Ball Nut work bolt and drilling

Ball Nut work bolt and drillingFor the slim and grim. Invented in 1987 by John Middendorf and originally brought to market as Lowe Balls, these have become the secret weapon of many aid and trad climbers. These little wonders will work in small parallel sided cracks where the only other option is pounding a piton. Ball Nuts also work in pin scars and small flares where even modern micro cams simply wont fit. Since they weigh so little, many advanced trad climbers keep a #2 and #3

Crafted from skin-friendly tulipwood

Ideal for use with EDELRID belay devices

or without a locking system)

Conceived for single ropes with a diameter between 8 and 13 mm

Yosemite Valley has become a world class climbing destination for bouldering and highballing

Everything from 800-foot trad odysseys

Efficiency: 85 %

while simultaneously reducing the weight to 31 g/m

west of the Icefields Parkway and south to the Yellowhead Highway

use the loop of cord to girth-hitch the spike or handle of the axe

"wrong" technique

Very large rope tarp: