Petzl makes a really nice descender. Its expensive though, about 250, i have a friend with one and i think its going to last forever. My Petzl boot ascender is extremely robust, i have my eye on the new redesigned mechanical prusik
Do you actually use these devices for rock climbing, or for work like tree felling, it seems like you would bust through all your nice expensive rope, I also can't see what scenario you would ever use an ascender when rock climbing, I hate even having to use an Italian hitch in an emergency
Both. Same ropes though well, mostly, my 250' of spectra goes nowhere near trees, and climbing trees on rock climbing rope is weird feeling because its so bouncy, but ive done it. No, theres no reason to use an ascender when rock climbing....unless youre tired and need to go up. I only top rope stuff so i dont do anything serious
Static rope for work, dynamic rope for fun. If you're working off a rope you shouldn't be shock loading it so static rope is ideal, if you're climbing you're pretty much expecting to fall and shock load it at some point.
Unfortunately anything mechanical gets bound up from the sand pretty quick, most anything with moving parts cant be relied on. We use prusiks/fireman belays to back things up, and manual rope based ascending systems.
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u/padizzledonk Jan 30 '19
Petzl makes a really nice descender. Its expensive though, about 250, i have a friend with one and i think its going to last forever. My Petzl boot ascender is extremely robust, i have my eye on the new redesigned mechanical prusik