CraigA Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 So what is the easiest way to stow a picket when your climbing second on a route where your placing a running belay? I've tried to come up with a way of doing it that doesn't require me to take off my backpack, but so far the best I can come up with still requires taking one shoulder out of the packstrap. Is this what you do? Do you have some clever setup that allows you to reach up and slide the picket into its slot in your pack? Is there a pack that enables this better than others? Just wondering. Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketchfest Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Craig, I seem to remember a thread not all that long ago asking this very question, you might try a quick search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 if yer 6'7" and using the shorter pickets, you can clip 'em to your harness w/o 'em getting in the way packs w/ gear loops are sweet too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeclimb9 Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 a shoulder-length sling clipped at the top and bottom of the picket lets you throw it over your shoulder like a quiver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necronomicon Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Clip biner to picket one hole past canter hole. Clip biner to harness. Enjoy picket jabbbing into the back of your knee. Transfer picket to shoulder sling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fern Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 thread the picket upward through a gear loop and clip the top hole off so it doesn't drop back down. If you nest them right you can get 3 through one loop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salbrecher Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Not going to join the pickets today Fern? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattp Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 I do as suggested above, clipping a biner somewhere above the middle hole, but instead of putting them on my harness I usually clip them to my pack strap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelle Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 mattp said: I do as suggested above, clipping a biner somewhere above the middle hole, but instead of putting them on my harness I usually clip them to my pack strap. I've clipped to my shoulder strap and to the harness. Both work. Make sure you actually clip it to your shoulder strap though. I lost a locker down the chute on Shucksan a couple years ago 'cause I thought I clipped it to my shoulder strap but actually got my waist belt. It fell down the route when I took my pack off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plexus Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 ehmmic said: mattp said: I do as suggested above, clipping a biner somewhere above the middle hole, but instead of putting them on my harness I usually clip them to my pack strap. I've clipped to my shoulder strap and to the harness. Both work. Make sure you actually clip it to your shoulder strap though. I lost a locker down the chute on Shucksan a couple years ago 'cause I thought I clipped it to my shoulder strap but actually got my waist belt. It fell down the route when I took my pack off... BOOTY CALL!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 if you have a wand/ski pocket on the side, slip it thru the compression strap on the side and down into the wand pocket. i can do it without taking the pack off but i had to practice. better yet, climb with your pack open slightly, with the top pocket stuffed down into the body of the pocket, and just stick the picket down into body of the pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Dru said:better yet, climb with your pack open slightly BOOTY CALL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 only if you fall or tip upside down. dont fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinkyclimber Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Dru said: only if you fall or tip upside down. dont fall. But Dru, what if you put your pack down on the pile of rope at a belay, then the pack gets jettisoned off when you feed rope through to the leader? Not that I am saying that YOU would do that. All I know is that I like when others do that. Booty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fern Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 only if you fall or tip upside down. dont fall. if you aren't going to fall why carry them at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 the question referred to a SECONDER. ie on a TOP ROPE. hard to fall upside down while seconding on picket-protected snow climbs. im certain you could do it if you try though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigA Posted February 25, 2003 Author Share Posted February 25, 2003 Dru said: the question referred to a SECONDER. ie on a TOP ROPE. hard to fall upside down while seconding on picket-protected snow climbs. im certain you could do it if you try though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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