Self-locking device
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Self-locking devices are pieces of rock-climbing equipment intended to arrest the fall of solo climbers who climb without partners. This device is used for rope solo climbing, for "ground-up climbing"
A Gibbs-style ascender
The Wren Industries 'Soloist'
The Wren Industries 'Silent Partner'
Illustration of a clove hitch over the 'Silent Partner'
Rope solo climbing
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Rope-solo climbing or rope-soloing is a form of solo climbing, but unlike free solo climbing, which is also performed alone and with no climbing protection whatsoever, the rope-solo climber uses a mec
Self-locking device
…Self-locking devices are pieces of rock-climbing equipment intended to arrest the fall of solo climbers who climb without partners. This device is used for rope solo climbing, for "ground-up climbing", and for "top rope solo climbing". To date, several types of self-locking devices have evolved. The earliest type of self-belay…
Steve Bate rope soloing while aid climbing on the big wall route, Zodiac (VI 5.8 C3), on El Capitan