LRS: Freebell backup device
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Kickstarter out now. |
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KS blew up overnight, so it's certainly going to go ahead. I'm on the list, naturally. I'm not 100% sure it will be the panacea we all hope for, as it will have to be held far enough away from the primary device to not slam into it. But it's worth a try! |
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evan freeman wrote: It's going to depend on the device. For those of us with Silent Partners, this is the Holy Grail. Goodbye backups knots forever. |
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Mike Larson wrote: Will work amazing with inline devices like the Taz, Sulu, and Vergo as well. |
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I can’t really imagine a device it wouldnt pair well with. While it may be a lot bigger than PCDs for cache mgmt, that drawback is easily offset by the fact you don’t need three devices (or knots and/or friction hitches). A straight-through (or dogleg) version would be nice for those who backpack their line. |
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Unnecessary... |
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Healyje wrote: As someone who has tried your rig and is terrified by it, I think safety in general is considered unnecessary to you. To each their own. |
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Just pledged! There are only 5 spots left, so if you want one you better hurry up! |
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Ricky Harline wrote: As someone with twenty-one years and 5000+ trad pitches in on the Eddy I’d say we have different concepts of safety. If you were terrified then I’m guessing you weren’t using my exact rig or didn’t understand iit. Have taken a litany of falls on it and will be using it to do a fiftieth anniversary rope solo of the Bastille Crack this year, my first rope solo in ‘75. |
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Healy doesn't take dissenting opinon on his set up well as the record shows of the years of him defending his set up when peoples point out potential issues and failures. |
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Healyje wrote: No, I used your exact setup and understand it well. I understand that it works well for you and I'm not trying to convince you that you should use any other setup. Some people are terrified of the Revo for no good reason. Your rig just gives me the heebie jeebies, especially with it's complete failure to catch high clips unless you manually flip the cam. Lemme see if I get this straight: let's say I'm climbing a somewhat hard for me crack, and I want to place high. I put the piece in, pull out some slack, and until I manually flip the cam on the Eddy I'm going for a ride to the end of my rope if I fall, yes? I fall all the time and I rarely know when I'm going to or not. Ergo this is not a suitable setup for me. The Eddy requires a lot of control from the climber which is absent in this shitty example of a free climber. |
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Mr Rogers wrote: Where has he been posting about development? |
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Slow Grown wrote: He detailed the whole idea, prototyping, and testing on the Facebook LRS group. Very open source. |
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Dang looks pretty neat to have a cache loop/ back up all in one. |