Pivot

Dragons are amazing, more nuts but you’ve already got them coming. 100% need the guide version of the belay plate, I’ve got a dmm pivot and it’s just amazing, especially for your half rope setups when the time comes. If you ever try some “escaping the system” drills you’ll find out why it’s so much

Not a ton of differentiation aside from guide loops. Some models dont like fatter ropes as much (think petzl reverso, dmm pivot) while others are more okay with them (think ATC) but any will work just fine for a rap so in that regard yeah a tube is a tube. If you are really into the nitty gritty som

For glacier travel you'll need a rope that the individual fibers are treated for water resistance and not only the sheet. Wet ropes that freezes are dangerous. In Beal terms you are looking for the Golden Dry (not the Dry Cover). For Edelrid, you'll need the Pro Dry. Both of your choices are on the

It's one of several useful tools also including a DMM Pivot and an Edelrid Megajul which I choose depending on the activity. Belaying safety is a lot more complex than ABD good, tube bad. I would much prefer to use the Pivot for belaying on multi pitches where someone is at their limit, I am on a ha