Pinch

I was single pitch ice cragging the other day and switched from a Edelrid pinch (ABD) to my dmm pivot bc the ropes got icy and it was safer to use the pivot (ATC style). I usually bring my pivot with me when multi-pitching and leave the pinch in the car. TLDR: ATCs haven’t been replaced. Icy ropes a

Dmm phantom or camp photon are small/light. Also petzl attache or whatever (Smd?). I have rope soloed with the pinch on my Cadillac with a 19g looped through there as a backup but yea, it’s wide and I wouldn’t recommend it. If I use my pinch (only for LRS/ascending) it is with the Edelrid Bruce stee

Thank that's good advice! And it also goes for me because I am also a complete beginner and I guess learning on a regular grigri is safer than getting used to the anti-panic. After all, I guess it's better to find anti-panic when you don't expect it and get a bit annoyed than to expect it but not fi

I use and teach the FPLB in certain situations. I saw that Edelrid says it's fine with the Pinch, but I'm reluctant to use it because of the increased force on the climber and to a lesser extent the lead protection. Tuber and Italian hitch work just fine and I don't know if the ABD functionality is

build an anchor, this could be with slings, the same rope or even cooler with cams into cracks in the structure of the concrete. 2 attach rope into the anchor via carabiner. 3.the subjects need a harness 4. the subject in the harness will attach to the rope via a device like an ATC, Edelrid Pinch or