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As always, best to practice in a safe setting first, close to the ground, and consider how things can fail. (2/2)

@devnull By no means an expert (mostly used these systems for unweighted progress capture while climbing aka “top rope soloing”), but two thoughts:
1. Using 2 different devices reduces the risk of making the same rigging mistake twice
2. Important to also carry a descending device, in case you get stuck and need to return to the ground
3. Rope protection at the top is more important than one might think - I almost always use rope protectors even when there wasn’t an obvious edge that might damage the rope
4. I found that using two ropes (or two strands of a single rope, on half rope-length cliffs) simplifies device management - they can’t as easily interfere with each other and order doesn’t matter
5. Having weight hanging off near the bottom end of the rope(s) helps a lot - the devices progress more easily on a weighted rope than on an unweighted one
6. I always took a full body weight “test sit” before leaving the ground, just to make sure I hadn’t screwed anything up… (1/2)