Beginner climbing gear?

[Birdyman88]

I just handled a 2511 for the first time. I think I will be carrying a chainsaw on more prunes.

They should name that saw Marie Laveau Galadriel.

 

[B_Strange]

I’ve only tried the Sonetics muffs and the 3M ones. I did a quick inter webs search on MSA muffs and not sure what I am looking for. Where did you get yours Swing? Also, to derail the thread just a bit, opinions on comms? Sena? Sonetics? Something else?

 

[climbstihl]

I can definitely see how they're much more comfortable than the Petzls, especially with visor and muffs (never worn a petzl with attachments, I use a stihl helmet for that). When working in the climbing park I work at I use either a vertex vent or alveo vent. I think the vertex has better ventilation, but I still sweat like a pig. I think a Kask would be much worse.

 

[Handy2]

One tip for when you get your throw lines stuck: a throwball clipped with a small carabiner to a spliced eye in your climbing line is WAY easier to use than a monkeys fist for advancing your line. The new locking DMM XSRE looks like it would be perfect for this, as you can lock it and not need to worry about having the gate get snagged on a twig.

p.s. I got one of those new XSREs in the mail yesterday. Very high quality piece of gear by DMM.