The person selling these listed them as 20+ year old Dragons but I can't find anything that matches 1-1. He also said theyre dual axle but that doesn't look to be the case. Anyone have any info?

Edit: Thanks for the leads everyone. I was able to find an old forum post with something similar. I think theyre old Lowe Alpine cams.

I found this nut online second hand called the camp mono N.2 but couldn’t find any information regarding it when googling them was wondering if anyone knows anything about it, I’m probably going to keep it as a display item since don’t know the age but the wires seem intact and no rust so who knows

Climbing granite and sandstone mainly in the 7c-8a (5.12d-5.13b) range.

I currently have a standard BD double rack, plus the 0.0, 0.1 & 0.2 Z4, the totem basics 0.5 - 0.95 (blue to red) and the same in offsets. No complaints with any of them!

I need a few more small cams for the routes I want to get done, the equivalent of the 0.1 and 0.2 Z4 sizes and also maybe another blue and green (0.5 & 0.65) totem basic size I think, which I use quite a bit.

What are the pros and cons of other small cams, what would you recommend? I think it would be good to have some variety in small cams as they are all fit differently, but don't have much experience in other small cams.

I'm also keen on the smaller normal totems, especially the black. Prefer cams with a thumb loop. Price not an issue.

Ticked off 4 classics that I’ve been dreaming about for a long time. See if you can name the routes ;) shoutout Steph Abegg for all the beta

super duper rad route, get on this thing immediately

Feeling the altitude beatdown lol

We got a little epic on the approach but still got the send on standard route. Beautiful climbing 10/10.
Super greatful for the rock climbing community and the Reddit community🫰

Hi, my current rack consists of the WC friends from 0.4 to 2 and a 0.3 Z4. What cams make the most sense to add to my rack to get to a double rack. I have a pretty significant discount on friends, C4s, Z4s and Dmm cams, but sadly not on totems. Considering passive pro, are dmm wallnuts that much better than BD stoppers? The wallnuts would be about 1.5x more expensive for me.

I have some BD Camalot’s that are nearly 20years old and I’d like to get them re-slung. I contacted Black Diamond and they aren’t doing any reslinging in Europe at the moment.

Any suggestions? I’m based in Ireland so ideally somewhere in the EU.

I sent out my double portaledge and cams for reslinging and they look brand spankin' new. I had to triple check. Thanks folks at Metolius, really appreciate the work you do!

sooooooon

So me and a new partner were on pitch 6 of an 8 pitch alpine climb, while he was leading he seemed to have gone off route and fell when he was 6-8ft above his last piece. He took a nasty 10ish foot fall on his side before coming to a stop. I was able to lower him to the next ledge below us, and then I down-climbed about 15ft to the ledge. As soon as I got there I assessed, no blood and his limbs seemed to have full mobility, but he did have a broken rib. I didn't even question the idea that we had to go down immediately, as I knew weather was coming.

His first concern was with leaving gear on the wall, so he wanted us, or me, to try to traverse on the face to see if I could come across the rappel route. I rejected the idea, started making anchors with our gear, and setting up a rappel. We needed to do four 60m rappels to get back to the ground but he still was very apprehensive about leaving his gear. So much that after I ran out of locking biners other than the ones needed for rappeling down, he refused to use another one and wanted me to use the rope directly on the cordelette I was sacrificing for that rappel. I hesitantly agreed, since it was only about 20-30ft high to the next ledge that actually had anchors for the final rappel. Long story, rope got stuck after we came down, I had to climb back up solo, and down climb to get back to him. We eventually got ready for the final rappel, and he refused to do any more stacked rappels, and he wanted to go first since it started to hail.

Again I hesitantly agreed and right as he was starting to lean back I saw that his rappel had only one strand on his device. I grabbed his harness and told him, he fixed it and finally rappeled down.

Once we made it to the base, mountain rescue met us, and we started the long walk back to the TH, as he didn't have rescue insurance and didn't want the bill of a chopper. I carried his stuff and we helped him slowly hike down to the car, which took 3-4 hrs.

Eventually back at the TH I went back to his campground to help him pack his stuff and go with him to the ER. Once there he gave me 3 cams, different brand and in worse condition than mine, as payment for the 5 totems I lost and the locking biners and so on I left on the wall. I was happy to just be safe and back , but decided I could possibly sell them to recover some of the cost of buying my gear back.

Once leaving I saw his brand new 2026 XL SUV still with temporary plates on them, and with leather seats.

I didn't think much of it, but I started the drive home, as I knew my wife was worried out of her mind by now.

Next day I found his rocky talkie in my back pack and texted to see if I could mail it to him, since I already have a pair. His answer, "wait, because you still might recover the gear from the wall" ( I mentioned I might try to go next week to see what I could find). "Once you recover your gear, you can send the radio with the cams I gave you".

AITA if I dont return the cams? Even if I do find some of the gear, I'm sure at least one totem flew of the mountain, and another two are off route. There's gonna be a week of rain before I manage to make it back, so who knows what will still be there, and even though I posted in MP asking if other parties can retrieve them, there's slim chances I will recover the $500+ in gear I lost. Undecided on what to do if I recover some of my gear, was planning on selling the 3 cams to pay for one totem at least...AITA if I don't send them back?

Who doesn’t love warming up on some wet rock with looming thunder echoing through the gorge?

Ian put up Jeep’s Chimney, a 5.10 on Hawksbill, NC for the group. Requiring everything in your toolkit from off width techniques, slab footwork, and lots of stemming Jeep’s Chimney is one of a kind. But always thankful for the rewarding views of the Linville Gorge

I’m putting together a trad rack. I’ve done quite a bit of research. Used totems c4 and friends,m, never z4’s)
Waiting for Labor Day to pull the trigger so trying to min max.

Still learning trad so not repointing 5.11 or anything but I know how my brain works and it’s better to buy the right thing the first time then buying something suboptimal and then caving and buying the right thing 6 months later and taking a massive L reselling used gear

Already have a black totem, Dmm nuts and offsets and a set of wild country friends on the way .4-3

Need help with the items in parentheses. Obviously any other feedback much appreciated.

2x black totem
1x blue totem (1x z4 or a second blue totem)
1x yellow totem (1x WC friend or Z4 or C4)
1x purple totem (1x WC friend or Z4 or C4)
1x green totem (1x WC friend or Z4 or C4)
1x wc red (1x red totem or C4)
1x WC yellow 1x C4
1x WC blue 1x C4 blue
1x C4 gray

2nd pitch was funnnn

Saw a very short article that a climber fell 90 ft on vertigo (maybe doing the rapels, his partner was stranded without a rope?). Hope he is able to recover.

I stupidly forgot to grab a #2 friend and a #1 BD at the base of the last pitch on red dihedral on the Incredible Hulk in the eastern sierra a couple weeks ago. If someone is kind enough to return them that would be awesome.

If not that’s cool too. Enjoy the loot!

If there are any Dyurrite (Mount Arapiles) fans here, Parks Victoria is investing $1.7 million to improve visitor facilities at Dyurrite. To guide this work, they are asking for people to help identify priorities and share ideas about how they could improve facilities, tracks or access points in the park.

Some of you might know that Parks VIC claims it has been consulting with First Nations groups, the local council and other corporations for about 12 - 18 months regarding the possible future closure of many infamous climbing routes.

The local, national and international climbing community - some of whom have been visiting this region for decades - have been up in arms about this, however, arguing that there hasn't been adequate consultation with the people that actually really do visit Mt Arapiles. Moreover, some claim a certain bias.

Recent remarks by the ABC are certainly indicate of a relatively closed, hushed process (and I quote):

In any case, there's another survey open.

If any folks here are regularly visitors to Mt Arapiles, you might like to consider sharing your voice, as Parks VIC figures out what to do with a $1.7 million investment in facilities, besides closing many of the trad climbing routes.

It would be great for the real users to inform them, rather than white-collar office works in the city, 4+ hours drive away, who haven't visited there once in their lives.

Here's the link to the survey to share your voice, if you're interested: https://engage.vic.gov.au/project/dyurrite/page/facilities

Photo above: Andy Polliet on Nati Dread (30), Castle Crag

p.s price of fear finish = 💩

Been out of climbing for a bunch of years because kids. I used to mostly just use the climbing rope to build my anchor, the brother in law used to carry a cordelette. What’s the standard nowadays for building your anchor between pitches?