How to roll a cam strap

Backcountry Skills
Written By John Godino
 
collage cam strap roll up

Not an alpine climbing tip, but I bet you sometimes strap things on the top of your car or in a truck bed using cam straps. Here’s a slick way to keep ‘em tidy and tangled free.

  • If you think this is too much fiddling around, doing a daisy chain for extra long straps is another good option.

  • Pro tip, if you use a lot of cam straps (like I do when I’m whitewater rafting) get different colored straps for the standard lengths, typically 4’, 6’, and 8’.

Here's a nice video showing the method.

 
John Godino
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