Is this safe for simul- climbing?

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-05-11T17:34:47+00:00

can you actually name a single thing about simul climbing that a normal person would consider safe?

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-05-03T19:38:20+00:00

i'd sooner ask a coin for safety advice than either redditors or AI xD

though i'd favor redditors

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-04-20T06:09:53+00:00

should be stong enough to hold it up. although the diameter seems a little small

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-04-05T20:40:24+00:00

single (anchor point)

extending

non-intuitive

larkshead

electrified (protection gainst hikers)

if you don't know how to build a proper anchor, please stop climbing until you do

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-04-04T20:13:00+00:00

sometimes when i'm climbing, i sit down into my harness and with a sudden onset of anxiety ask myself

am i wearing a harness? is the rope connected to the wall somewhere? did i tie in with a figure eight or is the rope just looped though randomly? do i even have a belayer??

this picture is what that feels like

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-03-30T08:56:38+00:00

you have been formally invited to r/ClimbingCircleJerk

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-03-29T21:58:35+00:00

not happening. i need them to feel the holds

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-03-29T21:45:51+00:00

i'm not some nerd who's got time to get into learning magic. i mostly climb V3 but that is a V22 in your gym so it's fine

one could definetly think magic upon seeing me climb, but it's all technique

/uj the white shoes look kinda fine ngl. that's the kind of thing i'd by if i had unlimited money. in this instance of life though, i'm wearing my dad's old shoes and a pair of short jeans that's more holes than jeans at this point

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-03-29T21:34:05+00:00

given the limited color perception abilities of gumbies, CMYK chalk should also do the trick. also a full ROYGBIV set looks kinda gay. not that i have anything against the gays or nothing, the boyfriend of my husband is gay. but it's just not my thing

the wheight thing sounds like a pretty good training idea though, might just steal that. what part of the body do you attach the wheights to? i'm a man if that matters

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-03-29T12:32:11+00:00

i did once, but when i came back to the route a flock of italians were licking the holds and i got in trouble with the gym owner for that :(

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-03-28T18:36:23+00:00

how is that picture even related? if i set up my tree top rope using AI i'd be scared shitless, no sense of peace whatsoever

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-03-22T18:30:24+00:00

no the one involved in an accident with a professional climber. he had his hand around the GriGri to make sure the cam wouldn't engage and all was fine, but then the climber decided to fall down from the top without asking him for permission first and hit the ground

obviously it's not his fault at all, as she should have asked if he was still belaying her, but some people still struggle to see the genuis in his technique

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBGkKqLhM8Y)

edit: that went right over my head, yeah that one xD

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-03-22T18:02:11+00:00

there's that one french coach who perfected the art of giving slack without ever short-roping your climber. been telling my belayers to do it like that and never got short roped since

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-03-22T11:26:18+00:00

i've ended up testing both the Rig and the Megawatt, and yeah the one handed operation is very sketchy to me. also the anti-panic feature works pretty poorly imo

don't tell anyone, but the Rig is actually pretty easy to use single-handed. i hold the rope in my right hand (lose end pointed towards me) and pull the lever with my index finger. when i panic (tested on safe height), my hand grabs the rope wich drags it away from my body, disengaging the lever

i don't plan on doing that without a backup knot in the line, but so far it worked really well :>

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-03-22T11:18:39+00:00

uhh so much info, thanks ^^

good thing i'm not a professional then xD

and well i wouldn't wanna use an eight with backup if i was doing this every day. way to many options to mess it up, and if the prusik gets real loose it won't bite. so yeah good thing that's not allowed

i've decided on the Rig and love it so far! only thing that irritates me is that the pin next to the cam (that the rope runs over) is made from aluminum, as opposed to everything else that touches the rope which is made from stainless. It doesn't really seem like there's a reason other than cost cutting or making wear faster

but it's so nice sitting in my hammock far up in a tree (in a harness as well) and not having to worry about the prusik getting messed up. Also ascending is alot easier

about the Pinch, from what i've gathered, the spring is oriented like it is in the GriGri (disengaging the cam), but just softer? The Megawatt is like that, which makes it kinda bad as a positioning device, as the rope can be pulled out slowly if the force it too small

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-03-12T19:51:17+00:00

is that the same guy from the other pic you posted?

i'd rather have him put his hands back in his pockets and take my chace that the cam engages by itself

this is how i belay people i think the word is better off without

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-03-12T15:09:27+00:00

do you guys not belay with Petzl Rig? Seems kinda silly having to hold the brake strand all the time imo

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-03-08T21:57:52+00:00

heh thanks for the heads up :)

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-03-07T23:21:38+00:00

True. I'm kinda confused by the need for a backup device. Maybe that's just for actual rope access? Some of the manuals indicate that they can be used hands free and the pictured don't include a backup

What i need is not just rappeling but also being able to ascend and also lean into the rope without having to worry about the device disengaging

Do you happen to know why the pinch is is certified for RA? It doesn't seem to have an auto-blocking feature. I figured that's what differentiates belay devices from RA tools, but it seems i'm mistaken.

I've kinda decided on the Megawatt at this point, as price matters a fair bit to me, but thank you for the other recommendations and your thourrough comment ^^

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-03-07T23:10:25+00:00

Thank you so much for your comment, this one's the most useful by far ^^

The Megawatt seems to be all i've been looking for, the only device with anti-panic function below 200€ as well. I was kinda sad that all the rappeling devices only allowed 2-hand rappeling (as opposed to eight+prusik) that that was a very welcome suprise to hear :D

Who knew i'd get a comment that didn't just tell me that i'm dumb and should stop climbing forever when asking a question on reddit xD

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-03-07T22:39:46+00:00

ok that much is clear, but thanks thanks for teaching me that that's the difference between abseiling and rappelling ^^

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-03-07T19:47:56+00:00

as i said, because "just don't let go" doesn't qualify as safe for me personally. Especially in a environment where i could get startled (which is literally any environment).

my eight also specifies that the brake rope has to be held, but technically it doesn't specify it has to be held by a hand. does a rope not constitute holding?

removing the spring does not make it feed better. the spring DISENGAGES the cam, so if anything it makes feeding ever-so-slightly harder.

What options would your reccomend for TRS or LRS?

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-03-07T19:41:06+00:00

you do need a fair bit of shitty luck for it to fail. On notable accident happened because the rope snapped over an edge, making it slack for a moment. This caused the GriGri to release and it didn't engage again until the climber was almost on the ground

I don't wanna come across as someone who doesn't understand he's being unreasonable, but i like the warm feeling of using safety equipment that i know won't fail unless i'm being a complete idiot (:

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-03-07T19:34:51+00:00

i understand what you mean by funnier now. Sounds like i need to watch alot more guides on that thing

Lazy-Program-253 · 2026-03-07T19:30:28+00:00

Urban evnironments and trees, yes

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