Rock Climbing - Placing a Camming device for protection

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This film talks through how to place a camming device. It is part of a series of 17 films. We run through walking to the crag, using the guide book, checking weather and locating your climb. Once a climb is chosen looking at leading the climb and belaying your second up.
This is just an overview, so if you want more details about the different stages look at the single pitch leading playlist for wire placement, cam placement, thread placement, torque nut placement, belaying a leader, and 8 different belay set ups for the top of a route:)
The guys here are climbing in Northwest Scotland at Reiff just north of Ullapool.

[@mefboy_tunaci]

Excellent demonstration and very well explained. Just remember,give the cam a "pacman"mouth.Not to wide,you're set .

[@barisyazici314]

having a ring while climbing probably not a good idea

[@olddirtydoggy]

What about the direction of pull, surprised this didn't get a mention.

[@richardparke4105]

0:33 - 0:40

[@gimpdoctor8362]

that large cam in the horizontal crack wouldn't have held no matter how good the rock quality is, since the direction of pull would have drastically reduced the camming action. You have to be very careful with horizontal cracks (user manuals will advise people not use horizontal placements at all) and I'm a little worried that this wasn't mentioned in this at all. All the vertical placements were facing outward instead of down, too.

[@SuperMentalMicky]

Horizontal cracks are generally ok when using modern flexible stem cams

[@RTSchofield]

You're a filthy idiot