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ynot wrote: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.

but you let me bring them anyway?... How nice of you

So why exactly don't cams not good at the red? I imagine it's because the sandstone isn't smooth enough, but I'm not sure about that, because wouldn't the same apply to nuts if that was the case.-' So my second guess is because the cracks are all at least slightly flared.

I got to use hexes in some limestone, and one placement I made was bomber, in fact it was pretty hard to clean because I set it so hard.

sorry double post

I don't exactly not know good.

I went back and changed that sentence and ended up messing it up, and what I meant to say is "why exactly don't cams work good at the red?"

They don't work good, they work grrreat!

OMG I have been sick for days and running on slow, now what I really meant was: "why exactly don't hexes work good at the red?"

Redpoint wrote:OMG I have been sick for days and running on slow, now what I really meant was: "why exactly don't hexes work good at the red?"

Sorry you are ill, I feel the need to help. It should be
" Why don't hexes work well at the red ?

Because they are noisy.

They work just fine in that they do what they do. They just don't do what cams do. You have a lot more options for placing a cam since it expands and tends to stay in place. Still, in principle, you could lead most stuff with hexes.