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how can i use a petzl grigri to rope climb solo not sure the set up
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 | Posted: April 28th, 2010 Edited: April 28th, 2010 | Quote, Reply |
It's not designed for rope soloing actually. You'll hear about mechanically modified gri gris and other tricks to make it work but I wouldn't recommend this (and nor does Petzl).
The correct tool is a: Rope Solo Belay Device. These are made exactly for the task you have in mind.
I've used the soloist for lead climbing and honestly it's a ton of work.
The silent parent is the most popular for lead climbing
but it's bulky and takes a lot of skill to use.
So anyways I'm not saying don't rope solo. I am saying be prepared for it to take a ton of work and require extensive practice / experience to do well.
For top rope only I recommend trying out:
which feeds very easily if you tie a static line and weight it (with your backpack or whatever) so there is constant tension.
Regardless of your solution though always use backup knots!
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Anonymous
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thanks so much for your reply
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