PETZL Shunt

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Does anyone employ the use of a Petzl Shunt? I have just returned from a trip to the White Mnts (on an accelerated epidemic spreader no doubt) and have continued my discussion with a climbing shop owner who swears by it. I have taken it to the cash register three times in the past year and backed out. He climbs rock, but I could see how it would work in trees as well. I was also wondering if it would have to be backed up and how? I think that it could advance a friction knot and stay under it.
 
Don't bother, it's a rappell back up. The space for ropes are a bit small, even for velocity. Iv'e tried to use it to back up double kongs, no go, too much drag. Why are you backing up your friction hitch? It wont advance it.
 
i climbed with the shunt for the best part of a year in Ddrt. setup much like you'd use a lockjack...not its intended use but works real good. i did however use 10.5mm mountaineering rope. like nobivy says, it wont run great on 11mm which is its maximum range.
but hey, its cheap enough, buy one and have a play!
 
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i climbed with the shunt for the best part of a year in Ddrt. setup much like you'd use a lockjack...not its intended use but works real good. i did however use 10.5mm mountaineering rope. like nobivy says, it wont run great on 11mm which is its maximum range.
but hey, its cheap enough, buy one and have a play!

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Can you post a pic of that set up?
 
i'll see if i can dig one up.....unlikely though! i'll describe. i had one krab on my harness, connected to a petzl express sling, krab on the other end with the shunt on. i ran the line through one side of the shunt, over the limb then back onto the same krab the shunt was on. so i would just have to pull below the shunt and it would self advance.
 
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That looks dodgy! The shunt IS A BACK UP! Not a means to itself.

For backing up double ascenders its no good as it needs both cams (on the ascenders) to fail before it does anything.

Use it for backing up abseil (rappelling) or not at all.
 
Rupe,
the shunt is rated EN567 which means it is accepted as a primary accending device.It is I feel a safer bit of hardware than the standard accenders (system is better enclosed less likelyhood of the rope coming out)

Didj
 
the problem with the shunt is its not designed to take a fall and can break apart when shock loaded. this shouldnt be a problem in arb though cos if you're climbing right there shouldnt be any slack in your system anyway.
rupe i always felt perfectly safe on this system, the shunt reacts far differently in ddrt than it does normal
 
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Does anyone employ the use of a Petzl Shunt? I have taken it to the cash register three times in the past year and backed out.

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Trust me pancake you do not want to go near the SHUNT with a ten foot barge pole!

SHUNT = SH*T - this is a scientific explanation. Which has been impossible to disprove since the SHUNT'S inception.

Don't do it pancake or you will be a pancake.

Sorry.
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I have used a shunt for years as and adjustable strop/lanyard for spiking and secondary attachment. It has always worked well like this. I have even used 2 ropes through it when spiking knoboly/branchy stems. I did try to use it in drt but found descent controll difficult

Nick
 
sloth....it is sensitive. what i used to do was have a krab on my leg strap which i put the tail of the rope through and used it like a belay. this gave me perfect control.
 
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