Descenders

Kong Banana descender. Effective, versatile, non autolock descender for use on single ropes of diameter 8mm - 12mm. Intuitive to use, no need to remove from harness to fix on rope. Copes very well with a variety of rope diameters and conditions when used with a braking karabiner. A pleasure to use as a descender; it gives a smooth abseil and is very quick to use and master. It has a few interesting points: 1. The bend in the body allows slack rope to be pulled up through it more easily. 2. This shape also makes placing thick and heavy ropes in the descender marginally easier 3. The top and bottom bobbins are identical and reversable - you may still need to buy two for an expedition, but at least they will work both for the top and bottom, as well as reversed. We will have spare bobbins in stock in the next month; changing them needs a 13mm spanner plus a *5mm allen key*

Petzl Rack spare bars. Three sorts:open, click, and fixed. If you're going on an expedition, you *will* be wanting some of these... Should there be a load of rack users in one place, contact us for a 'sale or return' bulk order. Please state what sort of bars you need in your order

Petzl Simple descender. Effective, versatile, non autolock descender for use on single ropes. Simple to use, no need to remove from harness to fix on rope, user changeable parts. Copes well with a variety of rope diameters and conditions when used with a braking karabiner. A pleasure to use as a descender; it gives a smooth abseil and is very quick to use and master. Useful for novices as it teaches good practice regarding locking off the rope for in SRT.

Petzl Simple descender upper bobbin. Spare part for Simple descender. User replaceable with two spanners. Worth taking on an expedition. A nut and bolt may also be useful if the bobbin is changed too late, and the thread of the bolt already in place becomes partially stripped.

Petzl Stop descender lower bobbin. The sort of thing that is worth buying, communally at least, before the start of an SRT - intensive expedition. Very hard to improvise one of these...and Simple parts won't exchange onto a Stop, in general!

A full specification SRT kit suitable for: novices, those whose need is for a simple and uncluttered setup, or simply those looking for an excellent deal! Comprising: MTDE Club harness, AV Spelshoulder chest harness, 10mm cowstails, combined safety / footloop in 8mm cord, Croll and Basic ascenders, Simple descender, two keylock straight gate snaplinks, two Axxis screwgates, steel oval braking snaplink. Held together with a 10mm steel Half Round maillon. All high quality and durable gear, with no corners cut; no need to discard this kit to cope with expedition rigging, longer pitches, or practising rope rescue. Why these components? i. The Club harness is one size to fit all - no need to second guess what sizes a club might need. ii. The Spelshoulder chest harness costs little more than the simple tape strap... but takes a quarter of the time to explain and put on. iii. Simple descender is a very appropriate tool for those starting SRT (braking with both hands, no risk of 'clutch and plummet') - and those who have done a lot, too! iv. All our cowstail snaplinks are keylock - much easier to clip and unclip at rebelays as they eliminate the risk of the closure snagging on ropes. Also as a straight gate, they are even less likely to unclip accidentally from a P hanger, than a bent gate. v. Axxis oval screwgates are also keylocks, and large enough (used as the descender attachment and hand jammer connector)to facilitate descender hard locks, and simple rescue techniques, respectively. vi. Every caver should have a braking krab! If not for their own use, then as an auxiliary connector, to set up pulley jammer systems, or in case of mid rope rescue...

Raumer R400 karabiner. Stainless steel, heavy, wiregate karabiner. Originally intended to rig lower - offs at the top of sport climbs, it also works as a very durable braking karabiner for those who use thicker diameter ropes (10mm+), where the Raumer Handy can be 'too' effective.