By Cumminsguy71
Date 07-10-2013 23:22
Edited 07-10-2013 23:51
Yeah, actually these are prototypes that I am putting thru the ringer. Well, I say prototypes. The rope, rebar hook and rope grab(blue) is all engineered by a company for me to test. I cannot say anything about the rope at this time but I think they will be getting this out there before long. I have, in the words of a friend "Frankensteined" the rest of it. The red is a Pezl I.D. Descender with work, belay options so I can hook off and lower myself below the girders on a bridge for example. The little gold piece in the left is a Petzl Micro pulley. Rated for 2.5kn on the lift and 23kn dead hang. Also used when you have to lower yourself below the bridge, so you can get yourself back up, like an elevator. The way I have this tied off is not really how this is supposed to be used, it's not that type of lanyard as it has no cover, but I'm testing the durability of it!
A guy was checking out my harness today and said, "where do you find all of this stuff?". Gave him the short answer. The guy I'm working with on this is great and the company kicks butt. Once they start rolling this stuff out I'll expand more on it here so everybody can check it out.