CLIMBING TOOLS: quick cheap method of racking screws easily.

Just a quick and dirty tip on racking ice screws. Little dated but who knows you may want to try it. It is good to have your screws racked on something stable if you are climbing steep ice. When it comes to ice every little bit helps

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[meimjr]

Great tip, thanks.

[aikidophreak]

@evansharp1 ahh gotcha, I thought you were talking about a rating for the clips, not the rout difficulties.

[aikidophreak]

@evansharp1  I gave no ratings, I m just saying that "I" find that those plastic clips are too brittle to do the job they were designed for; hold gear; thus each time I broke on I could choose to replace it. Which makes them more expensive than biners. Comparing that to a helmet is stupid because helmets are designed to crack and dissipate forces so you head receives less force. In the last 16 years I have busted 3 helmets, and Im still alive to anonymously heckle at you on the internet.

[aikidophreak]

@evansharp1 I disagree with your statement that it is cheaper. Those plastic clips are crap. I have broken two of them. one when I was working an M6 chimney and I slip hard against my hip and it broke spilling 4 ice screws(three of them never were recovered), and the other was on ice and it just snapped after I fell on a WI 5, luckily it has not carrying any gear. I have never broke an caribiner and the biners are cheaper than the plastic ice clips at $8 a pop, you can find wire biners $6 ea

[northcave]

True. A lot of us have tonnes of old biners lying around. Nice little idea especially for winter with gloves.

[mikebarter387]

@evansharp1 Not if you already own the biners

[facit505]

superb

[richardbscott]

Great idea, have tried it and it works.

[HKSFD35]

shit.... he had hair at one point..

[6kuku9]

yeah - good idea - will use this one - thanx