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Taiwanese to Arapiles 18-Mar-2016 At 1:11:26 PM Nate_Ball

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Questions about gear...

So the 2013 Arapiles book describes the necessary gear required as "a fairly light trad rack: 14 draws, a few slings, a set of wires 1-9 with doubles from 2-7, RPs 2-4, and 4 or 5 cams." I have a set of BD nuts 3-13, DMM peenuts 1-5, and double cams from Metolius 0 (purple) to BD C4 #3 (as well as one #4 and #5). I am planning to bring all the nuts, a single set of cams from smallest to BD C4 #2, 11 "alpine draws", 2 longer runners, some anchor cord and lockers.

Will 16 nuts (mostly smaller) be enough?
Will 7 cams be enough to supplement in the middle-larger sizes?
Will I need cams in the BD C4 #3-#5 range?
Will 13 slings and anchor cord be enough for those 50m pitches?

I am comfortable climbing well above small gear on grades up to 20, but would like to have the right gear to push beyond that. Thanks for any advice.