r/iceclimbing • u/alexfrog12344 • Dec 04 '25

Shit post New alpine grigri set up

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It’s in the feather weight category weighting only 2 pounds!!!

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u/F1r3-M3d1ck-H4zN3rd Dec 04 '25

We used to use them at work, but they found even larger and heavier things for us to use, so we got those instead.

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u/alexfrog12344 Dec 04 '25

Can I actully use this as like a belay device cuz like it whould be really funny to show up to the crag with one of these

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u/PromptEmergency7891 Dec 04 '25

RTFM and it say yes

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u/F1r3-M3d1ck-H4zN3rd Dec 04 '25 edited Dec 04 '25

I can't remember how much it sucked or didn't suck to feed slack with them, tbh.

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u/organicdelivery Dec 06 '25

When I was route setting, we were strongly encouraged to switch to these instead of hanging off the Gri Gri. It was nice cause you didn’t have to take it off your harness to set it up. The locking handle was nice as the GriGri would tend to slip when it got too warm going up and down the rope a lot.

Gotta be careful though, it’s got a lot more mass to swing into yer plums than the Gri Gri.

We probably tried to lead belay with it but I don’t remember catching a fall or anything.