Thoughts on the Coros Apex 4 for trad multipitch

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So I've been in Squamish for about 3 weeks and was using the Coros Apex 4 every time I went climbing, both single and multipitch, and thought I'd share some findings. The catch with trad climbing in Squamish is that it's mainly cracks, so I don't like to wear it on my wrist when crack climbing. For what it's worth - when I do wear the watch on my wrist for other types of climbing, it's much easier to use! TLDR? I use Hold to Unlock and I disable assignable button (right key) so it can't get bumped. If you want the most reliable recording of the WHOLE route and don't care about pitch by pitch details, start the watch when you start the route, then keep it somewhere safe (I have a small bag I clip to my harness), then simply stop it at the end and add the no. of pitches climbed. Bosh! If you want pitch-by-pitch info, either clip it to your harness or to your chalkbag so it's more accessible. Just don't drop your chalkbag!! Twice, when having the watch clipped to my harness - out of several multis I completed there, I ruined recordings when the watch was shoved against the rock, buttons and screen mashed and it went haywire. So I think the chalkbag may actually be a safer spot for it. One thing I forgot to mention is that I have also turned the volume on the watch off, as it's distracting if it does beep at an inappropriate time. All that said, if I'm climbing something that doesn't require jamming, of course I'll wear it on my wrist and I set the Right key to Climb/Rest and use it at the end of a pitch to enter Rest Mode, then use the Main Dial to select Next Pitch (to make sure it doesn't actually do Next Route) when starting the next pitch. Hope this is helpful to someone!

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