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Horatio Felacio wrote:anyway, i missed except for the foreskin still left on the infidel.

If you know Ho well enough, you'll notice that he's embedded some spray into this story. You see, "I missed" actually means "I sent" and "foreskin still left" means "anchor clipping holds." He wants everyone to know that he almost onsighted the Infidel!!! (The same day that he established Snotrocket and won Paul's heart!!!)

I have a cinche and absolutely love it. The technique for lead belay is a little different than with a gri-gri, so it takes a little getting used to if you usually use a gri-gri. Unlike a gri-gri it is almost impossible to hold the cam open and drop someone. Feeding rope is NOT hard, just different, you have to pay the rope out in more of a sideways motion than pulling it straight up. I also find lowering much smoother with the cinche, it is a little tricky to get used to though. Plus, it is much smaller and quite a bit lighter.

Ok...anyone want to let me practice on them?

so which do you think is safer MAT?

a little more work for a lot more safety doesn't sound like a bad idea...

I would say that the cinche is a little safer than the grigri. It is nearly impossible to hold the locking mechanism open, unless you are holding the device upside down. If you usually use a gri-gri, just practice passing rope through it or belay on a few easy climbs, where short roping would not be that bad of a problem.

diggum i'd let you belay me w/ the cinch. we'll just do it at rocksport when no one else is looking. are you still going there regularly? i think wednesday is going to be my regular night in the gym.