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How often do you all replace your consumable items?

For me:
At least one, sometimes two ropes a year
I go through maybe five sets of shoe rubber (resoles, and I have a stupid number of shoes) a year
Draws, still have some of my first ones - so they are 7 years olds
Harness, every couple years.
Pack, need a new one, so that would make this one about 4-5 years.
Chalk - maybe a big bag every couple months.

mt. dew....daily.

pigsteak wrote:mt. dew....daily.

Diet mt. dew. All the good chemicals, none of the redpoint ruining calories. Daily, rather then coffee.

shoes..........2, maybe 3 pair a yr
ropes............one every 3 or so yrs
draws........still have my original (4-5 yrs), plus a few new one
Harness......every 4-5 yrs (still use the same one i began with)
Chalk........bi bag every two months

shoes - 3-5 pairs a year
ropes - every 2 years
draws - original draws, about 7 years old
harness - one about every 6 years
chalk - i consume endless amounts of the white gold
sleeping bag - 1 every 10 years

Shoes, when my feet show.
rope, when the core shows.
Chalk, when the bottom of my bag shows.
Sleeping bag, when my feet show.
tents, when the ground shows.

shoes - 1-2 pairs a year
harness - original harness
quickdraws - original draws
rope - i'm on my 2nd rope, ever. may retire it this year.
chalk - a block of chalk every 4-6 months

i've only been climbing for a little over 6 years...the bouldering helps the ropes + harness last longer. i don't use much chalk (usually right before getting on a climb and that's it).

being that i've never really worn my ropes out, how do you tell that it's core shot? i'm assuming that it's more than a extra fuzzed section of sheath. by feeling a soft/dead spot where the rope's core should be? something visually obvious?

I replaced my first harness but thats becuase I had lost 4 inches off my waist and was able to flip out of when it was all the way tightend.

crashpad foam - once every three years

When the bottle is empty!