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JakedATC
Sport climber
Bristol
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 11, 2006 - 01:56am PT
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First, do you think they have a place on a gunks free rack?(no aid thanks) Any one find certain sizes come up the most?
second, if it could be worth getting 1-2 does anyone have pictures of placements that a hybrid would go well in? I've never really looked because i don't have any. i'm just trying to see what kind of crack shapes i'd be looking for
Jake
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darod
Trad climber
New York
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May 11, 2006 - 11:38am PT
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maybe you should try the discussion forum at....
http://www.gunks.com
personally, i can't tell you that they're a necessity, but they're nice to have, like the b/g and the g/y....
again, for a free rack, you can totally do without them.
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JakedATC
Sport climber
Bristol
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Topic Author's Reply - May 11, 2006 - 11:56am PT
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Good idea.. i was mostly looking for pictures of cracks to get an idea of what i'd actually look for. most of the aid guys and folks out west seem to have more experience so i tried here.
i'm pretty happy with the rack i have now. and would get # 1 and 2 C4 to go with my tech friends before i went hybrids..
just curious mostly
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Trashman
Trad climber
SLC
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May 11, 2006 - 12:33pm PT
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Just gotta throw my .02 in here. i've got a set and use them for free climbing on granite nearly every time i go out. i rarely use them in the desert during the winter, except for zion. For free climbing on granite though, they're excellent.
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OldEric
Trad climber
Westboro, MA
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May 11, 2006 - 12:34pm PT
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Jake,
Your first piece on P-38 (aka Shady Lady) can be a yellow/red - it's bomber. Crux on Birdland can be green/yellow (other things will work too). I'l leave it to you yo go get the pictures....
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Rock!...oopsie.
Trad climber
pitch above you
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May 11, 2006 - 12:48pm PT
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Jake,
I climb at the Gunks a lot and I gotta say they are nice to have there, although someone will quickly point out that they aren't essential.
Dave mentioned above the usual mode for this piece in granite is in a vertical crack that flares (often a pinscar), and then OldEric who mentioned birdland has cited a gunks example of a pinscar placement for a hybrid. But a ton of the time you will place the hybrids in weird shaped horizontals at the gunks. You know the ones, they are all irregular inside and none of your standard cams gives you the warm fuzzies in there because they seem unstable with a couple lobes squished and a couple too open. That's when you're psyched to have them... it can be a ways to that next horizontal.
Green/Yellow gets used a lot and so does Red/Yellow. At least at the wimpy grades I climb.
--->bob
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Lambone
Ice climber
Ashland, Or
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May 11, 2006 - 02:22pm PT
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Hybrids are awesome anywhere there are pin scars. 'nuf said...
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JakedATC
Sport climber
Bristol
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Topic Author's Reply - May 11, 2006 - 02:24pm PT
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Thanks guys.. i'll have to pay attention to the uneven stuff next time i'm down there. Maybe i'll find someone with a set and get to try them at some point.
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