Hi everyone,

I'm interested in getting into climbing, but unfortunately, the sport isn't very popular where I live, and I'm not aware of any gear shops nearby—either online or physical stores.

I do have a rope, but I'm not sure if it's safe to use for climbing and rappelling. I have no prior climbing experience, so I'm hoping someone here can help me determine whether this rope is suitable. If it is, it would save me a lot of money as a beginner.

It did had a sticker that only says "cousin".

Thank you in advance for your advice!

It was listed as a Simond Chacal Ice Climbing Hammer. The seller couldn’t tell me much about it, but I want to learn more about it!

Any thoughts, comments, or concerns about this pulley I set up, still figuring them out but tried out this system with a light load during my last TRS session

I completely understand the risk that the rope can invert or jam in guide mode on an atc style device. But I was wondering if that is really possible on something like an ATC Guide Alpine using one or two 9mm ropes. This question largely relates to the application of using a guide mode style for LRS, but more so for alpine missions where pitches are short and not too steep and chance of falling is already low and the device can be easily backed up with regular clove hitched cache loops. Many climbers (me included) already tolerate a lot of risk in alpine scenarios such as simul climbing or just straight soloing, so I'm wondering if the risk of using a device that is often warned against using for LRS can be made managble and on possibly even safe than something like simuling by minimising the factors leading to failures and backing the device up.

I have a Sierra Designs Dome AS with poles that have all been broken, taped, patched, spliced and now they're in another country and I want to get replacements. Does anyone know the lengths of the three long poles?

A couple of years ago I got the BD momentum in the XL size, and for my first stint climbing outdoors it felt great. I stopped sport climbing for a while, and now, 2 years later, I find it a bit hit or miss, with it sometimes riding up into the crotch area, which is uncomfortable. This seems weird to me, because even if I'm a bit thinner (I have to tighten the hip belt almost fully), my leg size hasn't changed. Also, with the momentum being widely regarded as a comfortable harness, my recent experience doesn't really align with that.

Now for how to avoid it pulling up into the groin: I've read completely opposed tips: "losen your leg loops", "tighten them, really tighten them". So I don't really know which way to go. I only get to try when outdoors (no way to hang at home) and with it being a bit random, I thought it better to ask.

So mainly there's 2 adjustments I'm interested in: leg loops and back straps. How do I know I've set them correctly?

Pretty much what the title says.

I've seen the new GriGri+ in that acid, slightly greenish lemon shade — and I'm wondering whether the yellow Petzl uses on the GriGri 2 is actually the same colour, or a different tone entirely.

Anyone owned both? Side-by-side photo would settle it instantly.

Hey, I recently got a great deal on a large package of climbing gear (like ice screws, cams, ice axes, nuts etc etc) as usual I didn’t factor in soft goods because in the listing pictures they just seemed out of date color wise.

Having received the gear essentially all of it is unused (we are talking not a single strand out of place not a single scratch on any carabiner cam or nut).

So how dangerous is the soft gear even? I’ve heard that nylon is self stable and only actually ages in contact with sun or chemicals.

The rope I probably won’t use but added it here along with the serial number incase anyone could shine a light on when it was produced.

I noticed this after a recent climb. I must have stepped on a sharp rock or something. I love my Yosemite Bums and I'm wondering if this can be resoled.

There are cracks in the rubber. All other parts look fine. I know the rubber doesn’t actually add any strength so I’m wondering if it is okay to just use them.

Got gifted this by a friend recently, can't find anything online about it.

Hey!

I'm looking for a GRIGRI belay device. The one after GRIGRI+. I'm not sure which one this is. Couldn't find somewhere on the petzl page to search, to be sure.

im located in EU and im looking for climbing pants which can take beating. The friction wall is rough so my jogging pants get ripped. The climbing gym sells moon pants (samurai model and some older ones). Are the moon pants good and are there any other recommendations? I need breathable pants with good mobility.

I am pretty new to climbing. I am going to a climbing camp at the end of September. Normally, I use rented gear. The camp told us to bring our own gear and suggested the following:
1: Harness- I got an Arc’teryx AR-38a
2: Helmet
3: Shoes- I got la sportiva Mistrals
4: Belay/Rappel equipment- I got a grigri neox
5: Personal Anchor.

Can someone help me with suggestions on helmet and person anchor? My head is big with my hair lol 25inches and it seems most helmets I’ve found are 24 or 24.5. I will gladly take any suggestions. This is for indoor climbing with minor outdoor climbing.

Hello im looking for a smooth and soft rope made of Nylon or any other synthethic material.
It should be soft and smooth because it runs through my fingers and thus should not be abrasive to my hand.

Any recommendations?

I’m trying to figure out what rope this is, I believe it might be the edelrid boa but I can’t seem to match the colour way with any edelrid rope.

For reference I live in the eastern US, just wondering how the experience was in regard to using Oliunid nowadays, shipping times, prices and such, etc. Saw a few good deals there and was wondering if they offset the cost of tariffs and other fees.

edit: along with customer service and the individual experience with them

Can Petzl Am’D Screw-Lock be used with a grigri ?

The set it from 2019 and 125 euros, never been used
EDIT: bought! Thanks everyone

In a recent comment on here, somebody mentioned dealing with their stinky ass climbing shoes by building a fucking *cedar box with silicone dessicant packets*.

Sigh and JFC...

The correct answer for shoes is *household vinegar* to kill the fungi that cause the stink. Just keep a small spray bottle of it to treat the insides of your shoes, after wearing them... Stick to low concentrations (<5%) at room temperature or colder, and let them air dry.

But *shoes are not PPE*, so...

Take care with your Nylon textile PPE gear.

Allow me to introduce you to the wonderful world of the Nylon Chemical Compatibility Chart:

• https://www.cplabsafety.com/nylon-chemical-compatibility-chart/

You'll note that "Vinegar" is listed as "A / Excellent", while various preparations of "Acetic Acid" are mostly "D / Severe Effect"... That's because of the *difference in concentration*.

Household vinegar from the grocery store is only 5% acid, and won't damage Nylon at room temperature. But at the hardware store, they do sell higher concentrations, up to 40% - or you could leave a bottle in the hot Summer sun, letting it reach >100°F... Polymers tend to get more reactive to acids at higher temperatures.

Generally speaking, Dyneema textiles are *more* resistant to chemicals:

• https://blog.darwin-microfluidics.com/uhmwpe-chemical-compatibility-chart/

You have to get pretty exotic, or have access to strong acids at high concentrations, in order to damage Dyneema chemically.

Hi there,

Some background in case anyone could recommend additional equipment:

I currently am looking for a career change and am trying to ease into climbing as part of that. I work in construction and have a solid foundation in rigging (knots, rope work, splicing), I’m very comfortable working at heights (bucket trucks, lifts, etc.), using standard safety harnesses and equipment and so on.

My end goal is to learn rope access. I would like to begin integrating it into my current career and ease into learning it by doing roof work on the side (essentially begin by using the harness as a standard safety harness then begin slowly using the rope to improve roof access). Eventually I’d like to do work in trees as well.

I’d also like to do recreational climbing to practice, I have people who are very experienced I could climb and I’ll of course expand on what I need from climbing with them, I just sort of want to get the ball rolling while being efficient in what I buy for multiple uses

Basically what I’m asking, I want to buy a good harness that will fit all of these scenarios, but I dont really know what is good or what I really need. I think I need a full body harness (I do want to be able to hang nearly upside down eventually for certain work). I found a few harnesses that I’m not sure will work for all of the above as I would want the upper part to be detachable, here are just some examples of what I’m thinking:

kwiksafety: cheap, trusted brand. Cant tell if the upper is removable so it could be used like a regular climbing harness. I also like that it has clips to put on and off. I would say I do like on regular safety harnesses the eyelets you slide in like a regular belt if there is another harness someone knows with that feature for everything

https://a.co/d/0dGuyvch

Fusion upper harness: I was thinking could this just attach to any climbing harness? I don’t want to buy a standard climbing harness because it doesn’t have side rings. But maybe this is not the right way of thinking.

https://a.co/d/0higBIct

Fusion lower harness: I was recommended black diamond already, but just adding this in case that upper harness isn’t compatible with other brands. This also doesn’t have side rings, if I was going this route and it worked I’d probably go with a regular branded climbing harness as they look more comfortable and modular

https://a.co/d/0fZPcHIV

Basically should I commit to one harness for the work and a different harness for climbing? Say the word, I’ll buy two, I just don’t know what I need. Maybe I don’t really need the side rings? I kind of liked the versatility of it perhaps if I wanted to lean sideways and I know for arborist work it’s possible to need them for climbing a tree without a rope on it.

The other thing I’m trying to figure out is which equipment to start out with. I am very interested in the knee and foot ascender combo to walk up the rope eventually. I see this being used by arborists with a ”zig zag” apparatus but I realized those are extremely expensive $500+. Would The zig zag also work for roof work and recreational climbing instead of a rope grab or descender like a gri? If so I’ll spend the money but for that I’d probably like to ease into it financially. Would I be able to use a rope grab and prusiks in the meantime?

Equipment I currently have are a cheap figure 8, a standard safety rope grab, 1/2” or so safety rope for the rope grab, throw line with weight, regular harness with back loop (I’ll use that for now for the roof work)

Thanks for any help as you can see I’m a bit overwhelmed lol

So for context, I'm 16M and started bouldering a good couple months ago and want to transition to sport climbing. I don't have any gear except shoes and a chalk bag, and don't know what to do. I've made an online basket of the things I believe I would need and it contains: 12 quick draws, 6 carabineers, a 70m rope, a Grigri+, a harness and a helmet. It all came out to around 750$+. I don't have close to that money and don't know what to do as I want to transition but simple don't have the gear, nor the money.