(Part 2) Best climbing hardware according to redditors

If you just connect your dog via a carabiner to the run, there is a good chance it might jump over any knots you put in the line. I use a zip line pulley (got this one on sale for under $20) to attach my dog too. Smooth as butter and it doesn't jump the knots I put in the climbing rope to function as a stopper.

Because I thought he was offering to kill somebody I decided to look up what he is talking about.

Also, isn't there a gear trade sub reddit for things like this?

it's likely not unsafe for belaying with an atc (never said it was "unsafe"... just using that choice along with the alpine harness picked to gauge overall skill level and overall ambition. the extra harnesses imply that she was going to be a mentor for people without gear.), but no climber I have seen uses one. The d shaped locker that she listed is very narrow and when used to rappel on two ropes has the two strands at two different parts of the nose and very staggered. I also think it might crossload easier because of the shape of it. All I am saying is that someone with the proper knowledge and skills to keep other people safe probably wouldn't choose a small D as a belay carabiner. (I have that exact d shaped biner and it's nice enough for clipping bolts but not as a belay carabiner.)

the petzl attache is a smallish pear shaped that works well or the bigger hms style is another style that works well. The HMS has the benefit that you can throw a munter hitch on it and belay/rappel with that if you ever dropped your atc.

The rocklock works better and is cheaper:

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Diamond-Rocklock-Screwgate-Carabiner/dp/B000LGJFYK/ref=pd_sim_sg_6?ie=UTF8&refRID=0TMRPYCASWKZ3ZC5AXRT

or the package deal:

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Diamond-Package-Device-Locking/dp/B000FNB0WY

The williams is another one that is nice and would be a good belay carabiner.

/u/CruxBeta, links:

• 1 to 1-1/2 DMM Wallnuts: $130
  
• BD Cams sizes .5 to 3 with doubles of .5, .75: $430
  
• 8-12 Alpine draws: $250
  
• 2 double length slings: $10
  
• 3 small locking carabiners: $30
  
• 10 wiregate carabiners: $70
  
• 1 nut tool: $20
  
• Headlamp: $30
  
• Helmet: $60
  
  Roughly $1000 total. Look for people offloading old cams or nuts and try making your own draws if you already have enough carabiners.

As long as we can agree to never buy this:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004ND67T8

In the interest of pure discussion I'll try to theorize a decent version of the thunderball. Before I begin i'd like to specifically start by saying:

I HAVE NO EXPERIENCE CRAFTING MY OWN WEAPONS. ALL THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ARE PURELY THEORETICAL AND I UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO ATTEMPT TO TRY WHAT I AM ABOUT TO MENTION. FAILURE TO HEED THIS WARNING COULD RESULT IN SEVERE DAMAGE TO YOURSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE.

There are two versions that the game seems to mention. The first is the in game model here. Notice that it has three parts: The ring, the rope, and the ball. For stylized purposes it seems that the rope is secured to the ball via an installed metal ring directly on the ball. Considering the design, I wouldn't be surprised if Marcus 3-D printed it. The main flaw to this design is that after many strikes there's an increased chance for the ring on the ball to detach itself. This could be because either the ring on the ball gets hit, loosing the connection or maybe the rope (with combined momentum weakening where the two joints are supposed to connect to the ball.

That brings us to the mo-cap version of the weapon here. This version looks less pretty but functionally is much more effective.

So my idea would be to blend both styles into one final reasonable middle ground:

• 1. Drill a hole into a Cue-Ball
     
• 2. Tie a para-cord through the ball and create a "monkey's fist" around the ball kind of like this. This is to help support the weight of the ball and decrease the chance of having it come apart while in use.
     
• 3. Make sure to create a loop on the end and you can then feed it into this. Because of the tiny bolt keeping the para-cord in place it should be much more secure (assuming this actually can fit on your finger comfortably).
     
• 4. Obtain a Carabiner clip, this would mainly be used to secure to your belt. The same way you'd carry a pocket knife.
     

I have that exact same warrior board and love it to death.

Brand new climber here - been to the local rock gym twice and I'm hooked. Will be doing indoor stuff only with my girlfriend about once a week.

I picked up a pair of 5.10 shoes today, and am looking at getting my own belay device and carabiner. The popular stuff on Amazon is all the Black Diamond stuff. Just wondering if it's any good - it's pretty inexpensive. The recommended belay carabiner is $12, and for something this important I don't mind spending more for a higher quality (safer) locking one. This is the one I'm looking at:

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Diamond-Rocklock-Screwgate-Carabiner/dp/B000LGJFYK

With this belay device:

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Diamond-ATC-Belay-Device/dp/B004GYD8H8

Are these any good? I have no problem spending whatever on a better setup if it's safer and will last a while. I do a lot of other outdoor sports and I know that some of the entry level gear can be a bit on the cheaply made side and I don't want to risk something breaking to save a few bucks.

Thanks!

Edit: I know this has to be the most asked question on here, so apologies in advance..

Duly noted, thank you for the great info! I'm definitely going to go with an ATC. Will this suffice?

Looks to be about $80 with these parts:

2*$15 Pulleys

$25 Belt

$25 Rings

$16 Rope

This is assuming you have a place to hang it.

Ascender - http://www.amazon.com/Petzl-Ascension-Ascender-Yellow-Right/dp/B00Q78W64M/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1452700803&sr=8-3&keywords=ascender

Step - http://www.amazon.com/Petzl-Footape-Foot-Loop-Size/dp/B009R7SZOU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452700830&sr=8-1&keywords=petzl+foot+step

Adjustable Directional - http://www.amazon.com/Metolius-Adjustable-Daisy-Runners-slings/dp/B0000E5LJQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452700927&sr=8-1&keywords=Metolius+Easy+Daisy

and then some eye bolts (3/8") to screw into the wall to hang your bucket from and clip your directional to as the route moves side to side.

Very nice! If you want to keep adding to your home gym, the next thing I would recommend is a cable pulley system. All you need is some heavy duty rope, some mountaineering pulleys, a pair of handles, and some eye-hooks from your local hardware store. Jinkies!

Put a ferrite chock on the wire. That's what I did on my mouse to prevent the exact same issue you are having.

One of these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007Q94DMO/

super late to this party but oh well:

If you are looking for something fun and packable I would suggest getting about 120' of balance communities regular feather webbing(the green kind not the pro), you won't be able to use it on highlines but it is super packable and a lot easier to rig than tubular and would be a great lightweight setup to have for traveling. plus you can also rig it primitive style pretty easily.

Once you do want to get a longline kit, it is hard to avoid the pully system. You can go on the cheaper side and get;

2* double pulleys (https://www.amazon.com/Fusion-Climb-Secura-Double-Aluminum/dp/B00P8D6H8I),

a rope grab (Petzl tiblock)https://www.amazon.com/Petzl-Tibloc-Ascender-One-Size/dp/B000AXTO8Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1499726769&sr=1-1&keywords=tibloc,
a carabiner,

single pulley https://www.amazon.com/Lixada-Mobile-Single-Climbing-Rigging/dp/B01I10MMEM/ref=sr_1_5?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1499726811&sr=1-5&keywords=single+pulley,

small rigging plate (https://www.amazon.com/Fusion-Climb-Aluminum-Little-Rigging/dp/B008KEDV36/ref=pd_sim_468_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B008KEDV36&pd_rd_r=9GSDV5MPNYH1V1ND0S8N&pd_rd_w=FUuA4&pd_rd_wg=eWUeb&psc=1&refRID=9GSDV5MPNYH1V1ND0S8N)

and about 50-60' of static rope (https://www.amazon.com/GM-CLIMBING-Double-Accessory-Fluorescent/dp/B01H5CY7SQ/ref=sr_1_3?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1499726145&sr=1-3&keywords=static%2Brope&th=1&psc=1) this should work fine for you and is rated to 19kn.

The most expensive part of this pulley system is going to be the brake. I would recommend a gri gri just as the simplest option and with longlining stuff like this you should be okay getting a used one off of ebay, just inspect it well before use to make sure there aren't any defects or anything. You could go ahead and use an ATC and tie the tail off but I suspect you would lose a lot of efficiency in this already pretty inefficient but cheaper set up. You can also go ahead and get the slackbro's pulleys, they aren't the best, but they are so bomber and are still nice to have around after you are trying to upgrade and may be easier than trying to piece everything together.

When it comes to webbing, that option is kinda up to you, try and make some friends with local slackline groups and walk various types of webbing and you will find what you like best, I would recommend getting 100 meters for your first length though, it's not too much to haul around and when you start rigging highlines longer than 50meters, there should be plenty of people who also have 100 meter lengths that you can partner up with.

Also keep an eye out on slackchat used gear group on facebook, you can usually find some pretty decent stuff on there.

Good luck and happy slacking!

Question for you. I outgrew my primitive and upgraded to a pulley system this spring. I got a pair of these a few years ago to try to extend the life of my primitive system, and I'm using them now in my pulley system. I'm having trouble pulling more than a 70' line or so with these and an extra 1:3 multiplier made from a croll and a micropulley.


Think it's my cheap purple pulleys? If so, I'll snatched up a pair of these. I was also thinking of replacing the micropulley with a larger one, but I don't know if the difference there will be huge.


Edit: fixed the link

3 nice swivels for rigging my aerial straps.

While these have been amazing for me, I recognize that they aren't very useful for most people.

A good example would be car seat belt webbing that's often a 2 inch wide webbing, because it's wide and flat it distributes the force more evenly than a rope(which would exert a point force at the center of the rope)
I'd prefer 3 inch webbing like this for a rough pull out if I had to secure to a single structural member of a uni-body car, because the edges of the stamped metal frame members are the most fragile parts I'd want that load very widely distributed.
If I only had 1 or 2 inch wide webbing, I'd try to attach to multiple points, using something like this
that might allow you to use much cheaper 1 or 2 inch wide climbing webbing.

I got these recently off ebay. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00EYVF7VI/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?qid=1394251716&sr=8-1

Which really isn't much. I've had big stakes pulled out of the ground when they were only holding down a small tent, and now I put rocks on my stakes. My big tents gets staked with 10 inch steel spikes with at least one big rock on top of each stake. Rocking stakes makes a world of difference.

Something like a trampoline would need stakes with far more holding power to have a chance. Spiral stakes, snow anchors, sand stakes or a buried object might be enough. Each of these holds onto the soil, so a rock on top shouldn't be necessary.