Solo Top-Rope | My Set-up +

This is my setup for a Top-Rope Solo. There are lots of ways to set this up and all of them are more dangerous than climbing with a buddy.

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[davidenascivera]

Man are you sure that your anchor isn't an american death triangle? This type of anchor are reeallly dangerous as the multiply the forces on the bolts instead of dividing.. I would do a bunny ear figure 8, much safer

[outdoorgirls]

Good video. I'm glad to see you are using locking carabiners for your ascension devices.

[beansmalone]

I use a similar system with the addition of a chest harness to stop me from possibly flipping over.

[humanexistingonearth]

Honestly one of the most helpful videos out there simply just because you actually show what your doing

I would argue that TRS is safer than belaying specifically because a second mistake prone human is eliminated. Research indicates that up to 20% of injuries are belay related.

[vlaaady]

Pulling both devices a bit up with the chest harness will reduce the potential fall load. It will also iprove the control of what's going on with these devices.

[bb]

good stuff, first I find on when you can walk to anchor. I guess you could make a double 8, and use 4 qd

[Random_one_here]

I lead solo all the time and while it’s a very different setup I would never use my micro Traxion as a fall arrest just because of the teeth. You would have been far safer using your gri gri and the roller. One method I use with my taz lov3 when TRS is after the second bolt I stop and tie an alpine butterfly so should my taz fail from an upside down fall that knot is my last resort. If that fails I fucked up big time and I’m not going to need to worry about what comes next.

[WilliamsSkilliams]

If you are concerned about redundancies why would you use an ADT for an anchor? You seem knowledgeable enough to build a better anchor. Stay safe out there man.

[lucaslothbrook]

Why not do 'bunny ears fig 8' for your anchor? Then it'd be redundant.

[vinceburris]

Thank you for the video. I learned some things.

[thomaswillmann]

What are your thoughts on using a double loop figure of eight knot (bunny-ears) to separate the strands at the top? You could clip the loops directly into the chainlinks. This would avoid the triangular anchor and wouldn't require a carabiner.

[babakvaezi]

Love it. Really interested in learning about TRS. 👍👍👍

[jamesancona]

Good stuff man. I appreciate seeing how you did that. I am wondering why you rappelled with a grigri the first time and used biners the second time. I’d feel way more secure rappelling with the GriGri again.

[robertmorris]

Hello, great video.
What is the backup called? Have the micro traxion, can't understand what you called the back up.

Thanks

[oz]

Shouldn't a prusik be at least 3mm thinner than your rope?

[trombahonker]

You built a masterpoint on the anchors and complained about the ADT not being ideal?!? You chose to build it that way! Just bring the middle strand down and incorporate it into the figure 8 master not your binered through. Voila, no ADT, although that's hardly a concern with modern 3/8" bolts.

[bearboles]

Thank you for the video. In your experience what is the best type of rope for TRS?

[jonnes__]

🗽For this kind of soloing you should avoid falls! ☝
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[hotbeefo]

Would you use this method when working a hard route? I would be worried about repeated falls damaging the rope and have seen people use their gri gri instead with either knots or a backup device like the micro traxion.