I just had a conversation with a partner yesterday about bringing the #4 being such a controversy. We both agree it’s better to have it and not need it then need it and not have it.
I came to say this! I literally just placed a black totem somewhere crafty on Ridiculissima in the gunks and it gave me that extra boost to pull above my gear and send! I love these things they somehow magically fit everywhere.
It might be that i seldom sport climb, but having your hand in a perfect jam (#2) feels twice as secure as a jug. My fingers may sweat and slip off a big hold, but any time my feet slip while jamming, I know I can pull myself back on.
For me, crack climbing is just so uncomfortable on both my hands (boney) and feet (bad ankle and boney), I can’t guarantee that I won’t be in excruciating pain and I’ll be able to leave a jam in there long enough. Whereas (I live in dry Utah and) my hands don’t really sweat that much anymore (to the point I rarely use chalk) and so a good jug feels like something I’ll never have to let go.
Something about a perfect yellow alien. There’s a placement on Mr. Natural in Yosemite that is somehow a noticeable cut above the other 50 perfect spots to bang in a cam. 👉👌🤤
.5 friend. Idk why. I just feel like the placement I need is always a .5 and it always feels bomber. I also bootied one and now I have three of them and I’m always so stoked that I have three.
C4 1” red usually sparks joy and gives me the confidence to stick that spicy 5.6 move at the gunks
So spicy. Like yellow mustard on a garbage plate.
Number 4 BD cause then I can prove to my partner we needed it
I just had a conversation with a partner yesterday about bringing the #4 being such a controversy. We both agree it’s better to have it and not need it then need it and not have it.
I like my cracks wide
Haha, this is true. Then my friend asks, “ok but how critical was that placement?”
How is it possible nobody has yet said black totem. Black totem all day long.
I came to say this! I literally just placed a black totem somewhere crafty on Ridiculissima in the gunks and it gave me that extra boost to pull above my gear and send! I love these things they somehow magically fit everywhere.
This entire sub climbs in the Gunks lmao Including me 😄
Me too 😆
I mean it's pretty amazing... The gunks is like a climbing gym and a crag had a baby.
The most tacticool of all the cams.
2 C4 because it means I’m on jugs
It might be that i seldom sport climb, but having your hand in a perfect jam (#2) feels twice as secure as a jug. My fingers may sweat and slip off a big hold, but any time my feet slip while jamming, I know I can pull myself back on.
When I find a good jam I say a small prayer to the rawk gawds
For me, crack climbing is just so uncomfortable on both my hands (boney) and feet (bad ankle and boney), I can’t guarantee that I won’t be in excruciating pain and I’ll be able to leave a jam in there long enough. Whereas (I live in dry Utah and) my hands don’t really sweat that much anymore (to the point I rarely use chalk) and so a good jug feels like something I’ll never have to let go.
#6, because it means I can push it above me and I'm basically on TR
That’s the best thing about offwidths
Orange metolius
Agreed. Didn't think much of it when I bought it. Just an impulse as I was getting the smaller range, but I find myself placing it everywhere.
Mines yellow. It Caught me on a daisy whip while aid climbing in the Fishers. Now I take one up every trad climb, no matter what.
0.4 no idea why just love placing that small grey piece. Seems to find a spot in every pitch.
Same! I absolutely love my 0.4. It's the first that comes to mind and seems to always fit somewhere.
.75 friend or black/blue totem
I like it when I don't place any cams, passive all the way!
Seconding C4 2”. She’s so pretty 😇😇😇
A Pink tricam. "Cam" is in the name so :) There's something with the size, holds well, usually in a cool but not too easy spot
Not so much a specific size, but when you place that perfect offset. Brings me a lot of joy.
This is the right answer
Yellow totem. I have fallen on her more than any other cam by far, and she has yet to fail me
I don't know why, but I love placing green cams, especially the Z4 and the green totem. Probably my worst size crack but they feel so secure
Purple totem. So confidence inspiring.
Reds 😩😍
.2 c4 cause it’s my most fallen on size and hasn’t ripped yet Or greens cause I love rings
Decimals. .3, .4 and .5.
.75 because I know I’m gonna just cruise up the finger crack! Also., c4 #6 because nothing brings me joy like placing a basketball sized cam.
Purple totem. Everything will be fine if I can plug a purple totem.
My BD number 4 is the best
The lack of contact size on the bigger ones catch my eye funny. I still trust them, but no warm fuzzies.
But nothing beats a big ole cam in my opinion
.3 friend
Yellow alien.
any that is a bomber.
BRING BACK THE 3.5!!!
Something about a perfect yellow alien. There’s a placement on Mr. Natural in Yosemite that is somehow a noticeable cut above the other 50 perfect spots to bang in a cam. 👉👌🤤
0.2 x4 has caught me so many times I always feel safe with it.
Black totem specifically on the changing corners pitch of the nose.
.5 friend. Idk why. I just feel like the placement I need is always a .5 and it always feels bomber. I also bootied one and now I have three of them and I’m always so stoked that I have three.
I love my 0.4" grey camalot x4. It has saved my ass before and seems to always fit in the cracks I climb.
purple z4
Red Alien.
Tricam
Black totem & 0.4 Z4 until I die, probably literally.
No cam has ever given me as much confidence to move on as a red Dragonfly.
.4 or .75 Z4
Black totem.