How to Solo Haul for Multipitch Projecting

[@EricForney-uz4iz]

Excellent explanations and demonstrations. Clear, concise and nice tips to keep under consideration for different scenarios. 👍👍

[@enotkvit]

Are you not feeding your camera person? Sounds like they are hungry @ 1:18 :P

[@compellingpeople]

ahahahahaha

[@joaoruiz2577]

as a soloist, Brent only brought enough food for one person, that's why the camera went hungry haha

[@dennislrobertson]

Thank you for this information!

[@dennislrobertson]

What kind of haul line do you use?

[@cooperhaycock4654]

What did he do to his Petzl adjust? Replace the rope with a thinner diameter?

[@bobbystorc]

Love it

[@ropesolo]

@avantclimbinginnovations Do you file down the little knob on the Traxion that is used to lock it in pulley mode, thus eliminating another possible failure mode?

[@geometerfpv2804]

No, but he does that for the Edelrid Spock he is also using for redundancy.

[@Conceptualizethis]

Where is this???

[@michaeldority2692]

I was thinking Zion, or red rocks

[@jasonradcliff3893]

Yes I would like to know where aswell?

[@rmarks920]

Brent, is there a reason you do not back up the fifi hook with a one-way releasable hitch on the tag line? Something that would catch the bag if the hook accidentally disengaged, but that could be released by pulling on the tag line from above (same concept to the way you do your redirects of the rope while TR soloing). There are a few options for this, such as the "slippery knot" method which Mark Hudon shows in this informative video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqi6n6ybZ7ermKs I believe a "bare bones CEM Hitch" as shown by Andy Kirkpatrick in his book "Down" should also work nicely. Seems like a significant increase in safety for very little effort, but perhaps there is a downside causing you to forgo it? Clearly the fifi hook is unlikely to pop but it could happen --aka Tommy while working the Dawn Wall some years ago--and the results are potentially very serious. Would love to get your thoughts on this!

[@brentbclimbs]

Good points.. I would do this sort of backup if I had a fullsize haulbag hanging on a Fifi. But my thought process is - what is likely to knock the bag off? In my mind it is not going to blow off from the wind, or get knocked off in any manner other than a tagline tangle or snag where you as the climber pulls it up and off. The "backup knot" would still pop loose in this sort of tagline pull scenario so it is not actually backing up anything? That is my thought process, at least! Maybe different risks is someone is below you and adjusting things at the anchor, but in that case you may as well dock the bag with a carabiner and have them manually release the back when it is time to haul.

[@rmarks920]

@@brentbclimbs That all makes sense, I agree with your reasoning. Thanks for the reply! I searched a bit for details on Tommy's accident in 2013 but didn't come up with any explanation of how it happened. It would be useful to know the reason his bag came off the anchor in that case.

[@RyanKing-rf4vk]

how do you do this with a haul bag on a bigwall without dying?

[@DuBCraft21]

You'd use a different system. Or if you REALLY wanted to get that "free haul" when you rap to clean the pitch, you can back the fifi up with a chain of slip knots (pull side goes to climber, fixed side goes to the bag). If you are big walling, you will have to return to the previous anchor to clean it and the pitch anyway so you can just release the bag when return to the lower anchor and not risk killing yourself.

[@LelahDimuzio]

If I had $1,000, I would choose to spend $100 on a bag to store my $900 instead of spending $1,000 on an empty bag kislux