CapitalNathan

PM and email sent for the westcomb jacket.

I have a pair of the Alpha LT half bibs. Super burly pair of pants and I've used them only a handful of times. No apparent wear, yours for $200.

Thank you all for the advice. I think I'll go ahead and score myself a beefy rack and then put aside money for a trip. Suffering through school and wet weather leads to a lot of armchair climbing and online window shopping, maybe that led to my fixation on gear. The good news is that I got out to Vantage last weekend, I'm going again this weekend, and the crew is assembled to leave for Leavenworth the minute we're done with finals. EDIT: Oh, I also forgot to add that I do already own a helmet. I'm not going anywhere near that manky Vantage basalt without one.

So this summer I'll have a chance to blow around $2 grand on climbing gear with opportunities for pretty substantial discounts. This will probably be the last opportunity I have for these discounts or this much spare change on hand for the foreseeable future. What I'm looking for is what you would spend this money on if you were in my shoes. I've been climbing about two years and I'm comfortable doing 2 or 3 pitch trad routes. My goals for climbing are to get out and do some long alpine rock routes and work my way into big walls. At the moment my gear consists of -A nice pack -Plenty of sport draws -Alpine draws -A set of nuts -4 midrange Trango Flexcams -A 70m 9.8 rope I know at the very least I'll flesh this out into a full rack but what to do with the rest of the money is what I'm still pondering. The best options I see are A) Invest in a solid aide rack while I have the spare change and discounts. (Chris's recommended gear list for example) B) Save the money, keep dabbling when I get the opportunities and the use the money to buy used later C) Buy a rack, use the money for a large summer climbing trip, and worry about expanding my gear later. Many thanks taking the time to help out.

The Beta LT is an awesome jacket. I've loved mine this winter and fall.