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I have a Gibbs or 2 and a couple BuckGrabs with the eye set at 90 degrees instead of inline with the body of the device. They’re pretty much the same device. ISC, Petzl, Rock Exotica, etc all make a very similar rope grab. I think Gibbs did it first, Jerry recommended them in The Fundamentals of...

I still love the Gibbs for pitchy sappy stuff, there’s not much else that performs as well as a rope grab if the device or flip line get sticky. I like a hitch, or Trango Cinch for other stuff, can pay out slack while it’s loaded.

If I had to suggest just one, it’d be the Hitchhiker, it does it all, tends nicely (even better w a micro pulley), SRT, DdRT, lanyard, or whatever. I think the HH2 is about the least expensive of them all too, besides homemade.

Akimbo or hitchhiker let’s me choke the line and bail out if I need to. As long as it’s not really skinny I got no problem choking with the biner termination, I really don’t see it get loaded sideways, but could use a quickie or shackle if worried about it. Can use it from the hip, like a...