Reverso

Hey man don't buy the atc-xp, get the guide version (petzl reverso, atc guide or similar). It's only a few $ more.

Yeah man you need actual straps. The whole point of a C3 crampon, considering your Katahdin project is a summer hike just with snow on it that would work fine with nontechnical, is ease of use. If you start fiddling with a Paracord monstrosity, that ease of use is lost. But you don't need to buy the

Do the course with rental gear. You’ll be rough on equipment the first time round, better put that wear and tear on the rental gear. Research about the different categories of shoes, axes, harnesses etc. and think about what you want to do and which category of gear fits best without looking at bran

I use the petzl reverso and have found it plenty grippy on anything down to the beal gully 7.3. Fresh out of the box it's so grippy actually, that I reverse it when rappelling with 7.5 half routes and fatter. Above 9.2 it actually becomes a pain in the ass to use lol.

Once you get good at belaying you really don’t need an anti cross loading carabiner. Depends on the device, I learned on tubular devices (ATC, Reverso) and was quite proficient, never any cross loading problems with regular HMS biners(BD, Petzl, Mammut). New gym required assisted device so I got a g

Petzl's micro-traxion is not a belay device. It is not designed to arrest falls! It is: Designed for crevasse rescue, hauling, self-rescue, and for use as an emergency ascender Its uses: 8. Uses 8a. Hauling 8b. Pulley system 8c. Rope ascent Don't use it or any similar devices for belays. Your second

Protection: 16 Walnuts sized 1-10 (some overlap) 4x Torque nuts (size 1-4) 4x cams (sized 1-4) Instead of the torque nuts, get either DMM alloy offsets 7-11 (or 7-9...10/11 don't really leave my harness in my experience). I don't know a ton about slate, but in limestone you will probably need smalle