Beginner climbing gear buying advice
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 7:19 pm
Hello summitpost!
I am somewhat new and still inexprienced climber. And I'm asking for your advice on buying climbing specific gear. But first allow me to write few words about myself. I'm an ex-athlete who still trains every day, I have military expirience, but climbing wise I'm quite inexpirienced. From climbing I did many of the hikes around my country, I have climbed Mont Blanc and Planjava in Slovenia.
My first goal was to get as informed on the topic as possible, so I purchased and borrowed many climbing books and guidebooks. I have joined local mountaineering club and I plan to join local climbing gym. I'm in contact with expirienced climber whom I consider my mentor (but I don't want to call him asking questions every time something isn't clear to me). Also I have a cousin who's an alpinist from Austria, with whom I'm in contact. Both of them are far more expirienced climbers than I am, and they climb routes that are still "no go zone" for me.
I have puchased basic gear for climbing: BD sabertooth crampons, DMM raptor ice tools (adze and hammer), camp climbing harness, Montane torque 40 backpack, two BD quickdraws, one locking carabiner and one mammut guide style belay device. Also I'm awaiting the arrival of Julbo colorado glacier glasses.
My next purchases would be BD storm headlamp, BD half dome or petzl elios helmet (depends which would be cheaper when I have the money) and a gas stove.
(I own military stove, tent and bivy bag, but expirienced climbers say they're inadequate for mountain use; and I know from personal expirience military gear is usually a bit lower quality than civy gear.)
I'm asking you what my next climbing specific gear should be? A rope, more quickdraws, carabiners, safety devices like nuts, slings/runners? Please share your wisdom and write in which order I shoud buy the gear.
Thanks!
P.S. yes, I have searched the forum for the old threads and it didn't answer my questions.
I am somewhat new and still inexprienced climber. And I'm asking for your advice on buying climbing specific gear. But first allow me to write few words about myself. I'm an ex-athlete who still trains every day, I have military expirience, but climbing wise I'm quite inexpirienced. From climbing I did many of the hikes around my country, I have climbed Mont Blanc and Planjava in Slovenia.
My first goal was to get as informed on the topic as possible, so I purchased and borrowed many climbing books and guidebooks. I have joined local mountaineering club and I plan to join local climbing gym. I'm in contact with expirienced climber whom I consider my mentor (but I don't want to call him asking questions every time something isn't clear to me). Also I have a cousin who's an alpinist from Austria, with whom I'm in contact. Both of them are far more expirienced climbers than I am, and they climb routes that are still "no go zone" for me.
I have puchased basic gear for climbing: BD sabertooth crampons, DMM raptor ice tools (adze and hammer), camp climbing harness, Montane torque 40 backpack, two BD quickdraws, one locking carabiner and one mammut guide style belay device. Also I'm awaiting the arrival of Julbo colorado glacier glasses.
My next purchases would be BD storm headlamp, BD half dome or petzl elios helmet (depends which would be cheaper when I have the money) and a gas stove.
(I own military stove, tent and bivy bag, but expirienced climbers say they're inadequate for mountain use; and I know from personal expirience military gear is usually a bit lower quality than civy gear.)
I'm asking you what my next climbing specific gear should be? A rope, more quickdraws, carabiners, safety devices like nuts, slings/runners? Please share your wisdom and write in which order I shoud buy the gear.
Thanks!
P.S. yes, I have searched the forum for the old threads and it didn't answer my questions.