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Offwidth Rack??
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:46 pm
by pborden
Looking to expand my rack for the spring season so that it will enable me to do some serious offwidthing...
With that in mind, what would make up a good offwidth rack? How many big bros, sizes, duplicates, cams etc? I already have the #1 and #2 big bros, but I´ll need more...
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:48 pm
by SCIN
Mine will get me up anything:
1-#6 Friend
1-#5 Camalot
2-#4.5 Camalots
2-#4 Camalots
2-#3.5 Camalots
3-#3 Camalots
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 6:01 pm
by overhung
Not the one I saw last week in Morehead. 8)
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 7:06 pm
by Wes
I have:
1 #6 friend
1 #5 friend
1 #4.5 camalot
2 #4 camalot
2 #3.5 camalot
Works pretty well most of the time, but I need a #5 camalot.
Wes
Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 7:51 pm
by GWG
Wes,
With all this talk of bouldering, one might think that you would be interested in off-loading some of your climbing gear.
PBordon may be interested in your larger pieces.
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 2:06 am
by john e aragon
3.5,4,4.5,5 BD Camalot, #3big bro, 2 chicken wings, 2 burning calves, the ability to ignore pain and the stupid not to be bothered by ten feet of rope above a tipped out cam. one time at band camp during a fall i pulled a #4 camalot and was caught on a old school piece called a teton.
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 3:00 am
by SCIN
One time while I was at band camp I had a roommate who swore by Tetons. This dude had a whole rack of them and loved 'em. It would've made sense if he was an old dude but he was 18!
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 2:26 pm
by Christian
In the guidebook for Sedona "A Better Way to Die" I saw some pictures of innovative pro that would work for offwidths: it looked like a rootwad or the skull of a buffalo as best I could remember; either way I think it would cover OW's and you could build a rack of varying sized skulls and rootwads. The benefits are the cost and the unlimited ability to customize and no worries about leaving stuck gear behind.
