Resurrected, using a commercially available sling. The new Clipster3 is a great, simple safety leash.

Doing canyons, you're using ropes; from time to time you gotta clip into things. There are other products that work OK, but are heavy and expensive. Those from a climbing background often use a daisy chain, but it is awkward and long, and you don't really need the adjustability of length.

The FiddleStick is an advanced canyoneering anchor tool. It is a new approach to retrievable anchoring, opening up a wider range of possible anchors, and making it possible to descend more canyons and leave nothing behind (aka “ghosting”). As an ADVANCED anchor tool, it requires skill, practice and understanding to use safely. Even when used properly, it has the possibility of failing, resulting in severe injury or death, or being stranded in a canyon with your ropes hopelessly stuck.

I was selling both my FiddleStick and BluuGnome’s Smooth Operator, but now the Smoothie can only be ordered directly from Luke at BG-Gear.com

Both are generally used with an Amsteel pull string that pairs (threesomes?) with the SECO-050 rope bag.

18mm Nylon Supertape Over-the-Shoulder Slings. Nice to have a few of these. They lie flatter across the shoulder than tied slings, and are quite a bit less expensive than spectra slings. Nylon absorbs more water than Dynex, but lasts longer. Makes a good bunny strap.

Weight: 39 grams or 1.36 ounces 

10mm DYNEX Over-the-Shoulder Slings made from UHMPE webbing. Nice to have a few of these. Smaller and lighter, and non-absorbant. More expensive, and possibly not as durable. But, deluxe!!

Weight: 19 grams or 0.7 ounces 

The standard of handled ascenders! Works well, not too heavy, pretty strong. If you are looking for handled ascenders, these are the goods. When exploring canyons, exiting caving-style, or for rescue and SAR work, sometimes there is nothing like a real, handled ascender for getting up a rope.