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Re: [afreeclimber] GriGri Orientation For Solo Leads:
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healyje
Jan 15, 2007, 9:08 PM
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afreeclimber wrote: I take it then that your GriGri is oriented, in relation to your harness, in the normal, upright position (as if you were to belay a leader).
Yes.
afreeclimber wrote: I don't feel compelled to modify the tab on the back of the GriGri either, as I can plainly see how that would increase the chance of the rope being caught behind the release handle during a lead fall.
You have to decide these things for yourself. If I were worried about the rope catching the handle I'd either shorten it a bit or switch to an Edelrid Eddy (and just for the record I dislike both devices for normal belaying and only use them for roped soloing).
afreeclimber wrote: I'm also aware of the possibility that the biner could cross-load on the GriGri. I've had this happen when belaying normally with this device in the past. To remedy the problem, I wrapped 5 or so passes of small cord around the spine side of the biner, near the top, and then wrapped plastic tape over that. The resulting diameter is too big for the attaching hole of the GriGri to move past, as is the locking sleeve of the biner I used. The GriGri now stays at the top end of the biner no matter what.
With a grigri I'd say some form of rapid mallion is the only way to go. I use one off my belay loop with a grigri and then back it up with a short Mammut 6mm dyneem sling to a Trango Superfly locker through the harness loops.
afreeclimber wrote: Why do you choose to use the GriGri face up w/o a chest rig? Most posters on this site, as I've read, seem to use an inverted GriGri and a chest rig. Did you ever use such a system in the past, but found it lacking?
I keenly dislike the idea of the grigri oriented for rope feeding versus catching falls. This is another case where if that is your priority then you should definitely switch to the Eddy.
At this point I've tried pretty much every conceivable way of soloing with a rope for free climbing and after thirty years of doing it the main opinion I have of it is that all systems suck. The secondary opinion I've come to is that folks finding their way to roped soloing need to come to their own conclusions as to what works best for them...
(This post was edited by healyje on Jan 15, 2007, 9:08 PM)
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