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milesenoell
Aug 11, 2009, 4:44 AM
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In reply to: I knew a guy that had a pyramid when I was fairly new. He didn't seem to have any problems. He loved how thick it was and that it apparently didn't get sharp edges as fast as other belay devices. He was also really pumped on the "cooling ridges". Now that i'm more experienced I still don't know if he knew wtf he was talking about. I've never had any complaints with a belay device being too hot but I suppose if you have wimpy hands the pyramid would cool down faster than other devices.
If you rap fast it's worse, and if you climb fast laps and rap fast (like when rope soloing on a short crag) the device can get hot enough to burn you, but it doesn't burn your hands, it burns your ass. I rope solo on a short crag and my ATC gets so hot that even through my shorts, hanging off a gear loop, it can be uncomfortable. Maybe I should try a Pyramid.
I've already had to retire one ATC when it wore the sides into blades, a Pyramid is sounding better and better.
(This post was edited by milesenoell on Aug 11, 2009, 4:51 AM)
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