Vergo

Trango

Vergo

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Get the book “On the Line” by Andy Kirkpatrick. Every device has upsides, drawbacks, and failure mechanisms and that book is as close as there is to a comprehensive guide to TRS. That book unpacks all of those and also describes how to pair them in the way that makes them least likely to interact wi

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saltytarheel in r/ClimbingGear

February 24, 2026 11:07 PM

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Weekly Question Thread (aka Friday New Climber Thread). ALL QUESTIONS GO HERE

Andy Kirkpatrick’s book “On the Line” is worth the $35 if you’re serious about getting into TRS—it’s about as comprehensive of a source as there is. It unpacks all the types of devices, their strengths, and how they fail so you can best mitigate those risks. He’s also really big on understanding pri

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saltytarheel in r/climbing

May 21, 2026 12:26 AM

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I love my trango vergo. It feeds as quick and with less friction than the grigri and you don’t have to thumb a cam, which disables the safety on the grigri. Highly recommend.

Commercial_Dog_9162 in r/ClimbingGear

June 18, 2025 6:33 PM

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