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Rope Solo - which device/s
bam bam
17-May-2012
1:05:54 PM
Now I know there are some out there that get into this sort solo mission stuff and I'm not talking about masturbation.

I'm keen to try it out, and after some advice or suggestions on devices.

I've read the petzl info

http://www.petzl.com/en/outdoor/product-experience/self-belay-solo-climbing/introduction

and know that the likes of Steph Davis uses 2 mini traxions (chest and waist) or some big stuff. Does anyone have any experience with the DMM Buddy or ISC Ropegrab?

http://www.dmmprofessional.com/productsDetails.asp?id=2&id2=40&id3=189

http://www.iscwales.com/product/rp209-mini-ropegrab-with-pip-pin/?from=%2Fby-type%2Frope-grabs%2F

Cheers

benjenga
17-May-2012
1:25:55 PM
I have a mate who used to use two prussic loops, not exactly hands free..

sliamese
17-May-2012
1:40:23 PM
depends on what your doing:

TR solo - yeh mini traxion is good, two is probably better! gri gri woks but not amazingly. micro traxion might be amazing, but never used one as TR, but its a better pulley than mini so buy that one!

leading free - use a reverso/guide. light, useful for abseils, you already own it and runs well.

leading aid - normal gri-gri is fine, you always have your hand free to adjust rope AIDS climbing :)
mattS
17-May-2012
2:39:45 PM
I use a Petzl Microscender for TR solo and it works well.
gfdonc
17-May-2012
3:25:10 PM
Check supertopo for a thread on using Mini Traxions including a safety issue and a modification (search for Dremel tool will probably find it) to make the setup safer.

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