In no way, shape, or form am I endorsed given any gear from any companies. I only want to show what I used, and how I got up the wall.
Being a broke college kid, I have been able to scrounge up money and find gear while climbing, get gear loaned to me, take advantage of craig's list, and shop at used clothing stores.
The following is what we took up the wall. It is a pretty accurate approximation, but not exact.
Personal clothing:
Smartwool socks
La Sportiva Exum Ridge approach shoes
Patagonia Mixmaster pants *R1 fleece lining is the shit
Prana synthetic/cotton mixture shirt
The North Face flight series half zip base layer
Mountain Hardware Typhoon rain shell
Mountain Hardware Zonal synthetic insulated jacket
-All clothing perfect except I made the mistake of wearing cotton underwear
Cams & Nuts:
2 sets BD C4's #.4-#4
1 set Aliens (black-red)
2 sets Alien hybrids (blue-red)
1 set offset Mastercams
1 set DMM offset
1 set DMM brass offset
1 set BD stoppers or equivalent
-Too many nuts, I personally placed only 2 on the whole route
'Hard' gear:
10 quick draws
10 alpine extendable draws
30 assorted carabiners
15 locking carabiners *not nearly enough
BD swivel *necessary
Petzl Protraxion
Metolius Half Dome haul bag
BD Zion haul bag
Fish single portaledge (old)
The North Face A5 double portaledge (old) *flagged ledge entire route until last pitch
-More extendable draws needed
-Would have been great to only have wire gate carabiners, half were not
'Nailing' gear:
4 baby angles
5 sawed off angles (three #3, two #4)
7 assorted beaks
8 assorted lost arrows
8 knife blades
15 assorted copper heads (all sizes, including circle heads) *placed only 2 on route
4 rivet hangers
3 wire rivet hangers *more of both types of hangers needed
3 Black diamond yosemite wall hamers *only needed 2
1 funkness device
2 talon hooks
2 grappling hooks (my favorite!)
1 cliffhanger hook
2 cam hooks (1 medium & 1 large)
1 huge sharp meat cleaver hook (I refused to lead with this hook)
2 talon hooks
2 grappling hooks (my favorite!)
1 cliffhanger hook
2 cam hooks (1 medium & 1 large)
1 huge sharp meat cleaver hook (I refused to lead with this hook)
'Soft' gear:
Yates Shield harness
Metolius adjustable daisy chains
60m 10.1mm Sterline lead rope
70m 10mm haul line
100m haul line
Yates ladders
Wild Things etriers
Metolius easy aider
4 15ft.+ cordalettes
6 double length slings
Food:
Breakfast: peanut butter and nutella bagels, pop tarts
Lunch: assorted bars, fig newtons
Dinner: chef boyardee ravioli
Jet boil used to make tea at night
12 2.2 liter bottles filled with water *we didn't realize we were getting a 'bonus' .2 liters in each bottle
-planned 2 liters per person for 4 days
Photos and Video:
Cheap Canon SD1400 point and shoot (photos and video)
Flip Mino HD (video only)
Created and edited with iPhoto and iMovie
*none of the photos and videos seen are raw files.. I get away with using cheaper equipment and programs by editing everything.
*I'm still pretty new to this whole thing, so anyone with experience with photography and making videos I would greatly appreciate any tips or pointers.
Photos and Video:
Cheap Canon SD1400 point and shoot (photos and video)
Flip Mino HD (video only)
Created and edited with iPhoto and iMovie
*none of the photos and videos seen are raw files.. I get away with using cheaper equipment and programs by editing everything.
*I'm still pretty new to this whole thing, so anyone with experience with photography and making videos I would greatly appreciate any tips or pointers.
