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To Chalk or not to Chalk 16-Jul-2009 At 11:45:05 PM richardo

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On 16/07/2009 bomber pro wrote:
>Only ever use chalk if I can't hold onto a particularly bad sloper. or
>if I'm jaming a flaring crack and need
>the extra help/aid of having my hand not suddenly blow out of the jam.
>I have my chalk bag on most climbs, but it stays shut 99% of the time.

Seems a bit weird to carry around a closed chalk bag only to use it one in every hundred climbs. My
chalk bag is a bitch to open with two hands on the ground. You must be spewin when you get to that
one in a hundred sloper a 100m out from your last piece of gear, and I shudder with fear thinking of
you fist up a flaring crack wiggling the toggle on your sack from behind just to get a shot of the good
stuff.

What brand of chalk bag do you use? And how do you know when to retire it? Do you keep a chalkbag
logbook? Do you practice how fast you can open a bag with one hand? My record is 14.3 seconds with
my left hand and 17.8 seconds with my right.