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the necessity of hexes these days


sabu

27-Apr-2005
5:13:25 PM

i'd say deffinately get 1 of each of the big ones bout 5 to 11. anything smaller is your choice. but the big ones are very valuable in a crack


Rich

27-Apr-2005
5:29:37 PM

i'd say ditch ur wires and cams and only buy big hexes and only climb off widths.. but thats just my opinion. :P


LittleMac

28-Apr-2005
10:26:21 AM

You're a sick and twisted man Rich, sick and twisted.


master of drung

28-Apr-2005
1:55:56 PM

i carry small hexes instead of doubling up on larger nuts and occasionally find good placement for them where a nut would be a bit dicey i think they give me a more flexible rack. i like using hexes of all sizes, (unwired again for flexibility of use) but i don't really consider them as a replacement for cams unless i was particularly desperate.


sabu

28-Apr-2005
5:45:30 PM

On 27/04/2005 Rich wrote:
>i'd say ditch ur wires and cams and only buy big hexes and only climb off
>widths.. but thats just my opinion. :P

wat about when u find a trench that beccons you into it's deep and thrashy mist?
and yes u ARE a very sick little boy!!!!


Rich

29-Apr-2005
1:12:58 AM

ah those deep runout trenches.. thats what dreams are made of.. :P


sabu

29-Apr-2005
11:11:18 AM

sick sick sick sick!!!! i've had one experience on a trench, name was either Ivan or Blockbuster, up the top of Bard. i thrashed and struggeled up and now would prefer so stay well away from trenches!!


cruze

29-Apr-2005
11:37:31 AM

We had a whole thread about Ivan a while back. I liked the thing! I think that the best thing about it was that you got to the top of a grade 12 and actually feel like you have battled your way up a grade 20, and from memory there were a couple of excellent hex placements for the larger variety!

armyiain

29-Apr-2005
7:27:43 PM

Well, sadly I'm having to build the rack far too slowly for my liking - just added Rockcentrics sizes 6 and 7. Thankfully my rack is supplemented with uni gear...


sabu

29-Apr-2005
9:01:15 PM

On 29/04/2005 cruze wrote:
>We had a whole thread about Ivan a while back. I liked the thing! I think
>that the best thing about it was that you got to the top of a grade 12
>and actually feel like you have battled your way up a grade 20, and from
>memory there were a couple of excellent hex placements for the larger variety!

ja that was the problem i thought it was going to be easy then after a few minutes of thrashing i'd gotten absolutely no where on it!

Rocky

24-May-2005
5:14:14 PM

On 29/04/2005 sabu wrote:
>sick sick sick sick!!!! i've had one experience on a trench, name was either
>Ivan or Blockbuster, up the top of Bard. i thrashed and struggeled up and
>now would prefer so stay well away from trenches!!

you should have a crack at Electra, it's a great face climb, all you'll need is a set of your hexes, hahahaha.


The Good Dr

25-May-2005
12:50:58 PM

On 24/05/2005 Rocky wrote:

>you should have a crack at Electra, it's a great face climb, all you'll
>need is a set of your hexes, hahahaha.

How about a list of all Hex ascents.

Here are a few at Arapiles for a start:

Preludes
King Rat
The Rack
Spellbinder

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