Anyone used ascenders on twins?
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I know: I'm gonna die. |
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I've used petzl jugs on 8mil and it was fine. Lotsa rope strech means lots more wear on your sheath, though. This alpine route you may not be able to climb may ruin your rope |
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Stiles wrote:This alpine route you may not be able to climb may ruin your ropeCorrection: My buddy's rope. Haha. |
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If you don't load it over an edge, it might be ok, but that's hard to avoid on alpine routes. |
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If you end up going and using your ascenders; you can always put prusiks above your ascenders which mind themselves as you push up and if the ascenders slipped the prusiks would catch you. This adds more gear and time but would be a safe option. |
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Or simply skip the ascenders, go light weight and prusik. |
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jugging a 7.5 .... (shudder)..... |
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Are there whole pitches you might not be able to climb? Usually an extra-tight belay and a little pulling on gear will get you up something a couple letter grades harder than you can usually climb. |
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Princess Mia wrote:Or simply skip the ascenders, go light weight and prusik.That's still going to shred the rope. |
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Auto-X Fil wrote:Are there whole pitches you might not be able to climb?No, just short sections I reckon. |
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Carry some extra cams and just pull through... Done that too many times. Way easier. If you have to you can sometimes batman the rope or prussic if you are really screwed. But for the most part just pull on gear. |
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You could also use the ropes together (like twins) and ascend with prusiks around both ropes together at once. Personally I wouldn't want to bounce around on one 1/2 rope. A Petzl Shunt might work better than ascends/prusik in this case too, but those are only rated for ropes down to 8mm. Just a few thoughts I had |
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+1 for french free. |
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Yeah the weight saving of twins plus bringing ascenders doesn't make any sense. Go climb something you can climb! Or bring cams for a few moves of aid |
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Maybe the route is over your head...... |
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This forum is like a fascinating zoo for bad ideas. |
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Eric Fjellanger wrote:This forum is like a fascinating zoo for bad ideas.plus a million |
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Marc H wrote: I'd be psyched to hear from anyone that has experience using Petzl ascenders with a 7.5 mil rope. Thanks!Its absolute shit, bring a bigger rope or some cord and rig a bachmann plus texas prussik setup. Personally, jugging a rope that size any way sucks. Just bring a bigger rope. |
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NO. Refer to Mark Twight's book Extreme Alpinism on the subject for a more thorough answer and suggestions for alternative rope systems. |
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Marc H...... |
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AntinJ wrote:+1 for french free. If you can communicate with your belayer, you can yard on 1 strand while the other belayed strand captures your progress. JThat's more or less what I was thinking, but with an ascender or other rope grab instead of hands-on-rope. A loaded 7.5 looks scary skinny though... |