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All this argument brings up good points but my whole reason for saying"get a cordalette is ,a new trad climber needs to learn to build a good anchor. running out of slings happens way too much and using the rope is even fussier than a cordalette or slings. It all works but a cordalette is just nice and efficient. Its handy for other things too.

Fuck it. Get a set of nuts and climb. If you can't protect as you go up, come back down and lose one. Not that you shouldn't start buying cams and slings and 'biners and more slings and hexes and more hexes and more cams.... What was my point? Climb what you can with what you've got? Yeah. That's it.

Just another sport climber with a rack anyway.......

If you don't get dirty and you don't bleed, what's the point?

My 2 cents...go with quality over quantity on trad gear. BD, WC, Metolius...worth the extra cost.