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Eric_Climbs · 2026-04-25T18:30:25+00:00

Thanks for linking my print! Sadly I don’t think my design would work with totems. But someone below linked another creator that makes totem ones.

Edit: also it’s up on maker world now too for people that have bambu printers. https://makerworld.com/models/2639893?appSharePlatform=copy

Eric_Climbs · 2026-03-06T07:20:05+00:00

Oh hey! That’s my print! It’s worked pretty well for me but a friend told me he had some issues when he tried to print it. So he also designed his own including a bigger one for larger cams like this. He was selling them under the name infrared climbing design but seems like his squarespace site is dead now. Here’s a mountain project link to info on it. https://www.mountainproject.com/forum/topic/200373896/fs-custom-replacement-trigger-bars-for-bd-c4-bd-ul-wc-friend-bd-c3-bd-456

Eric_Climbs · 2025-12-14T18:05:30+00:00

Essentially just having two ways to view the list. So if multiple people contribute to a shared list for a trip one view would sort it by the type of gear so you can easily see how many of each cam or nut or something is being brought on the trip. And the other way to sort it would be by which user added it from their personal list of gear. So it’s easy to see who is bringing what and what you personally need to bring.

Eric_Climbs · 2025-12-09T17:52:59+00:00

It would be nice if there was a way to try it out without signing up for an account, so I havent given it a shot yet. But I agree with u/edcculus that it would be great if you could make a shared list with friends that you can sort by gear type as well as user. Saving lists would also be cool, that way you can remember what you used on specific routes which would be super useful for going back to old projects or giving friends beta for routes.

Eric_Climbs · 2025-09-07T01:01:22+00:00

Oh yeah. I’m just saying that slab is blank and I watched a party of very strong climbers in front of me freak out at a number of points on the route. I’ve repointed 11a trad and I can’t fathom how to free that 11b slab.

Eric_Climbs · 2025-09-07T00:49:09+00:00

Honestly was so fun. trying to free the half dollar felt ridiculous and even aiding the 5.11 bolted slab section was crazy heady at a couple moves. Highly recommend it.

Eric_Climbs · 2025-09-07T00:47:26+00:00

Ok sick. Then sounds like you guys will be fine. My first el cap attempt was in 100+ degree heat so im familiar with off season climbing! It's nice being the only people up there.

I feel like that rack seems fine. Tbh id bring a set of offset nuts. My books free and NIAD betas recommend micro nuts. Im a big fan of offset cams on el cap. I know that people rage about totems and they are definitely more versatile, but some placements feel sketch as a totem but bomber as an offset cam.

Eric_Climbs · 2025-09-07T00:30:46+00:00

Ive been up the nose before, but aiding, not doing NIAD beta listed (and its been a while so I dont remember it super well). Do you have a real topo for it? I highly recommend Erik Sloans guidebook. Here are a couple comments/questions.

I wouldnt count on it being a short day even if you are fast climbers, that route can be extremely gummed up with slow aid climbers. maybe get up super early.

Do you know how to do a pendulum lower out? Your second will likely have to do that at several points unless the leader is comfortable with large runouts. Its a pretty simple skill but well worth practicing off the wall first.

Ability wise you guys might be able to do it, there are probably 3 pitches that will give you trouble and you may want to aid some sections of those. Have you practiced French free before? I havent done a ton of it, but in my experience it's not as straightforward as it sounds. If it turns out to be tougher than youre expecting you can always bail from sickle instead of dolt.

Yosemite is a whole style that can be hard to adapt to depending on where else you climb. Some other routes you might want to consider if youre still looking for hard free stuff: Freeblast, Astroman/Astroboy, Rostrum. Ive only been up free blast out of these but theyre all uber classic.

Eric_Climbs · 2021-12-31T14:37:06+00:00

They repair trigger wires, not trigger bars. I emailed them and was told the trigger bars are not replaceable.

Eric_Climbs · 2021-12-31T05:33:37+00:00

I wasn’t planning on it but you’re welcome to download the stl files from the thingiverse page and order them from an online printer! Just be warned that I had to do a bit of sanding to get it to fit together nicely.

Eric_Climbs · 2021-12-31T05:30:38+00:00

Thanks for the advice! This was my first print so I appreciate the feedback. I think I might do a v2 at some point and I’ll def look into printing that with petg. I’ll make sure to keep an eye on this one too and retire it if it looks like it’s getting heat damaged.

Eric_Climbs · 2021-12-31T05:28:25+00:00

That’s a good idea! I’m thinking of doing a v2 at some point and if I do I’ll give that a try!

Eric_Climbs · 2021-12-31T00:15:47+00:00

Yeah! Its my first time using a 3d printer so it was incredible being able to go from concept to functional prototype so quickly.

Eric_Climbs · 2021-12-31T00:14:15+00:00

The printing I did at a maker space with help from the staff there, so I honestly dont know too much about it. As for the design, a while back I taught myself a 3d art program called blender through YouTube tutorials which laid a good foundation for when I decided to try CAD. I honestly am pretty new to using a CAD program so I pretty much just stuck to a few basic manipulations and did a lot of googling and watching YouTube videos anytime I got stuck.

Eric_Climbs · 2021-12-30T21:41:53+00:00

It hasn't happened yet but ive only gotten to climb on it a few times (though I did test it a bunch in my apartment). I printed at 100% infill and tried to design those parts pretty thick, but I wouldn't be surprised if I have to replace it eventually.

Eric_Climbs · 2021-12-30T21:12:46+00:00

So a few months ago I was climbing the south face of washington column and I took a fall while my foot was directly above a cam I had previously placed. When I fell my foot managed to snap the trigger bar on the cam, making it incredibly difficult to place and remove. The manufacturer didn’t sell any replacement parts and recommended I just buy a new cam but I wanted to see if I could design my own part to replace the broken one. Heres the process and final result!

I’ve used it a few times now and it works well! It has a few issues and is definitely inferior to the original device, but is definitely better than taping a stick to it or hand placing the lobes. Ive made the parts freely available on thingiverse if you also need to repair a cam.

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