Basic Rock Climbing Gear : How to Use GriGri & Automatic Belay Devices While Rock Climbing
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Not sure why you would want to spend that kind os money when a “rescue 8″ is cheap, simple and the gold standard. More part, more things to go wrong. I’ve never had a problem hand breaking with my “rescue 8″ in all my years climbing. Plus you can feed slack effortlessly with an 8.
hahaha… yea man… im right there with you. just bought a 2nd one today.. I tell people, if you are going to spend the 100 dollars to buy one, use it. Have you repelled with it yet? Go no hands and freek people out.
i always carry a figure 8 for rappelling and atc just in case….and i do belay properly. i’m just saying that people freak out over these things, they do lock.
… your the kind of guy i don’t want to belay me…. its a good method, i agree with you on its not necessary, but its good practice when you might need to use a rescue 8 or an ATC in an emergency situation.
i hate how people say “dont take your hands off a grigri”. They lock, you dont need to worry about them. i self belayed up a tree just by jumping and pulling up the rope, and the grigri locked.
“It’s a little complicated…”
Yeah, sure pal.
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