back to my climbing gear

go bag go bag:




I keep my "go bag" in my truck in case I need to do some impromptu climbing, but it's also my heavy lift
bag, used for raising and lowering tower sections and large antennas. It originally was a "self-rescue" kit,
the kind OSAH might require you to have at a work site. I cut off and threw away the "auto-ascender" it came
with, but kept the rope (DBI/SALA, although I assume it's manufactured by Sterling or some other name brand)
and all the accessories it came with.

I really only bought the bag for the rope, so I was pleasantly surprised to find it came with some extra
goodies inside. These included a 6ft heavy strap, a fall-arrest strap, a high visibility vest, and to my
surprise, a nice adjustable harness with good carabiner. The harness didn't have positioning straps so I
added two short climbing straps.

Inside the bag are pockets with various items, the main lift rope with ladder hook, a quick bag of gear and
harness, a quick bag of short rope, and a handful of small pouches of tag lines

I checked online for them and mine's an older model L2090, but the new ones cost a fortune, as was expected.
The new ones also come with an ascender, but for some reason they don't include a harness. It's possible the
L2090 didn't originally come with a harness and someone had just added it to the bag after purchase.



inner pockets


lift rope


modern RPD 3602050 ($3,900 at Magellan DC)


quick bag


quick rope bag


tag line pouches


  go bag  
  RPD 3602050  
  RPD L2090  
  two smaller bags and the lift rope  
  go bag     RPD 3602050     RPD L2090     two smaller bags and the lift rope  


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