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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)

@benjaminallocco @jeztastic Yeah rotating the left hand so the fingers point to the left will give a few cms more reach too.

@benjaminallocco @jeztastic That was my first thought too - your left foot may end up dangling as you “press out” between your right foot (on the higher hold out right) and your left hand palming down on the larger sloper above the chip.

Obvs. impossible to be sure without being there and feeling it out, but do let us know how you get on - it looks fun!

@foon And the 2 jackasses who started it got acquitted.

@foon Haven’t been there since pre-Caldor and it looks so burnt.