Stick Clip & Flying....

[climb2core]

Going to Vegas (Red Rocks) next week Debating about:
a) taking stick clip with me
b) going to hardware store and making one for $20
c) trying to make one from tent pole before leaving
d) just sucking it up and trying to find a stick if I need it.

Anyone with experience?

Thanks

[pawilkes]

i broke my knee at red rocks because i fell before i got to the first (very high) bolt so i would strongly recommend against option d. spending $20 on a stick clip is much better than getting hurt and coming home early.

[bcombs]

Do you own a squid or super clip? Just take that with you and buy a paint pole for 10 bucks once you get there. Don't waste your time on the tent pole variety. As Phil pointed out, you won't get to the first bolt.

[clif]

flying to vegas w/70 degree temps at home and worried about saving twenty bucks?

[Clevis Hitch]

If you are going to vegas to climb sport you're missing it!

[climb2core]

If you are going to vegas to climb sport you're missing it!

Isn't a stick clip part of your rack?

[climb2core]

flying to vegas w/70 degree temps at home and worried about saving twenty bucks?

Going for a conference and decided to throw in a couple days of climbing. Just looking for easiest solution and not worried about 20 bucks.

[dustonian]

If you are going to vegas to climb sport you're missing it!

Agreed, Vegas is all about the hookers!! Of course, you may want a stick for climbing some of them too...

[lena_chita]

There is one more possibility. If you are planning on climbing at popular crags at Red Rocks, you can simply borrow a stick clip from someone else at the crag. It is pretty much guaranteed that there would be one to borrow.

But if you are the self-sufficient don't-borrow-shit person, then bringing a squid or a clamp along, and buying a pole at destination is the way to go, IMO. We've done that recently on a trip to Smith Rock, and that was $20 well spent. A tent pole stick clip would have been completely useless on those high bolts, and I am not hardcore enough to boulder up to the first bolt in Smith.

[climb2core]

Decision made... just buy the the stuff when I get there.

Thanks!