LUCKY Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 All the devices you have mentioned I have tried, The Ushba basic ascender is by far the best Tope rope device , the rope slides easly through the device, it does not require a chest sling, it hooks right to a biner in your harness, is rope friendly , light in weight , is also used as an accender, is cheaper than other devices .the biner hole is small so less likely to crosslaod with a pearbiner . I have been using the Ushba for three years putting up new routes with out a problem. DO NOT use it for leading I have a soloist I will sell you, once I got the Ushba I let Yoder use it be careful if you use the soloist it is easy to make mistakes with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoboy Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 There was a really good thread on this sometime earlier this year... Here it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corvallisclimb Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 i use a gri gri with a prussik for back up, with some knots tied so i dont deck if something where to go wrong. is this an okay set up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoboy Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Only if you put a Putzl Shunt on a second rope to back it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colt45 Posted November 1, 2004 Share Posted November 1, 2004 Instead of a steel quicklink, consider the DMM Belaymaster carabiner. Lighter, easier to use, and cross-load-proof. Plus a quicklink would probably seize if you took a hard fall onto it. Â Also a grigri self-feeds on TR if you use a reasonably skinny line with the end weighted. I tie an overhand on a bight every once in a while in the free end of the rope-- this provides a backup if the cam does not activate, and leaves the slack rope hanging below you so that the grigri can still self-feed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin_Matlock Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Plus a quicklink would probably seize if you took a hard fall onto it. Â You sure about this? I mean, wouldn't you have to weigh several hundred lbs, be climbing on static rope, and take a fairly long fall to make one of these bend enough to seize the threads? Seems an average size adult falling on a dynamic rope simply wouldn't generate the needed kNs to tweak a quicklink. Â What diameter of you talking about... I think mine is about a 3/8" stock.... maybe I'm just using equipment from the "dumbo the elephant collection"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ireneo_Funes Posted March 15, 2005 Author Share Posted March 15, 2005 I finally got out and tried this Saturday afternoon. Used my gri-gri and tied cloves for a backup. It took some fooling around but I finally got to a point where the process was pretty smooth. Beats bouldering, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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