Timeline for Are nuts and cams less safe if the rock is wet?
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| Jan 2, 2017 at 10:22 | vote | accept | anderas | ||
| Dec 26, 2016 at 22:08 | comment | added | imsodin | Also wet limestone is a nightmare for cams - completely unreliable. My first trad experience was on limestone in rain. After trying out cams with backup and consistently failing, we resorted to nuts - a well placed nut holds everything (no guarantees). | |
| Dec 26, 2016 at 18:37 | comment | added | anderas | This is a great answer, even though it doesn't really go in the direction that I expected. Our case is more like "That solid basalt UIAA 5/6 crack over there is way too cold for our fingers, and maybe a bit wet, why not try to aid it?", not "It's raining but I can't wait for better weather, let's go outside and start aid climbing some unstable sandstone". But I have to admit that the question wasn't completely clear here. So for now, I'll upvote your answer and accept it in a few days if no better one comes along. I hope that is ok with you :-) | |
| Dec 26, 2016 at 17:05 | comment | added | Francky_V | I would add that this is also rock-dependant - sandstone while wet is a really bad idea (but then again not all sandstones all created equal), while granite isn't quite as bad. | |
| Dec 26, 2016 at 16:19 | history | edited | user2169 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 26, 2016 at 16:03 | history | answered | user2169 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |