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cams or hexs 27-Apr-2009 At 3:30:48 PM rolsen1

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Have you got a rope? are you top roping as well? Get a 10 or 15m length of static and a few long slings 3m, 4m, 5m you'll need 4 or 5 screw gates as well - getting the gear to top rope is the cheapest way to get started.

If you're climbing around Melb only eg werribee, camels, mt alex, black hill, youies then you can do quite well without a trad rack just 8 or so draws

My climbing partner has Kong cams despite the price I think they are pretty good. I'd go the cams every time and start with a 2 then a 3 then 1 then fill the gaps before going bigger. I like a biner for each cam but some people use a racking biner and then put a quickdraw on them as they go. Get 3 or 4 60cm slings if you haven't already.

Of course, the cheapest way by far is to find someone who already has a rack.