Anorexic alpine rack

How small is too small? If you want to go super lightweight,super safe, with minimum gear but still stay 'safe', what do you bring along? Whats the smallest amount of gear you've brought up on a mixed/ alipne route?

'bigbouda'

Actually, the way you're supposed to play this game is to learn how to read the route from descriptions, beta, past experience, etc - then decide for yourself what you can get away with, also based on experience. One person's 'heavy' rack could be too thin for another to even survive to climb with.

- Nate

Owen Spaulding route on the Grand Teton...5 stoppers.

Really depends on your familiarity with the terrain and available route descriptions.

On an FA of a 10 pitch route in Zion a couple years back, we took a rack of stoppers, single set of cams to 4', couple of pins, alpine aiders and a bolt kit. All on lightweight biners. Was perfect.

Depends on season, type of rock, range. Also depends on what your willing to continue up without gear (ie what grade you'd solo at).

Brian in SLC

The smallest rack possible? I reckon a couple a nuts awta do ya!