Rappel the pitch on a single strand placing a few pieces of directional gear if needed.
Top rope solo static rope.
A water bottle my shoes a few cams or a cloth grocery bag with a rock in.
Using a static rope is most convenient but a dynamic will work as well.
But solo toprope can very handy.
Solo top roping is a great way to get a lot of laps in and have a positive training day when you can t find a partner or are just looking for some solitude.
On the static rope i attach the micro traxion with a oval carabiner on the belay loop.
The traxion is held up by a shock cord around my neck do not use slings or something that can hurt you in a fall.
Rope soloing is highly dangerous and demands a great deal of experience and good judgment and in many ways is more dangerous than free soloing due to an increased reliance on systems.
If you re setting up the toprope from above build a backup anchor above the cliff and then set your primary anchor below the lip.
This blog is not meant as instructional text and is simply a description of how i rope solo.
So i won t go through the whole process.
Some of those same friends that tease me have bought static ropes and a couple devices because they too want to unlock the art of the solo toprope.
I use two ropes on a top rope anchor.
Some progress capture pulleys and ascenders can be rigged to travel along a fixed line providing a self belay for a solo top rope climbing experience.
Connect both devices onto the rope and into your belay loop as shown above.
One static 10mm line and one dynamic rope 9 5 mm.
A static rope is best.
In this method a static rope is safest and easiest to use.
There are already a couple great online articles that demonstrate how to solo toprope.
Ideally your rope should be clipped to a solid anchor below the top of the cliff so the rope does not rub over any edges.
Anyone wishing to rope solo should already have an extensive knowledge of all the systems and.
If there are no cruxes off the ground i also just pull the rope through with one hand until the weight of the rope allows the mini traxions to feed by themselves.
This makes a fall minimal just a couple of centimeters.
Fix your 9 2 10 4mm rope off a solid top anchor.
When you hang the toprope clip it through numerous directional pieces.
Toprope soloing is when the climber is not tied into the rope directly.
If there s a crux near the ground i ll clip something to the end of the rope.
