Does anybody ONLY use a Gri Gri?

So, what's the big deal about ice climbing with a grigri? I thought one wasn't supposed to fall leading on ice anyways.

Yup, everything I can when I have just one partner. When I can't, because more than one rope, two partners, I'm rapping alone, etc. I'll use my gigajul instead since it does everything - just less smoothly than a GriGri.

I don't ice climb though, so I dunno about that.

My wife and I usually both carry a grigri and atc unless we are doing something with a walkoff, then just GriGri and accepting a slower rap if we need to bail.

I climb ice with my teeth when I drink fruity rum drinks. No grigri needed

Franck Veewrote:

So, what's the big deal about ice climbing with a grigri? I thought one wasn't supposed to fall leading on ice anyways.

Its just that a frozen rope won't really feed through a grigri where it can just about go through an atc. 

Kevin DeWeese wrote:

Usually either I or my partner only brings a grigri. Grigri raps first, no biner block required. Set every rap, fix one end of the rope to the anchor with a quick knot (or just put the second on the rap with the atc and an extender to block the rope) and the grigri climbers descends on the fixed line. Second climber undoes the knot (or just starts rapping if their atc was preloaded on the ropes).

Done this, works ok. I thought it had potential for flusterclucking though. 

that guy named sebwrote:

Its just that a frozen rope won't really feed through a grigri wher eit can just about go through an atc. 

Ah I see. I haven't had issues, but then I'm really mostly cragging, might just be easier to prevent that happening.

No ice for me, but 98% of the time I'm only using/bringing a grigri.

I Fwrote:

No ice for me, but 98% of the time I'm only using/bringing a grigri.

So how are you rapping, belaying from above, etc?

Tradibanwrote:

So how are you rapping, belaying from above, etc?

Rap with a biner block (single fixed rap line, and a pull line) which is actually super useful on multis if you're not entirely sure where the next anchor is and might have to ascend or swing around a bit. Belay from above like normal (off the anchor), you can do a brake strand redirect and lower if someone swings off into space etc. 

Yes for belay (no ice experience), but Pivot always on harness and used for raps.

I've definitely run into more and more people exclusively using them, especially after the 2 came out.

I always use a gringri and carry a atc as backup 

Just a grigri for all things rock. Simul rap 95+% of the time. And you always have a munter on you worst case. 

For ice I use the smart if it's wet and have used the grigri when it isn't wet, but usually the smart. 

Rock climbing with partner and compatibly sized single rope = grigri for both. I don't climb with people who disagree. Same for sport/trad, single/multipitch.

Also bring grigri as only rap device when TRS, whether rock, ice or mixed. That said, my TRS ice climbing tends to happen in favorable conditions.

I self lower when possible to avoid blocked raps, but do a lot of both.

Will gadd uses his grigri ice climbing even when the ropes are covered in ice.

As a relatively new climber (started post-grigri), I was trained on an ATC and even learned multipitch/rapping on it. After I got a grigri I began using it for everything and still do. I feel comfortable doing so knowing I can supplement a top-belay or rappel with other methods

I pull out the mainly grigri for toprope days, and days where I know I’ll be cruising and probably only doing single pitch. Also climbing with new partners and tr soloing. I can’t see how people use grigri’s on multi pitch, just seems heavier and less convenient. Plus I’d rather rap on a reverso

I just weighed my gg + locker and my reverso + 2 lockers, for guide mode.

15 g difference.

If weight matters, I hope you remember to take a pee before climbing multipitch.

that guy named sebwrote:

Will gadd uses his grigri ice climbing even when the ropes are covered in ice.

Some animals are more equal than others. 

J Cwrote:

I just weighed my gg + locker and my reverso + 2 lockers, for guide mode.

15 g difference.

If weight matters, I hope you remember to take a pee before climbing multipitch.

You need to step up your locker game, my difference is 50g. Also, you bet I do, can’t carry any extra weight up my 5.6 multipitch!