Racking Pitons

[Ade]

Unlike screws pitons seem to be a real pain to organize on a rack. They're too bulky to get more than a couple in a biner. Has anyone come up with a better way of carrying pitons so they're easy to get to?

[Alex]

Pins:

All pins racked by type on different biners:

RURPS, beaks. All on one biner.

Kinfeblades. All facing the same direction/orientation, smallest to largest on one biner.

Lost arrows. Put onto biner alternating sides, i.e. facing left, facing right, facing left etc. You can get about 4 on a biner this way.

angles. I only use bably angles, but you can rack them like lost arrows, alternating. I get about 3 per biner, but I rarely if ever carry more than 3 on a route, unless the topo tells me to.

Bugaboos. Some people racke them with the knifeblades, I do too if only carrying a few pins total. For real nail ups, I rack them seperately, but the same way.

Hooks. Get caught on everything! I put them on a seperate biner, and put them someplace where they wont hookl everything.

Alex

 

[Big_Stones]

make sure that you rack your pins on an oval biners. Racking pins on anything else is crazy. Alex is right on with the rest except for hooks. Get your self a little ditty bag, sew a keeper sling on it and stuff those unwieldly hooks in the bag. You can add another bag for the large hooks if you need. Its amazing the difference the little bags make, on your sanity.

Happy nailing

Big Stones