Streamlined throwball for climbing

[CutHighnLetFly]

Alright people, who's with me on this idea:
I use a throw weight on a biner a lot to pitch my rope tail around. It's kinda lame tho, this floppy thing clipped on the rope, potential to get snagged, kinda take up some room dangling on my saddle.
Would a super streamlined throw weight be helpful to other climbers or is it just me in my head? Something like the throw pod but even smaller, with a clip at the top instead of a ring. Maybe rated clip attachments at the top and bottom so if your climbing double rope you can keep it on your rope, just toss it then clip back into it when you get it back to you?
Yay or nay?

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Yay!

 

[surveyor]

How about a short piece of roller chain sewn into the core of a rope, made up to amount to your favorite weight.

 

[Waldo]

I was thinking kinda like an ankle weight, you velcro it around the termination of your line so there is no flop

 

[jmcscrap]

This came to mind - just a slightly bigger version made from a piece of old rope. It's a snagless drift sinker used for bottom fishing. All this one is some regular lead sinkers inside some paracord with the ends melted shut.

 

[Tyler Durden]

With this and the arm mounted "Little Shot" you could open up amazing new possibilities...

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[CutHighnLetFly]

How about a short piece of roller chain sewn into the core of a rope, made up to amount to your favorite weight.

that would be about as steamlined as possible, having it inside the rope. my thoughts are how would that effect the throat of a splice, having a roller chain buried in there.

I was thinking kinda like an ankle weight, you velcro it around the termination of your line so there is no flop

this is pretty simple idea too. you could just have it on the rope right behind the eye spice so it doesn't have to be taken off and stowed after every time its used.

 

[Richard Mumford-yoyoman]

The Quickie is a bit more weight then a regular 12oz bag if needed. How I advance my anchor.

 

[RopeShield]

Steel biner here. Easy to hook./retreive.

 

[Richard Mumford-yoyoman]

Maybe the chain is what you're after.
You could run a bungee thru there to keep them together for throwing but still have the strength of a chain.

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

Steel biner here. Easy to hook./retreive.

Ditto,
Use steel krab to hook rig line to belt, throwing weight, generally had dynema slings w/aluminum krabs for hooking to rig line eye steel krab extra at that point, stayed in eye.

 

[Tree-Taylor]

http://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?category_id=234&item=1780

Been climbing on steel since day one. So friggen frustrating when I have to use aluminum.

 

[evo]

I use the petzl steel oval, seems to be heavier than the rest. A big Dmm steel worked well, but it's slightly larger I have a preface for keygates

 

[RopeShield]

I was born in a nickel mining town. Stainless steel is pure magic for me.