Buying Tips

Buying Tips

Buying Tips

How to Build Your First Trad Rack

You are just getting into trad climbing and on a limited budget. How do you build your first trad rack? There are lots of cam options and all sorts of other fancy gear out there and everything is rather expensive… What should you buy first?

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