PullinFool Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 I know you freaks have had lots of time with yo engineering selves to come up with THE BEST climbing gear shelving system, now I need your help! Give it up in digital pics! Cheers, The Wolfeman Quote
wayne Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 I like to hang the hardware on a peg board sheet of masonite Quote
DPS Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 I store climbing gear in huge plastic containers I buy from Target. Quote
COL._Von_Spanker Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 danielpatricksmith said: I store climbing gear in huge plastic containers I buy from Target. An then I put the plastic totes on a metal rack, like they have in restaurant kitchens, that I bought at costco. You can also clip shit too it. Quote
Dru Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 i throw it all in a pile on the floor of my gear closet. Quote
Bronco Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 Dru said: i throw it all in a pile on the floor of my gear closet. me too, except the less used expedition/cold weather gear, it sits in an "organized" pile in the attic. Quote
texplorer Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 When not working on the rock my gear spends most of its time relaxing on the floor of my quad or vacationing in the trunk of my car. Only a few pieces have tried to commit suicide by jumping from the rack while on the rock. Luckily, most were only banged up. We here at the Duncan Home for Gear have had the difficulty of dealing with a few carabiner runaways but overall our success rate is high with many pieces of pro leading active (and passive) lives. If you know any gear that could use a good home please contact us. We hate to see pieces of good pro go bad. Our facilities may seem meager but we promise excellent accomadations in which they will share a spot on a wonderful metolious gear loop. As an added bonus we take weekly field trips to mountains and crags around the world. Quote
iain Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 I've heard all Duncan home clients get addicted to crack or hang out w/ flakes tex. Quote
fleblebleb Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 I keep most of it on a pile on the living room floor, my wife doesn't like that very much. I occasionally stash everything in plastic bins in the closet but that never lasts long. Wish I had space for the peg-board-on-the-wall idea, I might have to improvise something around that sometime. I solved the bike and ski problem nicely though - check this out[/ur], the cosmetic irregulars aluminum wall racks are a great deal at $80 or $100. Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 It all stays in and around the packs in the corner by the closet in the front room. Fortunately, quickdraws take up precious little space. The ropes, for some reason, always get put on the shelving unit in the mud room in back of the house, along with the cooler and assorted other junk. Have a good day, now! Quote
Mer Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 At my last place I had a stairway to the basement that wasn’t used (lead to another apartment ). I piled gear on the stairs and could walk down and pick out what I needed. The railing above it was a useful place to dry stuff too. It was a beautiful thing, my Pit of Gear. Now I have a wedge-shaped, under the stairs closet. To get to stuff in the back I have to swim over the pile in the front. Terrible. Soon I’m going implement the plastic tote box system, a different tote for each sport, and one for the multi-sport stuff. Quote
iain Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 my crampons were last seen on the living room coffeetable, about 10 feet from a huge pile of gear in various stages of dryness. Dining room table is currently a ski repair shop and kitchen floor is freshly waxed with all-conditions. Quote
Fejas Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 Every thing hangs from 16pennies pounded into the garage wall... ski gear, bike gear, and climbing gear... Of course there is only a small trail through it but fuck it... Quote
texplorer Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 iain said: I've heard all Duncan home clients get addicted to crack or hang out w/ flakes tex. We have found crack soothes creaky gates and leads to transcendence of the vile bolted routes such as the chossy multi-pitch routes on the backside at Smith. Hmmmmm.. . . . Quote
iain Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 texplorer said: vile bolted routes such as the chossy multi-pitch routes on the backside at Smith. Hmmmmm.. . . . now who in the blazes would be climbing those? morons. Quote
texplorer Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 Yea, they should have been skiing last weekend. Quote
iain Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 they should have been climbing last weekend but the north sister, being the fickle tramp she is, probably scared those little pansies straight over to the sunny tuff. hmm... avalanche-raked sufferfest in the couloir or over-bolted sunnyville...tough call Quote
plexus Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 danielpatricksmith said: I store climbing gear in huge plastic containers I buy from Target. Same here, stored in bedroom closet, modified because there wasn't enough space inbetween the shelves. Nothing some 1x2s couldn't fix. Also our crampons are right next to the pile of bathroom towels in the closet. Sleeping pads and tents are behind the overhanging part of our bouldering wall (great storage). Quote
gregm Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 i used some scrap 1/2 inch plywood to build a pidgeon hole shelf system that holds 16 copier paper boxes (4x4). oodles of copier paper boxes at work... Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 Dr. Flash Amazing had a recent gear-storage epiphany, appropriate for those homeowners whose homes are equipped with basements (or "cellars" if you're the back east type). A 3'x3' trap door near your home's entry, opening onto a laundry-chute type of deal that gradually curves to horizontal at the basement floor, preferably emptying onto linoleum or some other slick surface so the exit to the chute doesn't get clogged up. Upon arriving home from your latest venture, simply open the trap door and chuck your gear down the chute. Out of sight, out of mind until you feel like dealing with it! Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted February 20, 2003 Posted February 20, 2003 See? Perfect for fussy kids as well! Quote
PullinFool Posted February 21, 2003 Author Posted February 21, 2003 Thanks for all of the info - the pegboard idea sound good, and the tuppers for the ropes seems to be a good idea as well. Much appreciated! Quote
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