My favorite lead belay device - Trango Cinch Belay Device

When I started climbing I used the good ol' ATC. But, when my sister got out of Wilderness Survival courses at NOLS, she dumped all her climbing(new) one me. I had the good old Cinch in the stack. Unfortunately, I didn't know how to use it and really hated it. One day, my climbing buddy showed me how to use it properly and my life changed. I could feed slack through so effortlessly and quickly that I have never used anything since. I have tried to use a GRI-GRI, but they seem very cumbersome and complicated(ironically so did the Cinch). I'm a Cinch dude, that is all.

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