new o-p belay device

[haireball]

kudos to Omega Pacific and designer George Lowe. I had a chance to try out the new O-P belay device this weekend at Washington Pass, and it's the first belay plate I've found that I actually prefer to the Munter. Significantly lighter than its competition, you can rig it in three configurations for a wide range of braking power. And with a very large ratio of suface area to mass, it dissipates heat rapidly enough that I found it only mildly warm after a free-hanging forty meter rappel. I bought it.