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landcruiserbob
Trad climber
the ville, colorado
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Topic Author's Original Post - Aug 1, 2006 - 05:26pm PT
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Two questions
-Should you use a chest harness??
-What about leading with it??
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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>Should you use a chest harness??
Not the way I use mine. I've jugged with it at my waist, redirected through a biner/pulley below my upper jumar. Didn't seem like a chest harness would buy me anything. Easy juggin', though. Don't hardly need a foot loop...
>What about leading with it??
I'd say no way. Too toothy. And, any side load couldn't be good on it. Gri gri be way more bomber, I'd think.
I've TR'd with it. But, pretty static load in that app.
Also use it for a hauling. Works well for that. Light loads at least (ie, day pack, gear, but not a huge multi day haul bag as the pulley isn't that big).
Have considered it for crevasse stuff too. Handy for a C by Z rig. I don't like not being able to easily release a load from it, though. Any pulley with teeth seems to have that problem.
-Brian in SLC
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Strider
Big Wall climber
Home of the Great Miwok Spirit...
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Chest harness - depends on your comfort level. I do not use one, but then again I am not doing solo-top-roping on overhanging or extremely difficult routes. I probably should use one but don't.
Leading - NEVER!!! EVER!!! lead with a traxion unless you want to die. A leader fall will generate enough force that the teeth on the traxion will simply rip the sheath and possibly the core of the rope. A fast plummet and a sudden stop will soon follow.
climb safe
-n
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landcruiserbob
Trad climber
the ville, colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Aug 1, 2006 - 05:45pm PT
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Thanks guys. Sounds like I should continue to lead with my Grigri & buy the mini Traxion for solo top roping.rg
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mark_s
climber
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Bob....
for soloing (free climbing) go for the silent partner. feeds like butter on a 9.4mm rope. its bitch'n.
OR for TR..solo aid. it doesn't feed and you have to pull the slack up with one hand, but is also makes you have to do the moves thru the crux. Can be scary if its long. But locks quick when you need it to.
the silent partner you have to accelerate to make it catch.
bith will catch in the event of falling upside down. Or modify a grigri and run it off a chest harness.
It Echo going to climb the El Cap with us next summer? Please tell me she said "yes"
UniMog Bob.....change your goddamn name
aloha...tell echo I said high.. ;)
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WBraun
climber
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"Are you happy with your "Mini Traxion"??
I'm happy with it. it works nicely.
You could lead with it if you're insane. I'll pass on that idea.
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bringmedeath
climber
la la land
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F*#k all that little lighweight sh#t and buy a reall hauling system. Even the protraxion sucked a c*#k larger than Holmes, or I quess that was the wall hauler that sucked bigger than anything the world sees. Anyways both those things suck. I mean do you feel like hauling that much beer on a dicey device, personally I would rather die doing something else than hauling. Dieing hauling sounds almost as bad as being raped by some large black dude while sitting in jail.
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WBraun
climber
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I don't think he was asking about the hauling application ....
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