3 feet...what's a runout...6 feet?

piggie, just cus your balls shrink on a 5.7 doesn't mean thats the standard

i thought the saying was 'less rack, more sack' anyways.

johnwesely wrote:

Ascentionist wrote:All you need is the hex. Right JB?

Speaking of hexes, I have a full set but only rack the 3 inch piece as a joke. How useful are hexes at the red.

I had a double set of hexes and used them. Some routes work good and some don't. Takes a little experience. Its best to mix them in slowly at first before committing to all passive pro.

I used to use Hexes a fair amount when I had no cams. But now anytime I hear the clang of hexes banging against each other at the crag, it is like a loud gumby alarm that instinctively makes me want to run away.

I know! Several of the seneca climbers were carrying them. I felt like the odd man out. I can see where they work nicely there though.

pigsteak wrote:

TradWanker wrote:When in doubt, run it out.

how cute, especially since trad climbers place pro every 2-3 feet...what's a runout...6 feet?

Haha. True dat. I'd love to see the average RRG traddie skippin the last bolt on Kaleidoscope or the last two on The Madness....

After having spent some time in NC I can say I know what a runout is. I rarely run out stuff at the Red...er, "ran" out stuff at the Red. But there was the occasional mandatory commiting seciton. I'll think about it and get back to you...

Want runout? Come down to NC and climb Stone Mountain with us. 30 ft between bolts is norm......for you traddies, envision a 150ft pitch with exactly ONE spot to place a small nut or C-3. Gotta luv it down here!

And yeah, hexes actually do work pretty well at Seneca. Of course that's about the only place I've ever seen them useful.