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mju6559
Trad climber
Schenectady, NY
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Mar 15, 2013 - 01:07pm PT
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I use a Petzl Ascention ascender attached to my harness also connected to a chest harness and a Petzl Min-Traxion as a back up.
I use this when doing climbs 90 ft of less with the rope anchored above of course and 2 strands for redundancy - 1 device on each separate strand!
Both feed well on a weighted rope and leave my hands free for doing harder climbs versus when I used to use a GriGri2 and backup knots every 10 ft.
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Mar 15, 2013 - 09:06pm PT
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is there any advantage of using a minitrazion (or micro traxion) over a microcender? I kind of prefer the second, not depending on teeth, and can be used in alpine glacier travel. but I have no experience with either. any thoughts.
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Morgan
Trad climber
East Coast
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There have been accidents with Shunts and Gibbs on slightly overhanging terrain, especially if the rope was anchored at the base, causing the rope to press against the cam in such a way that it was held open. Or by people grabbing the device. Probably, a microscender can be made to fail the same way. That said, my favorite tools are a microscender low and a mini traxion high, plus running a back-up knot on the other strand of rope – although two devices plus a separate strand back-up feels like overkill.
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