I just bought some of the Camp Nanos and they are like halkf of a normalk biners weight but the size of those scary old Faders biners. However they are rated to 22kn! And not bad rope radius either.
in the orange box, they don't define how much "extra caution" or how much steeper "steep terrain" is either. A qualitative scale?! Horrible! The Mountaineers Basic course taught me NEVER to use my own judgement!
Do you remember when you were a teenager and you were heading out on a date and your father took you aside for some fatherly advice "Son, don't do anything I wouldn't do".
That's what "normal caution" means.
Maybe this thread will go to 40 or 50 pages like the rc.n00b anchor thread.
It's not rocket science! Just put your gear on your harness. If it's Classic Crack you can fit everything on a harness but for most routes you will run out of gear loops so you put some draws on a gear sling. Or a "draw sling" in this case.
If you're paying attention you will know on which side to rack which gear. Like if you are going to climb Caboose you should put most of the gear you plan on placing on your left gear loops cause your right side will be leaning against of the wall most of the time.
Avalungs might work in Rocky Mountain fluffy puff but is there any documented evidence they haveever saved anyones life or even made a difference in survival rates on the Coast?