Vertical caving terminology and methods > Personal SRT gear
An ascender that is connected to the chest harness on top of one shoulder. In most cases where this is used, it needs to be load bearing, and therefore requires a chest harness that is very strong. Typically, this would be in the form of a Howie belt. The most popular ascender would be a Gibbs, or something similar, that can be easily pulled up the rope by its load bearing attachment point. Used as one of the main ascenders when using the pygmy system, and the three Gibbs variation of rope walking.
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