In reply to Aled Williams:
That depends on what and where you're climbing and grades. I don't take much at all as there is lots insitu stuff - old pitons and threads and things. But I only climb up to V.
I once wrote: Dolomites is all pockets and knobs with few good gear cracks. Pitons are often everywhere. On popular climbs there are cement pegs/rings for belays. Heaps of natural threads (long slings) and cam pockets with the odd crack for nuts/hexes.
- Slings (4x long, 4x short, 1x extra long)
- Crabs x5
- Quick Draws x 6 for general climbs (+ x4 for sports climbs) = 10
- 1 set nuts (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 enough)
- Hexes x 2
- Cams 0.75, 1, 2 (no aliens required)
- Ab Tat (lots enough for 4-5 abseils)
That is probably meaningless for more modern harder routes or off the beaten track.