Personal kit for a day out top rope soloing to rehearse a multipitch project. 

This is a list of recommended gear for rappelling into a top down cliff.

  • Harness
  • PAS
    • Crucial for passing anchors and transitions while rappelling
  • Helmet
  • Bag of snacks & Snack Pack
  • Water bottle
  • Windbreaker
  • FiFi
  • Hand Ascender with Foot Loop
    • This is great to have as a backup kit, separate from your top rope solo kit. Also useful for mid pitch transitions.
  • Top Rope Solo Kit
    • Two progress capturing pulleys
    • Neck Lanyard
    • Dedicated locking carabiners
  • Gear for directionals
    • Quickdraws or trad gear depending on route
    • Useful for overhanging routes and mitigating edge wear risk
  • 40m tag line and day bag
    • Useful for rehearsing a multipitch route where the fixed line stays on the route for multiple days
  • Haul bag and 200m+ static line
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