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Climbing gear as carry-on baggage 9-Sep-2008 At 11:41:11 AM Bert

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A few months back my girfriend and I were trying to take a cheap JetStar flight from Sydney to Meblourne after and extended period of travel and climbing overseas.

We were severely over the weight limits and were not allowed to carry on any of our climbing gear except for our rope. Sylish belts we crafted out of our biners were rejected by security. Ironically, they allowed us to carry on our tent complete with poles.

I think it just comes down to the person that is managing the security at the time. Your rack will surely get their attention.

Thankfully, we had lots of time and security allowed us to ask a lot of questions, and let us go back to reorganize things to their approval. We ended up putting on multiple layers of cloths, including multiple jackets and our climbing helment, in 20 degree weather. Through maxamizing the weight in our carry ons, in our laptop bag (an allowable extra carry on), and on our persons we ended up saving $120.