As birth rates decline and lifespan lengthens, eventually there will be a point where adult diapers outsell baby diapers and are mostly worn by old people and diet drug addicts, as well as astronauts.
Then I would imagine a cute skirt is definitely out of the question.
A cute skirt and no panties (or a kilt for that matter) is just less clothes less to get shit stained. Combine it with an adult diaper for a space-age look that says "Obsessed Astronaut"
Flying Circus is a hell of a lot more polished than it was when first freed in the 70s, (or even than it was when I first climbed it in 1991) but it's still 10a. You just have to be more precise with hand and foot placements.
The key with any of these devices is to avoid dynamic falls.
The Ushba, Shunt, and MiniTraxion will cut the rope at around 6 kN. These forces can be generated by, say, clipping in to the device with a long sling instead of directly to the harness.
The Rocker was designed to be stronger and I think, will hold falls up to around 9-10kN.
That's my memory based on some data that was referenced on buildering.net, and a climbing mag review of the Rocker. I have no links archived to back it up. Research it yourself if you need more info.
Instead of a HMS pearbiner, I use a 1/2" stock maillon rapide/quicklink to attach the Ushba to my harness. I found the pearbiners tended to swing around and potentially crossload the gate. The quicklink is long and narrow so it tends to keep the Ushba at one end and doesn't crossload.
Polish is just a requirement for good technique.
Just like having bad technique doesn't let you claim a 5.6 as a 5.9, polish does not increase the grade of a route.
as long as you use the old blunt/broken pick and not a good one cause it'll end up about as sharp as a butter knife after scrubbing a couple pitches
for real heavy duty scrubbing, you want an ice axe cause the adze works great to peel off moss carpets
for cleaning a pitch it helps to have an ice tool, narrow wirebrush, whisk, nuttool and toothbrush
start with axe
whisk
go over it with wirebrush
whisk
use nut tool on thin parts and deep cracks
whisk
final touch up with toothbrush
one last whisk and it's g2g