The newness of the "new" technique isn't the thumb-in part, it's the way in which the belayer bypasses the cam with the thumb on his brake hand while keeping the thumb in and allowing the rope to still slide through his/her brake hand. This way, if there's a fall while clipping, the brake hand is still fully on the rope and the grigri's cam will do its job.
I find this "new" technique amusing. Its not new, climbers have used the thumb in method on ATC's for years, what took petzl so long to figure it out?
Grigri best descender for me.
Michalich80 5 months ago
The newness of the "new" technique isn't the thumb-in part, it's the way in which the belayer bypasses the cam with the thumb on his brake hand while keeping the thumb in and allowing the rope to still slide through his/her brake hand. This way, if there's a fall while clipping, the brake hand is still fully on the rope and the grigri's cam will do its job.
breaknrun4 2 years ago 2
You are right, they where kinda late...
But at least there is a video on youtoube that shows how to use the GriGri in the right way in a clear way, not like many others...
thargor2k 2 years ago
I find this "new" technique amusing. Its not new, climbers have used the thumb in method on ATC's for years, what took petzl so long to figure it out?
kerethan 3 years ago 2