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Kong gipsy?

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 Otis 16 Aug 2014
Does anyone confess to owning a gipsy?!?

I thought I was reasonably up to speed with climbing gear, so was a bit flummoxed when I stumbled across the kong gipsy on the web just now. It's some form of widget for stuffing into off width cracks:

youtube.com/watch?v=f_cCKSwlQLo&

Is this something new, or is I just an old school bit of gear that isn't in favour and therefore rarely sees any use? I'm struggling to see why you'd use one in preference to a cam-certainly in the smaller sizes.

As far as promo videos go, the one above is a bit pants if you want to find out too much about the device, although the climb looks stunning!

Mike.

 d_b 16 Aug 2014
In reply to Otis:

It's a new take on an old school bit of gear (Cassin something or other). Harder to place than a big cam, and probably more likely to fall out but significantly cheaper.

I got one out of curiosity, and have even placed it. Once.

The improvement on the original is basically the string and button mechanism, that allows you to cock the thing at the bottom of the pitch & place it one handed.

I need to climb more offwidths so I can use it again.

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