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Black Diamond Stopper Set #4-13
do stoppers work well in splitters (Indian creek)?
By nathan martinez
Ranked #204 - Big Wall Climbing
September 3, 2009
do stoppers work well in splitters (Indian creek)?
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By steph davis
Ranked #16 - Big Wall Climbing
September 13, 2009
No! But every once in a while you find small constrictions on a route, and you can definitely use small nuts here and there at the Creek (the first pitch of Lightning Bolt Cracks on North Six Shooter, and Inflictor at Broken Tooth come to mind). I prefer the Metolius stoppers myself.
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By Evan Stevens
Ranked #1 - Big Wall Climbing
September 9, 2009
There are a few select climbs that stoppers will work in the desert, so not entirely useless out there, hexes will work, ala the old guard, but cams are your best bet!
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By Angus Bohanon
Ranked #4 - Big Wall Climbing
September 3, 2009
Absolutely not. They will serve no function whatsoever in splitter cracks, except to fall down the crack to the ground.
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Change me.