Toothless progress capture device
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Looking for a good toothless progress capture device for TR solo. |
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There is one called *Silent partner. |
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Kong Duck. I dig it. |
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I have used the CAMP Lift, it's excellent. That said, I use two PCD's when TR-soloing and use a Micro-Trax for my second (lower) device. This way I have a toothless device that catches me and if that were to fail, I have the Micro as the back up. I know several others that have used and still use the CAMP Lift. |
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TR solo on a toothed device and dynamic rope is fine. Tie into the device as short as possible to minimize impact forces. I tie into a micro trax directly with a length of cord and trail a second one on a gridlock biner. Or a single microtrax and backup knots. Works fine on static or dynamic ropes. |
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Sanllan wrote:There is one called *Silent partner.FYI Silent partner is no longer available and the site has a big warning sign that says THIS WILL NOT SAVE YOU. Just in case anyone is interested to learn. Has anyone else used the Kong Duck? That seems pretty cool. |
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Bryan Gilmore wrote:I have used the CAMP Lift, it's excellent. That said, I use two PCD's when TR-soloing and use a Micro-Trax for my second (lower) device. This way I have a toothless device that catches me and if that were to fail, I have the Micro as the back up. I know several others that have used and still use the CAMP Lift.FYI, Petzl advises against using toothed device as a backup. I think the rationale is that the backup device would see more impact in case of a catastrophic failure of the main one. |
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The Microcender works fabulously. The Rescucender works on the same concept, but is larger. I use both. |
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I use the kong duck as a back-up, no complaints so far. |
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I have the lift mirco combo... love the lift. I use a steel biner on both with a cheast rig made of a sling. |
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I believe that Petzl has stopped making the microscender and only has the new version of the rescuscender available. Also, the micro traxion has replaced the mini. |
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Kong duck. Petzl shunt. Wild country Ropeman 1. Petzl Rescuecender. Petzl Microcender. Rock Exotica Rockgrab. Or if you're feeling really spendy the Rock Exotica Unicender. |
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I have a shunt, a rescuecender, and a solo aid for sale. All are in like-new condition. Of these, the rescuecender would be a pretty good TR solo option. I can take a photo and post if if you are interested. |
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Microcenders can bounce down a hope. The camp lift seems to work better |
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Might be a dumb question but, why climb with two strands? TR solo with a grigri with a micro backup and you'll never shred your rope because you don't actually weight the micro trax. |
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Don Ferris wrote:Might be a dumb question but, why climb with two strands? TR solo with a grigri with a micro backup and you'll never shred your rope because you don't actually weight the micro trax.I think people like the redundancy because of the fixed nature of the TR solo-ing. While we mostly use single ropes in most other climbing situations, the rope in motion has less potential to abrasions. There is also that "solo" aspect in which you don't have a partner to double check on you. |
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ebay.com/itm/262785381911 I use this
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I use a Microcender and really like it. Very small and light, easy to load, easy to remove, has never failed on me. |
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I think you're going about this the wrong way out of a common but misplaced fear that teethed ascenders like the microtrax, ascension and basic, shred ropes. |