Camp Dyneema Tricams .5-2 and Nano 23 wire gates
When looking to lighten your pack load, you look to eliminate redundancies. Why pack a 0 or 15 degree sleeping bag when you bring dry clothes anyways? Don’t you bring a down or synthetic parka? Wear it to bed and lighten your sleeping bag. Do you really need a full sleeping pad? Couldn’t you just use your pack, frame sheet, and a ¾ sleeping pad?
The same logic applies when packing an alpine rack. Sure the standard ovals or your basic D carabiners are cheaper, but “debate the weight”, you will want about 30 carabiners on a rack to hold your cams, nuts, pins, tri-cams and runners. Suddenly a 2.19 oz oval will multiply to 4.1 pounds! Or your standard wire gate comes in at 2.98 pounds. Enter the Camp Nano 23 (for 23 grams). Now you are looking at 1.5 pounds, a savings of 2.6 pounds for food or more protection.
However, do you really “need” more protection? Look at the range that a standard set of nuts cover and you will find some overlap. It’s nothing compared to the range you get from one cam, but in the Cascades you are more likely to find a wet /dirty/ ice filled crack which may not accept a cam. Passive pro can be your best bet.
By examining the range of my passive protection, I found a greater range with Camp’s .5-2 tri-cams and eliminated redundant nuts. Besides, you get mad style points for placing them in active camming mode.
The same logic applies when packing an alpine rack. Sure the standard ovals or your basic D carabiners are cheaper, but “debate the weight”, you will want about 30 carabiners on a rack to hold your cams, nuts, pins, tri-cams and runners. Suddenly a 2.19 oz oval will multiply to 4.1 pounds! Or your standard wire gate comes in at 2.98 pounds. Enter the Camp Nano 23 (for 23 grams). Now you are looking at 1.5 pounds, a savings of 2.6 pounds for food or more protection.
However, do you really “need” more protection? Look at the range that a standard set of nuts cover and you will find some overlap. It’s nothing compared to the range you get from one cam, but in the Cascades you are more likely to find a wet /dirty/ ice filled crack which may not accept a cam. Passive pro can be your best bet.
By examining the range of my passive protection, I found a greater range with Camp’s .5-2 tri-cams and eliminated redundant nuts. Besides, you get mad style points for placing them in active camming mode.
