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Well, the snow has mostly melted, I walked around a few of our pitiful
local Boston crags, pawed the earth. We've been in the gym a bit, but
it's been six months now since we last climbed outside (Pawtuckaway). I went
down cellar and dusted off our gear, pulled out my slim rack, and headed
off to the climbing shop, not to buy, but just to look and think and price.
There are a number of engineering changes this year, to popular pro. Mostly
in cams (about which in the SLCD topic). But I've noticed two new things
in wedges. There is a new design called Coconuts (Blue Water ?), or at
least new to my knowledge, that looks quite strange. One side is a curved,
the other "stepped" with horizontal bars. Presumably for combination
placements ? I never did any stacking - I'd use a friend.
The other thing I noticed is that DMM's walnuts have been redesigned, and
the cutouts on the sides are replaced by a wide cutout in the "back". So
if you are filling out, or replacing in a set of them, you'll wind up with
a mix.
Since my son will be out of school next week, I may take a bit of vacation
time and spend a day or two at Quincy Quarry or perhaps Pawtuckaway.
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