Totally not how I rack my kit but I can understand the logic. I never understand why people get worked up over how other people rack up. Literally doesn't affect them in any way

Nice hearing from someone that has a completly different racking strategy. I find having all the kit in a totebag makes it easy to find and rumage through mid crux.

"Where's the tricams?" - "They're still in the shop" hahaha. Another great video.

@JBMountainSkills

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Great video! I would love to see a video focused on gear choices for more alpine/mountaineering routes than pure trad climbing, too.

Can't believe you're racking up without a helmet on ;-)

@JBMountainSkills

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

How you rack depends a lot about where your gear loops are on your waist, on my Edelrid harness the front gear loops are quite far towards the front, so I try to keep bigger stuff towards the back.

Great video! Really enjoying your content on this page. Keep up your hard work. Thank you.

@JBMountainSkills

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

I personally go protection on the front 2 loops, spread out based on size with a couple of longer quickdraws because they're the pieces I'll be making decisions about and want to see/grab the easiest, and then I have standard sport length draws on the back loops because I don't need to see them to choose the right one, I know they're all about the same length so I can just reach for any

@moonti6820

3 жыл бұрын

My way to go too.

@JBMountainSkills

3 жыл бұрын

Probably the most common way to go :)

Good point about the central gear loop, I've heard of people doing themselves a lot of damage falling onto gear, equally it could be a sharp rock you land on but best to control what you have a choice over. Also a great point about 1 nut key per person! But where are your cowbells!? 😂 Thanks Jez.

@JBMountainSkills

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Just found your channel earlier today! Great content, cheers

@JBMountainSkills

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure :)

I once saw somebody racking the cams by going pair numbers on one side and odd numbers on the other side (f.e. #1 and #0,5 on the left and #2 and #0,75 on the right). It can be useful to have similar sizes on each side so you can reach them easyly no matter wich hand are you holding on, specially with totem cams and other brands small sizes that tend to overlap more . Found that really works for me, have you ever tried?

@JBMountainSkills

3 жыл бұрын

I haven't tried it myself, but I've seen similar. Great you've got a system that works for you :)

Excellent video. Excellent content. I would love to see a video on why you carry what you do and some general uses for them. For example, the prusiks. I think I know what you use them for but I’d love to get your explanation. How you use your draws. Etc. Thanks!!

@JBMountainSkills

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! I'll add it to the to do list.

Great vid! I used to rack cams at the front but they were constantly grabbing rock when I went to make a move.

@JBMountainSkills

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it :)

I’m currently moving on from sport to trad and it’s an expensive move! And scary 😉

@JBMountainSkills

2 жыл бұрын

Worth every penny! Enjoy :)

As a beginner trad climber intending on single pitches for now, i've just bought some 120cm slings. Would you recommend a 240cm sling too?

@JBMountainSkills

3 жыл бұрын

I think having 1 x 240cm sling is super useful :)

Jez, how are you racking those prusiks and slings? how do you keep then tidy but easy to use?

@JBMountainSkills

2 жыл бұрын

A few wraps and a thread, I'll do a 60 second vid on it soon!

What size waist are you? Was thinking about picking up the Addax

@JBMountainSkills

2 жыл бұрын

32” 👊

How do you tie up your prusik??

@JBMountainSkills

3 жыл бұрын

Wrap it around itself basically. I'll try and drop it into a video soon!

@stuartlewis85

3 жыл бұрын

@@JBMountainSkills that would be great thank you