Use rope bags - decluster your big wall anchor
Big wall anchors can turn into an incredible cluster if you don't stay on top of things and keep it tidy. An excellent way to do this is to keep the lead and haul ropes contained and feeding smoothly by using rope bags.
It may seem like one extra bit of optional gear, but it can keep your big wall belays WAY more manageable and less tangled.
You have several options. Let's start with the best - Skot’s Wall Gear.
Twin rope bags like this work great for both the lead rope and the haul rope.
For the low budget dirtbags: Doubled grocery bags. Put one inside the other, Gorilla tape the handles together, and tape the two top edges together.
(This “double bag” trick is from the excellent big wall climbing book, “Hooking Up”, by Pete Zabrok and Fabio Elli, highly recommended for a big wall climbers.)
Metolius Big Wall stuff sack. They come in three sizes, you want the large for a rope.
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Fish Gear makes some great rope bags. fishproducts.com > Product catalog > Big Wall double and single Fish rope bags.
(The production schedule and open hours can be a little spotty, but it's quality gear if you can get your hands on one.)
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