Self Belay / Rope Soloing

[dunndan]

Need advice on what device I should be using... lots of people recommend the Petzl mini traxion, but then lots of people claim the teeth with wreck the rope. I know a few people that use the petzl basic, but again with the teeth...

What are some of your preferred setups? pros and cons?

Thanks!

[dirty]

Yeah, I know, I really need to get out more.


http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/threa ... 8973&tn=40

http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/threa ... 28550&tn=0

http://www.tradgirl.com/climbing_faq/ad ... htm#trsolo

http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthr ... ber/775927

And finally... I'd recommend:

http://www.outdoorbasics.com/catalog/it ... 21_b73c515

amfyoyo...

[Cloudraker]

The rig with two mini traxions and chest harness works sweet. Pretty sure you'll find a photo of it on one of the supertopo threads that dirty posted. I've also used a mini traxion and a shunt with a similar setup. If you're using a burly large diameter rope and it's weighted at the bottom so that the system is feeding without slack, the damage to your rope from the mini traxion teeth will be negligible...at least it has been for me. I use a Mammut 10.5mm rope, which I hate for anything but TR solo cuz it's rigid like cable and difficult to feed through a belay device ....but it's durable and works well for this purpose.

[dunndan]

great help guys, follow up question about the process, would either of you be up for showing me the ropes when the weather gets a bit better?

Cheers,

[Sunday]

The Ushba became my new girlfriend last summer... she's an exotic Russian girl who always wants to Climb.