Beal Escaper portable rappel anchor

The Beal Escaper is sure to turn heads and raise eyebrows with its unique design. Intended to enable repeated full-length rappels using a single rope, the Escaper is ideal for climbers using a single rope on multi-pitch climbs, or as a rescue device if one rope is damaged while climbing on double ropes. Coming in at $50 and weighing only 90 grams, the Escaper is a reasonable solution for climbing on a single line while still being able to do to full-rope rappels without needing to carry a full length rappel line. The only downside we see it the fall potential if your rappelling is particularly jerky, and the short length of the current version limits the anchoring options on non-bolted anchors.

[thomasvandenheuvel]

what a nice guy! i definitely would like to have a beal escaper on my kit as a backup

[bernardorubeo]

Yes! Make one for bigger trees, would be awesome! Great job!

[mojoclimbinggear]

Awesome! What an innovative piece of gear. Thanks for sharing.

[prusikmallorca]

Maybe if you are rappeling multi-pitch with single rope as he proposed, with the weight of the rope plus the drag of the rope it's impossible to recover the system...good trouble if you are 2 pitches down and not enough time to reclimb and rappel. I think is not convenient to propose this system for that, maybe if is the last rappel to the ground or for an emergency like you say.
Very good and simple invention after all.

[arnoldmeulen]

Why no double rope?
It’s safer and the escaper is almost as expensive as a rope.
I would only use this escaper in the utmost scenario.
Another option is to use a slipping knot and a throw line.
a third option is to use an open carabiner and a throw line and a fourth option is to use a climbing (captain) hook and a throw line.
Sometimes I use a fishing line instead of a throw line but I only have used it in trees.