Here you show one of the simplest methods, with some of the least expensive and most reliable hardware. This is a great example of minimum stuff to carry just in case you have to go up sometime. Adding more expensive and more complicated hardware does make it a bit easier, so if I were planning frequent ascents, I'd probably add some more gear.
Another improvement to this is to clip your brake strand through the prusik carabiner. Now you have a 3:1 for pulling your slack, and you can also pull downwards which is more ergonomic.
I tried using the ATC as an ascender with a backup for some steep slab TR today just for fun.....not fun. I did not get far before throwing that shunt back on. I have definitely used foot loop, good idea putting a girth hitch in.
I keep a little hollowblock stuffed in the harness all the time tiblock is smooth as fuck but I only use metal on my beater ropes my sport line to skinny and pristine
If you tie the girthhitch onto the sling (like a two wrap instead of a 6 wrap purcell prussik) instead of around the foot, the foot will be squeezed much less and still not come out. For this first the girthloop than clip in upto the hollowblock hitch. Maybe a bowline on a bight would be even better. Order wiuld not matter again ..will try )
@@AskTheKid The locking carabiner I'm using here is the Petzl Attache. As for Grigri vs ATC Guide, there are definitely some things the Grigri does better. Lowering with a Grigri is much easier, and it provides assisted braking while belaying from below while the ATC does not. I like the Grigri a lot more for a single pitch environment.
**intense breathing**
Here you show one of the simplest methods, with some of the least expensive and most reliable hardware. This is a great example of minimum stuff to carry just in case you have to go up sometime. Adding more expensive and more complicated hardware does make it a bit easier, so if I were planning frequent ascents, I'd probably add some more gear.
Another improvement to this is to clip your brake strand through the prusik carabiner. Now you have a 3:1 for pulling your slack, and you can also pull downwards which is more ergonomic.
Any examples? Having a hard time imagining 😅🎉
I have been trying to use that 7years ago thanks for making this video, now the question , how do you decent with that atc now
You can rappel just the same as any other atc, these guide versions just have multiple "modes"
I tried using the ATC as an ascender with a backup for some steep slab TR today just for fun.....not fun.
I did not get far before throwing that shunt back on.
I have definitely used foot loop, good idea putting a girth hitch in.
very helpful
I keep a little hollowblock stuffed in the harness all the time tiblock is smooth as fuck but I only use metal on my beater ropes my sport line to skinny and pristine
If you tie the girthhitch onto the sling (like a two wrap instead of a 6 wrap purcell prussik) instead of around the foot, the foot will be squeezed much less and still not come out.
For this first the girthloop than clip in upto the hollowblock hitch.
Maybe a bowline on a bight would be even better. Order wiuld not matter again
..will try )
great vid
Is there a way to autoblock a standard atc?
Wouldn’t you need to use the foot strap and prusik first? To get slack on the climber end of the rope in order to connect the ATC?
If you're using this for a pick-off in a single pitch setting, with a loaded device, totally.
What’s the advantage of having the ATC in guide mode rather than just regular rappel mode?
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how do you switch to descend?
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Can you use an atc guide for anything you would use a gri gri for?
Also what carabiniers are you using?
@@AskTheKid The locking carabiner I'm using here is the Petzl Attache. As for Grigri vs ATC Guide, there are definitely some things the Grigri does better. Lowering with a Grigri is much easier, and it provides assisted braking while belaying from below while the ATC does not. I like the Grigri a lot more for a single pitch environment.