Jacopo Larcher from Bolzano, Italy, has made the 3rd ascent of Beat Kammerlander's Prinzip Hoffnung, 8b/+, E9/10, at Bürser Platte, Vorarlberg, Austria.
I had a chance to have a chat with Jacopo:
You're getting more into trad and bigger walls now it seems?
Yes, I'm more interested in multi...
Small conventional wires have their place, as the different shape means they sit more securely in some placements than RP-style micros. I still carry a couple of #3 Chouinard stoppers as well as brass micros.
There's an article on the subject by DMM
"DMM Micro Wallnuts offer greater surface contact with the rock. This is an important consideration since a common mechanism for failure in real life is the nut pulling through the placement."
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