I'd add a few quickdraws - make sure some of the QDs are long (20cm) to avoid rope drag. I much prefer WC Rocks to DMM Walnuts (which I always get stuck - but I can't remove them).
What moose said regarding nuts/wired pro.. It's strange, but rocks seem to slip perfectly into most placements on trade routes.. Walnuts.. Ok for the odd place but I wouldn't..
Are we all right in assuming you're likely to be heading to the Peak as it will dictate what a starter rack should really entail?
Quote from: tomtom on October 30, 2011, 09:55:41 amWhat moose said regarding nuts/wired pro.. It's strange, but rocks seem to slip perfectly into most placements on trade routes.. Walnuts.. Ok for the odd place but I wouldn't..I disagree entirely on this. I always reach for the Wallnuts in preference to the rocks. The scalloped dish seems to allow them to bite in places like pembroke where you have that knobbly rock (others just rattle alarmingly) and they just sit really well on the limestone IMO.
Fair enough - horses for courses etc.. I've trad climbed about 3 times on lime (3 times too many!) so can't comment on that but find rocks just seem to work better for me on most of the Grit VS/HVS trad I've done in Yorks, Peak and other rock types in 't Lakes..
With regards to Cams, any preferences between the Dragon cams and Helium cams?For information, one of the people I climb with has some Dragon cams, so I was thinking the Helium cams might complement those as being slightly different, so might be slightly more suitable in places the Dragons as slightly less suitable????CheersGary
The one downside I find with the dragons is seconding, the extension sling leaves them bouncing around your knees and you can't do much about it
For heavens sake, having to bite the sling is hardly convenient is it?