Reverso

Hey man don't buy the atc-xp, get the guide version (petzl reverso, atc guide or similar). It's only a few $ more.

Yeah man you need actual straps. The whole point of a C3 crampon, considering your Katahdin project is a summer hike just with snow on it that would work fine with nontechnical, is ease of use. If you start fiddling with a Paracord monstrosity, that ease of use is lost. But you don't need to buy the

I’ve rapped on the petzl purline a bunch. I use a grivel scream and an autoblock and it is great. You could also use a reverso and stuff both strands through one slot and add a second locking carabiner…

Do the course with rental gear. You’ll be rough on equipment the first time round, better put that wear and tear on the rental gear. Research about the different categories of shoes, axes, harnesses etc. and think about what you want to do and which category of gear fits best without looking at bran

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

Are you talking about the blue belay device on a BD gridlock locker, between the ATC guide and grigri? If so that is a first generation Petzl Reverso belay device. It was one of the first widely accepted plaquette style belay devices and worked well. The issue is that the metal plate it was stamped

The more force claim is usually based on Petzl's Reverso vs Grigri measurements, and the difference is big for high factor falls. But anybody who's seriously contemplating routes where a FF 1 onto a micro is a real possibility doesn't need reddit to tell them how to belay.

I often switch my hand when belaying so can do left or right. I have a petzl reverso- but any tube device is good for either hand. For an auto locking device I use a click up. It’s effectively the same action as the tube devices and isn’t handed for left or right.

I use the petzl reverso and have found it plenty grippy on anything down to the beal gully 7.3. Fresh out of the box it's so grippy actually, that I reverse it when rappelling with 7.5 half routes and fatter. Above 9.2 it actually becomes a pain in the ass to use lol.

Once you get good at belaying you really don’t need an anti cross loading carabiner. Depends on the device, I learned on tubular devices (ATC, Reverso) and was quite proficient, never any cross loading problems with regular HMS biners(BD, Petzl, Mammut). New gym required assisted device so I got a g