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I am heading off to the red in eight days to climb for a month and was wondering if my rack is sufficient to do most routes?
I have:
1 set of nuts
1 red and pink tricam
1 grey tcu
1 blue tcu
2 yellow tcu
3 orange tcu
3 .5 cam
2 .75 cam
1 1 cam
1 2 cam
1 3 cam
1 3" hex

Is that enough, or is there anything else that I absolutely need?

Thats plenty, but I have found that the red uses a lot of 1's and 2's. But what you have will work.

sounds fine if you are only after finger cracks.

Would this get me up something like rock wars or cruising lane?

it would get you up rock wars and probably cruising lane, i remember using lots of nuts on it. a double set of cams is nice to have in the red, especially .75-2

pawilkes wrote:it would get you up rock wars and probably cruising lane, i remember using lots of nuts on it. a double set of cams is nice to have in the red, especially .75-2

I really wish I did not have the triples in the sizes I have. I am not really sure how that happened. If anyone wants to trade the a 1 and 2 forged friend, or equivalent, for the two largest trango splitter cams, I would be down. I would even sweeten the deal in anyway I could.

Are there any classic routes that I should definitely avoid given my lack of medium cams?

Do the classics! Just partner up with someone who can supplement your rack....

yeah the only thing I would reccomend is one or 2 #4 camalots. I seem to use AT LEAST one of those on every climb I have done. But then again I like routes that have a lot of diversity. Your rack will work for most of the routes. Of course if you got ginormous cohones then it will work for ALL the routes

no one stating the obvious? the only rack you need is 14 quick draws. the rest is a waste.

ur welcome.

pigsteak wrote:no one stating the obvious? the only rack you need is 14 quick draws. the rest is a waste.

ur welcome.

What are quickdraw? I'll be climbing sport routes with my tripled trad draws.