Grigri

No There’s several that lock by default The most popular for decades has been https://www.rei.com/product/151970/petzl-grigri-belay-device But that’s still not a reason for you to develop and patent your own solution, especially a small, light one that gradually slows you down like an auto-belay htt

IMO, just get a Grigri. The Revo can be a little... contrived. Neither are "safer" than the other, both are assisted braking devices. Climbing accidents rarely come from any kind of equipment failure, it is far more likely to be from user error and complacency. Do partner checks, check your knots, t

This question comes up twice a year, every year, probably based on course schedules. Climbing gear, especially belay devices, are pretty much optimized. Edelrid spent lots of time and money with people with decades of experience designing climbing gear and was able to make the pinch, which by popula

I mean…. They changed the geometry a bit and the new ones have a wider and slightly different range of ropes they are designed to accept. I seem to recall the old ones being grippier but it might just be that we all had thicker ropes back then. I see zero reason to think the grigri 1 is not perfectl

Edelrid Bruce for the mega jul 2, any small offset D for the Grigri. You do not want to use an HMS. Petzl suggests the sm'd

from this description I think they mean 'tunneling'. would make me nervous with a standard atc but totally fine with a grigri, and is demonstrated in this video from petzl at 5:30

He's also using the wrong gear for what he's doing. He should be using a locking belay device like a GRIGRI that locks when hands come off it. In a super cool tactical situation if you get shot in your belay hand you don't fall, which is probably nice. In a situation like this if he slips or his han

Grigri just needs one carabiner. Lots of people buy weirdo anticrossload carabiners, but honestly the petzl SmD does very well and avoids the usual issues of hms shaped carabiners with the grigri. Can be purchased from any reputable dealer liks your local gym, REI, etc. At some point in the future y

To be a bit pedantic, the main reason for the accident was because he “petzl death gripped” the grigri closed (which prevents the camming mechanism from working) in addition to letting go with his brake hand to feed her slack from the top side 😭 What’s really messed up is that if he was completely h

As suggested above, ground anchors will likely be 1. Easier to rig, and 2. Stronger and less prone to stretching. The ASAP is rated for use on an incline per petzl's documentation, but it's a pricy bit of kit for one DIY job. Progress capture on a camping assisted belay device like a grigri or bette