How do you mark your gear?

[Thinker]

Insomnia struck this morning and I found myself pondering life's big questions...

 

What IS the best way to mark climbing gear? How do you mark yours?

 

I've seen someone go as far as laying all their metal gear out in the parking lot and spraying one side of it with purple spray paint....that was a little gaudy for my personal taste.

[Coopah]

3M reflective tape or Metal paint I got an NAPA. I agree on the spray paint idea...not just gaudy...very sloppy!

[sketchfest]

nail polish

[Rodchester]

Nail Polish...pick a color that is ugly and unique.

[lummox]

with nail polish. a color that is fabulous and makes my eyes sparkle.

[texplorer]

With blood. . . .

. . . . . . .of course it gets a little hard when you climb with other AB types.

[glacier]

I just file a couple of deep notches into all my metal gear.

[skyclimb]

I just file a couple of deep notches into all my metal gear.

[thelawgoddess]

i use those trango gear-marking sticker thingies. half of one is often good enough to make a wrap. they sometimes come off but are easy to replace. nail polish seems to work well, too, though!

[Rodchester]

What does eveyone use to mark the middle of your ropes?

[sk]

I don't have any so I don't mark it

[Greg_W]

I don't have any so I don't mark it

 

I saw that you posted on this thread and that was going to be my response: You don't have any gear to mark!

[sk]

I don't have any so I don't mark it

 

I saw that you posted on this thread and that was going to be my response: You don't have any gear to mark!

[jjd]

What IS the best way to mark climbing gear? How do you mark yours?

 

I lift my leg and pee all over it.

[catbirdseat]

Blue electrician's tape. On thick band, and one thin band.

 

Most popular color schemes: purple and yellow, yellow and black.

[willstrickland]

I don't mark it except the cams. "Hmm, no marking, must be mine"

[catbirdseat]

I have a nice collection of unmarked gear. Eventually I forget who it belongs to and it ends up getting marked. Then it's mine.

[glacier]

What does eveyone use to mark the middle of your ropes?

 

I cut a notch into it, too.

[Cranbo]

I thought I was safely unique marking my gear with *two* Trango gear label thingies - I started with yellow, so I added blue (purple, supposedly). "catbirdseat" is right, that combination is as common as dirt, justabout.

 

After reading that blub in one o' the mags a few months back, I've been hesitant to re-mark my ropes with ink (they said someone or other tested that, and it weakens rope by like 30%) so I'm trying to find a new way. I hate using tape, but I think that's about the only other alternative, 'cept maybe a radioactive tracer, with a little Geiger counter installed in your belay device - hey, I should patent that!

 

- r

[fenderfour]

Ok, so maybe I really don't have a clue here, but the rope's strength is in the core, right? The sheath is just to protect the core. If you were to mark the sheath with a marking pen, especially the Sharpie that has been specially relabled for just this purpose, you should be ok, right?

 

Fuck it, I'm buying premarked ropes. At least then someone can sue if the sheath fails and I fall to my death.

[gapertimmy]

pink nailpolish with the symbol: 8=D

[John Frieh]

Why is it that climbers will trust someone with their life but not their gear?

[MATT_B]

Why is it that climbers will trust someone with their life but not their gear?

 

I do trust my partners with my gear. Just try sorting your gear out after a wall or some other long gear intensinve route. You could probably figure it out eventually but it makes it a hell of a lot easier if it is all marked.

[thelawgoddess]

Fuck it, I'm buying premarked ropes.

bipatterns rock.

[ken4ord]

I take my gear and put it into a big pile, no need to organize, a pile is more effective. Drink plenty of beer and wait. At the right moment while it is safe and no enemies are nearby, I unzip and proceed with marking.