nerdom Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 (edited) Petzl Shunt works well, and is cheap ($40). No chest harness required. Weight the bottom of the rope with your pack/gear/water bottle. Not to be used on overhanging routes, though. Edited May 18, 2004 by nerdom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHow Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Wild Country Ropeman II. I use this A LOT. I think its helped my trad placements to rope solo and place lots of pretend gear and ponder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambone Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 personally i would use and recomend using a Gri-Gri or a Shunt over a Petzl Ascender for a TR solo belay. I have a hard time trusting a single ascender as the only means of being connected to a rope. There have been many accounts of ascenders coming off a rope, on walls in yosemite for example. although this is usualy from cleaning on weird traverses and such, the danger is still there... I have read that a Petzl pro and Mini- Taxion can be used for TR self belay, but I haven't used it for that purpose. I like the advantage that the Gri-gri gives you if you want to lower down quickly to re-try a move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 I think this forum should branch into hot belay chicks and we can have a ho down. I know mine is way hotter than yours Alpinfox. Hey, please share your pics! My REAL belay chick (not the one in the photo) is pretty hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syklone Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Petzl Shunt works well, and is cheap ($40). No chest harness required. Weight the bottom of the rope with your pack/gear/water bottle. Not to be used on overhanging routes, though. Yup, I use a Shunt to TR at Rocky Butte. You have to weight the rope, and using a chest harness would help it feed a little bit, but you can go just fine without it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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