My top rope soloing setup

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I love this idea of using pursuk as a back up also how u backed up the gri gri awesome

MISSYTHEPITSKY
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Well I for one thi k you have done a great job of making your own system that works for you, good job, Gary in Scotland

garymccreath
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I would recommend bringing a couple towels with you to cover those sharp rocks that the rope is gonna be laying over especially for when you’re descending and have a constant load on the rope that might cut it.

alexkuryla
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This is advanced! I'm a new top rope and lead climber after bouldering for a year. Amazing techniques I was engaged through the whole video :)

MasterNick
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Thanks for making this video. I tried it. Great option. Moves freely. Feels super safe because the Traxion captures all progress. I only have a dynamic rope. Good to know I have extra “suspension” should I slip. When you climb a route with an overhang at the top, make sure you have the ability to switch to descend safely while suspended away from the face. Take several options. You don’t want to drop your only descender. Having a second rope gives you more options and peace of mind as well I find. Cheers.

martinm
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Nice simple setup, enough to get me started.

timosnieder
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I love this method, so much so that I use it myself now! I personally use a tibloc with a much thicker prusik cord though. I also have become a firm believer in the klemheist as opposed to the typical prusik, feeds a little better.

anarchybean
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Really good setup, I use almost the same (double-strand "Solo Top Roping" with a Micro Traxian and Nano Traxion). That said, the Prusik should ideally be below the GriGri on the break-side of your rope. To set it up like this you'd need more distance between your rappel loop and nano-traxion. For more detail see the 'Swiss method' for rappelling ...

thomaswillmann
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A tibloc may be a great replacement for the prusick. Light, simple and easy feed. I’ll admit though that I love prusicks and they are underrated. Some folks just don’t realize how well these hitches work. I’ve ascended ropes just using 2 prusicks and they work great.

TheRealDonDiesel
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Tne abrasion risk wirh your rope over the ledge makes me nervous since your rope is fixed and the same small part is exposed to the ledge for the whole climb. I would consider a rope protector at the top, and also look into "refixing" the rope to avoid tension over abrasion risks. Avant climbing has good info.

I like the prussik, clever that the nano trax minds it for you, good budget option.

geometerfpv
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Awesome idea with Grigri and prussik! Is that a dynamic rope or static please?

goringo_
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Great setup! Great video! For me this setup is appealing since i trust prussik more than the progress devices due to way more experience with the prussik :D also the abseil safety is always on the system. But most people are using two progress captures. Can you comment on that? Have you tried it? Dose your method feed better?
Also i am a bit worried about the prussik interacting with the trax. The later can be disabled by jamming a cord i it, but as long as the cord is relatively thick as in your case it doeasnt seem to be able to pass in the device. What diameter prussik do you use?

kosmatifizik
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big autolocker & GriGri can under certain circumstances get caught up & side load. blissclimbing has a video on this. rubber anti position / anti rotation devices are sold by the same. (but i appreciate that the GG is not part of your TRS Rig)

would an alpine butterfly knot be more appropriate than a fig8 for your single strand recoverable abseil rig?

TknJn
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Id recomend changing the prusik to a toothless ascender id recommend the paspov 3 because you can repel on it but there are plenty of more affordable devices, i modified my microtraction so it couldn't lock in the open position, if you want to do that theres just a little pin that must be filed off. I also have seen people modify there gri gri as an alternative to the paslov but i haven't tried that. Overall thought i like your setup

monsterlynx
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I like the setup. Seems much cleaner than mine really. I've always used a Grigri and micro traxion as a backup but it doesn't seem to flow as easily. Maybe I'll try the micro traxion with a prusick backup.

chance
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Solid set up man! Everyone is gonna say something you could do better but I really liked the prusik above the micro. I never understood why people run two micros back to back… like if one failed why would you want to shock load a tooth device? 🤙🏼

spencerdowding
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Careful to make sure you're clipping through the rope eyelets in top anchor bc the way you have it if any of the rock anchors fail your biner will slip right out.

HundyBills
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It is a good set up for sure. I use almost same. It is too much with all the tach focus. A prusik works 100 %. It has been used for about 100 years in all kind of climbing. Keep it up, and enjoy.

jansveen
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Not much for recommendations but just a couple of ideas that may be of use for this kind of application.
I would use a less stretchy rope for this (I just read that you already did the switch to a static).
The main anchor looks super strong and safe but it could use a secondary piece further down just to mitigate the abrasion on the ledge there.
And lastly, I would rig a retrievable system like they do in canyoning. Lock it with a carabiner or two and when it's time to clean up and leave you just unlock the system, rappel and retrieve rope. This way you don't need to strip everything down and rebuild the entire system, reducing the chances of errors.

Have fun and see you on the crag!

razvanbenca
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Your initial rappel set up looks pretty annoying so I would switch that up. Also you should think about edge protection if only using a single strand. If the pitch is short enough I personally make tie both ends using an eight or EBSB to a locker on one bolt and then an alpine butterfly to make a y to the other bolt. Then my rope makes a sort of big U shape and I have one device on each rope. If the alpine butterfly on each is slightly different then the rope path is different. I don’t tie to the middle of the rope in case it rubs so I can just chop the damaged part off. You could instead extend your anchor past the edge with static materials or make a little rebely off a lower bolt. Rope rubbing is a big concern for top rope solo

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