euroford wrote:
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find the protraxion to be totally adequate. i'm sure there are better things out there, but not so much that i'm going to make it a priority.
hauling sucks, its allot of work, there isn't really any way around that. even if you have the best possible equipment and technique. but its totally doable and if you suck it up its over before you know it.
having a couple of small pulleys available is a good idea. that way if you get in trouble, you can easily convert to 3:1.
the one time i had to use a 3:1 was a low-angled blocky kind of situation where the bags were draggin. it SUCKED. the 3:1 works, but it drags our the pain 3x longer. avoid if at all possible.
that piece of sh*t protrax is one most dangerous gear any climber could have on his or her position.two near miss call on El cap in 2008-2009 and climber died on Zion because of that fuc*ing thing.
read accident report and keep yourself up to date .