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Victorian Rack 18-Nov-2011 At 11:51:09 AM citationx

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I thought more about this and decided i had to write this (clearly i'm in an irritable mood lately).
Is it that important that you bring things that are -specifically- required for Araps/Gramps? Are you that short on space? or money? Given the limited amount of buckets of climbing gear out there (nuts, rps, hexes, tricams, cams, quickdraws, slings) how specific do you need to be?
"Better not bring any WC Rocks - they don't fit around here, only DMM Offsets between #4 and #9 fit at araps, and don't even try them at the gramps! Thems only take BD nuts #2, #5-#8 and #12-#13. If you have some, bring 4 Tricam #3s. There are many routes that are only protectable by those four! All those routes are between 12 and 18m long so 4 is just the right amount."
Can you not just bring a cut-back rack (if you're short of space/weight - mid sized cams, a set of nuts perhaps with mid-sized doubles, a sling or three) and utilise your climbing partner's rack for what you need? assuming you're going to be climbing with a partner, you'd think the partner was a) competent at trad and thus b) in possession of a rack of their own that they use for araps/gramps when they go out.
Anything else that you determine you need when you get here, perhaps you can buy (unless you have no money - how're you going to survive in that case?).

I just don't understand exactly what esoteric piece of gear could be required for a place that's existed, and been visited by thousands of people from all around the world, for decades. With the exception of RPs being made "specifically for araps".... what could you need?