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No 186, June 15, 1999
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Racking for rolling

Personal wall-gear check list

  • Helmet
  • Hammer and holster
  • Ascenders (2)
  • Daisy chains (2)
  • Comfortable harness with fi-fi hook and 2 daisy chains
  • Locking carabiner
  • Belay/rappel device
  • Aiders (2 or 4)
  • Portaledge with rainfly
  • Double-sided gear sling
  • Kneepads
  • Fingerless leather gloves
  • Stiff boots
  • Safety glasses
  • Wall spoon and Swiss Army knife
  • Headlamp with spare batteries and bulb
  • Cordelette
  • Fiber-fill sleeping bag with sewn-on keeper cord
  • Closed-cell foam pad with keeper cord
  • Shell gear
  • Clothing adequate for expected and unexpected weather

Recommended rack.
The following rack is solid for moderate aid walls such as Zodiac.

  • 2 RURPs
  • 2 Beaks
  • 3 Z pins
  • 6 Assorted knifeblades (KBs)
  • 12 assorted Arrows
  • 3 1/2-inch and 5/8-inch angles, two 3/4-inch angles, and two of each angle up to 1.5 inches.
  • 24 assorted copperheads
  • 2 Skyhooks
  • 2 sets of wired nuts
  • 1 set of micro nuts
  • 1 set of slider (ball) nuts
  • 2 sets of cams from .5 inches to 4 inches (include half sizes)
  • 2 set of micro cams

For the banged-out pin scars on well-traveled routes such as Mescalito or the Shield you will also need to hacksaw off a couple of 1/2-inch to 3/4-inch angles and carry these to fit wide, shallow placements. Also useful are two Skyhooks with their tips ground down to points that fit into drilled holes. Harder aid routes such as El Cap's Pacific Ocean Wall (VI 5.9 A3+) may require two to three times this number of pins and heads.

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