The latest, greatest 2:1 hauling kit

Mark, what other backup gear do you pack in the closet. I was thinking a spare grigri. Perhaps alfifi too but how could one drop that? Edit: And maybe a spare aider. 

If I was soloing I'd have a spare grigri (on my solo of Iron Hawk I did drop the one and only that I had with me). I'd pack a set of lighter, Alpine aiders.

With a partner, we'd trade aiders if we dropped a set. Essentially nothing extra aside from the jugs.

Mark Hudonwrote:

On my walls, the leader never carries a set of ascenders. We have two sets but one is carried in the gear closet in case we drop the original set.

How do you haul the gear pig and the hauling kit?  

The haul kit is the only thing we tag up at the end of a pitch. It’s light enough to do hand over hand.

When I got my Russian aiders from Ollie at Aideer I bought three so I could go leashless and not be hosed if I dropped one. Haven’t dropped one yet but haven’t tried anything big with them, yet, either. 

Did anyone tried replacing the Basic and the pulley with the new CRIC from Climbing technology ? 

Seems like it would be more compact allowing a longer pull, just wondering how efficient that pulley really is...

https://www.climbingtechnology.com/en/outdoor-en/pulleys-and-ascenders/pulleys-ascenders/cric

I have. Works well for me.

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J Dwrote:

Did anyone tried replacing the Basic and the pulley with the new CRIC from Climbing technology ? 

Seems like it would be more compact allowing a longer pull, just wondering how efficient that pulley really is...

https://www.climbingtechnology.com/en/outdoor-en/pulleys-and-ascenders/pulleys-ascenders/cric

I have the CRIC now but have not real world tested it. To me the only real real world testing is actually doing a route on ElCap.  Doing ZM with Max Jones in three weeks.  I’ll report back 

I’ll be on ZM….  We can cheer for each other!

I'll join you cheerleaders, as I'll probably be on Zodiac in three weeks also. 

Im bringing Bottle Rockets for sure now! 

One shot is a misfire.  Two is gun play.  

Shipoopi is an expert at bottle rockets.  He fired them at me on Tempest from Sea of Dreams! 

^^ Well, Mr. Appie, we don't expect you to understand us Vulgarians.

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And people wonder why there's friction between climbers and rangers. ç

Still sore over the fact that no one was kind enough to share the news about that plane crash with them?

Anyone have any extra Z cord they want to sell me? Shipping is outrageous on that stuff!

Nic, have you contacted Skot? 

Mark Hudonwrote:

Nic, have you contacted Skot? 

Good call. Thanks Mark. 

Is there any news about the Cric performance on the big stone? Thanks!

I bought a cric because I accidentally hucked my pulley off the last wall I did. I climbed the nose last week and it is pretty darn similar.

To take advantage of the shorter height I think I need a shorter draw. I noticed I hit the micro with chord in the bank so to speak, I use a short trad draw so perhaps the steel draw is different.

It is harder to “back haul” to dock, since the little chord to disengage the progress capture isn’t as easy find/use as just opening the teeth with your thumb, I just used a gri gri to dock most pitches.

dropping it did not seem like a huge concern you only need to open it a little to put it on the rope. After the wall I tied a bit of chord through the carabiner holes to make it impossible to drop. I have not tried this in action though.

It got stuck less. The pulley/ascender basic combo would sometimes get hooked on an aider or gear (user error to some extent I am sure, my anchors are not as clean as some of yours), but it felt like this happened less with the cric. Perhaps I’m just getting more organized though (or had less of a faf show since I was on an easy route).