I like the idea of this, but I'm a bit scared of the teeth on my ropeman, so try to keep it for more dire situations than this. Would a mini trax or a rollnlock work?
In a similar vein, getting a good boink is a lot easier when your belayer is hanging from the rope. One trick I've used when belaying someone who had to boink a long way is to have an ascender nearby, then when they fall off I'll ascend the belay end of the rope as far as possible (i.e. first or second bolt) to allow the climber a 15ft or so of good boinking. Rinse and repeat.
Quote from: Duma on April 13, 2021, 12:31:30 amI like the idea of this, but I'm a bit scared of the teeth on my ropeman, so try to keep it for more dire situations than this. Would a mini trax or a rollnlock work?I have a ropeman without teeth. I wouldn't use a tibloc or a ropeman 2 or anything with teeth. A short bit of prussic maybe?
Yeah I know that trick but have never found it that useful...
Related to this topic - does anyone have any good beta for getting back up a rope when boinking isn't really viable (lots of rope out, drag, lighter belayer than climber, etc.). When bolts are close on a roof trav I've used the trick of hanging a piece of knotted rope (to pull back up), but what about when that's not viable? Just prussic back up?
Quote from: jwi on April 13, 2021, 07:26:00 amQuote from: Duma on April 13, 2021, 12:31:30 amI like the idea of this, but I'm a bit scared of the teeth on my ropeman, so try to keep it for more dire situations than this. Would a mini trax or a rollnlock work?I have a ropeman without teeth. I wouldn't use a tibloc or a ropeman 2 or anything with teeth. A short bit of prussic maybe?I've never seen a ropeman without teeth. Presumably you mean the mk 1 with the big flat teeth in rows?
Yeah, I have the mk1, so flat teeth is a better description. The device does not always succeed to stick to 9mm ropes otherwise it works great for boinking. I have heard that some newer/better small ascenders have a tendency to shoot up the rope when you suddenly let go but I have no personal experience of this.
Footloop on ascender above edge.
Guess you wouldn't even need the ascender - as you could just leave the footloop there once your weight is transferred.
Conversely if it’s anchored level to or lower than the edge it’ll be significantly more difficulty, particularly if the edge is undercut.