Soloist Self Belay Device

The soloist is designed to provide in conjunction with a backup knot a means of self belay for the solo climber.

Soloist self belay device. The user s manual covers other ways of avoiding this problem. If the route is longer than half the length of your rope tie the unanchored end to your harness or your pack. 5000 lbs 2270 kg weight. You are responsible for your actions and decisions self belayed solo climbing must only be undertaken by experts this document deals with climbing with a fixed belay rope without loading the rope except to rest.

And you must be backed up never depend on a single device. The solutions proposed in this document take into account known practices and accident records in order to offer solo climbers a belaying system with at a minimum the following qualities. The rope feeds through the soloist automatically as the climber advances and it will handle a very hard fall and it is easy to back up. Solo toproping techniques vary mainly in their back up methods.

The rope is tied around a drum via a clove hitch. Climbing with a partner remains the best solution climbing is inherently dangerous. Others climb with two different devices clipped into two separate ropes. The drum spins freely in either direction feeding rope as the knot slips until a certain speed is reached which locks the device.

Some climbers hang a second rope alongside the first and clip into bights pre tied in the backup rope in case the primary rope or belay device fails. Effective stopping belay. Freeport center building e 16. Solo climbing is not recommended.

Every 15 feet or so tie a back up knot in the strand of rope that your self belay device is not attached to. Attach the self belay device to the fixed line and clip it to the belay loop on your harness with a large locking carabiner. Use another locking carabiner on the belay loop to clip into your backup knots as you climb. My preferred two device setup is to use the petzl micro traxion connected to the belay loop with a small auto locker such as the edelrid pure slider which can t unscrew itself the petzl micro traxion device slides easily and is compact but it does have teeth on its locking cam mechanism which can add unnecessary wear to the rope when it catches a fall or while hanging and.