r/tradclimbing

Yellow webbing goes to the cam. My belayer was so surprised by this mistake he took a picture to show me.

Wonder if it has happened to others ever.

Spent the last few days at European Outdoor Week in Italy, and honestly, one of the coolest parts was watching people handle Namah ropes, checking the feel and finish.

A lot of conversations started with curiosity and ended with people genuinely surprised by the products' handling, finish, and overall feel. Met climbers, rope access technicians, gym operators, rescuers, pretty much every corner of the vertical world.

Still feels slightly unreal seeing a brand that started with a small vision getting appreciation in rooms full of long-established outdoor companies.

No huge marketing pitch here. Just grateful for the conversations, feedback, and the people who stopped by the booth to nerd out about ropes for way longer than expected.

I've been doing sport climbing, want to start getting gear for trad, and have an opportunity to buy this for $600, is it worth it? He said he only used it a few times, never took a whiper on any.

Looks like a decent starting point

A lot of people hide from the humidity and snakes this time of year, but those who time the sun properly can enjoy very long days, solitude, and beautiful greenery.

All pictures taken April-May 2024 at Tennessee Wall or Suck Creek canyon. Pictured routes in order: Violence is Golden 11c, Death by Boobalooba 11++, Shoot to Thrill 11+, Jesus Christ Chainsaw Massacre 11c, tree rap off Twall’s 3 pitch Wall of Voodoo, Hands Across America 12+, Unnamed Number One 11, Elephus Maximus 11c

Spent the day onsighting some easy routes getting used to placing gear. Gear achors and tree anchors for the win.

Easy over 5.2

Sleepwalking 5.3

Gimme three steps 5.3

Cornflake 5.4

Right block-right 5.4

This was quite helpful as the climbing easy well bellow my abilities so I was able to focus on the gear.

To date: 5 Trad Leads

Pretty cool, guys!

Before going to redrocks, I bought some new weight savings items cuz im a nutter-butter and felt like blowing my promotion/retention bonus on superfluous climbing gear. It was definitely noticeable.

We were going to do Epinephrine but opted not to cuz we didn't wanna wake up mega early. Instead, we flew in and did Birdland on day1, Johnny Vegas into Solar Slab on day2, and then The Great Red Book + fly out on day3.

Without going into the nitty gritty details, my multipitch gear swaps/changes led to:

• 4x less alpine carabiners = 132g reduction
• 8x 60cm slings --> 7x lighter 60cm slings = 50g reduction
• 2x 120cm slings --> 2x lighter 120cm slings = 16g reduction
• 1x 240cm sling + 2x HMS --> lighter 240cm + 1x HMS = 77g reduction
• A few cam swaps = 63g reduction (already owned, just optimized what was brought)
• 16x lighter cam carabiners = 78g reduction
• rappel device + carabiner swaps = 37g reduction
• lighter harness = 160g reduction
• no more personal anchor = 172g reduction
• 5x extra carabiners (lol) --> 1x extra carabiner = 147g reduction
• nuts + nut tool change = 88g reduction

My gear's weight went from 11.75 pounds to 9.5 pounds; A 2.25 pound reduction!

Megan participated in the 'weight loss' shinanigans by swapping from her 3,990g Sterling 70m rope to a 3360g 70m Beal opera; Another 1.33 pounds.

Individually, each piece of gear swap felt minor, but they all added up to a noticable difference. We both agree we didn't notice the rope weight difference except for during the approach.

Noticed my #3 wasn't "spring-ing back". The cam was bought new only a couple months ago and I haven't even whipped on it yet. Is there any easy way to fix it or is it a manufacturing defect?

Edit: Seems like the axle just shifted enough to impede the spring. Hit it a bunch with my palm and managed to get it working good as new again. My best guess is I smacked on a rock at some point and it shifted the axle.

Hi everyone,

I’ve got some older climbing gear from my father and I’m trying to figure out what I should actually use today to rig or re-sling it.

The gear includes:

• A Wild Country Friend 2 (older model) where the original sewn sling was removed (small head eye compared to modern cams)
• Several hexes
• A Salewa Tricam with an old sewn sling that needs replacement

My main question is simply: what is the common and safe modern approach for re-rigging or replacing the textile parts on this kind of mixed gear?

I know professional re-slinging services exist, but I’m based in the EU and for individual pieces it often feels relatively expensive compared to the value of the gear, so I’m trying to understand what climbers actually do in practice.

The gear itself is around 20–30 years old but has seen very little use.

Thanks a lot for any advice!

Brough my first cams after trading for years (set of 6 for £250 on Rock n Run at the moment)

Unpackaged them to find the tightest of tight ass cable ties bearly big enough to get scissors in. Cuting these off without touching the slings was terrifying!

Please don't crank on those cable ties Rock N Run / Wild Country

Edit: I realise now I was probably asking for this by starting a reddit post with "Am I dumb" but we move😂. Also for context I do not have any wire snips, dikes, side clippers, hedge trimmers or golf clappers. I am living in student accommodation and all my tools are at home. Why do I need to be an electrician to get into these things? 🪝

My friend got some pics of me on a super fun climb I sent yesterday, cornflake crack at the north side of looking glass in NC! I unfortunately only had time for the first pitch, but looking forward to getting back on for the second.

The crux is a traverse that is pretty close to the ground and can cause a lot of rope drag. So I tied into both rope ends. I don’t trust many people to belay me with an ATC but luckily an expert belayer was at the crag. I untied one end at a stance and was switched to a gri-gri

I’m trying to up my crack game by climbing at least 2/3 of the badass cracks at northside, to prep me for Squamish this summer. Really hard to find crack practice around here. Any southeastern crack suggestions in the 5.11 range would be welcome! (Shade only please)