Tommy doesn’t use this the way it’s intended
Tommy Caldwell sometimes uses the Edelrid Pinch out of spec, so we tested it for him. Slow pull, drop tests and rub tests with footage in Patagonia, Tahoe, Yosemite, Index, Darrington, and our lab. Phil from Edelrid, Brent from Avant, Mark from Sway Mechanika, and Bobby Hutton, all show up in this video. TLDR: the Pinch feeds smoother and sits closer to the body than the grigri. PRE-ORDER AND GET FREE BELAY GLOVES: We sold out after posting our video with Tommy. We have placed an order of 100 Pinches with Edelrid and if you are willing to wait until we get them, we'll include a free pair of CTW Gloves. They are my favorite belay gloves https://hownot2.com/products/pinch OTHER EPISODES MENTIONED Top Rope Solo • How do you climb by yourself... SAFELY??? Lead Rope Solo • Send without friends: Lead Rope Solo Grigri Tests • What breaks first??? Petzl GriGri or the R... Z3 is coming soon, sign up for our emails to see when they come out. 👉 Learn and SHOP at https://www.hownot2.com/ 👉 Best EMAILS on Earth: https://www.hownot2.com/signup 👉 10% off ROCKY TALKIE by clicking https://www.hownot2.com/rocky

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