Well for me it really depends on whether I'm planning to fall off a lot or not...
This is what I did up at Bardens a few weeks ago, using a modified grigri...
Tied rope to tree, grigri setup as if abseiling up route, and climbed up clipping draws as I went until I got to the anchors. Put 2 draws there and rapped straight back to the ground. Climbed up 1 or 2 m left of the route, pulling in slack as I went up, got to the top and rapped straight back down. Did the same on the right hand side but stopped at anchors to clean them and retread to rap off.
Packed it all up and soloed out the easier stuff at the end... |