I am thinking about getting some more draws for sport climbing but would like to start trad in the future. Would it be a good idea to get some alpine draws?
yes you'll definitely want some alpine draws for trad climbing, you'll want at least 6-8 to start with, for most areas (some climbing areas you may want a bit more or less) then you can expand to a bit more further down the line after you have a good idea of what you'll need.
It kind of depends on how much you climb, if your planning on spending most of your time trad climbing then you could use the alpine draws for sport climbing too. I would recommend having a separate set of sport draws for sport climbing, because they are more burly than alpine draws and when you fall on them a lot they'll get beaten up really fast and form a lot of burrs that could damage the webbing on your cams when you use them for trad climbing. Also if you sport climb with trad draws a lot of times the carabiners will flip around and you have to waste energy flipping the carabiners around before you clip the rope, which could be really annoying if your cruising out at the moment!
I perfer nylon for sport climbing and dynex or dyneema for sport alpine / trad draws. I also go with dyneema for my alpine quickdraws, but if you're in a place with really hard rock then having a more burly material like nylon, or aramid fiber is really good.
Your videos are awesome! Keep them up. I'd love to hear you 101 on lead climbing and then on multi-pitch climbing
I actually laughed out loud when the alpine draw fell. Keep it up man!
Very informative. Thank you!
I am thinking about getting some more draws for sport climbing but would like to start trad in the future. Would it be a good idea to get some alpine draws?
yes you'll definitely want some alpine draws for trad climbing, you'll want at least 6-8 to start with, for most areas (some climbing areas you may want a bit more or less) then you can expand to a bit more further down the line after you have a good idea of what you'll need.
@@ryantilley9063 Would it be ok to treat them like sport draws or should you avoid falling on them?
It kind of depends on how much you climb, if your planning on spending most of your time trad climbing then you could use the alpine draws for sport climbing too. I would recommend having a separate set of sport draws for sport climbing, because they are more burly than alpine draws and when you fall on them a lot they'll get beaten up really fast and form a lot of burrs that could damage the webbing on your cams when you use them for trad climbing. Also if you sport climb with trad draws a lot of times the carabiners will flip around and you have to waste energy flipping the carabiners around before you clip the rope, which could be really annoying if your cruising out at the moment!
Which dog bone is better, polyester or dynex?
I perfer nylon for sport climbing and dynex or dyneema for sport alpine / trad draws. I also go with dyneema for my alpine quickdraws, but if you're in a place with really hard rock then having a more burly material like nylon, or aramid fiber is really good.