Ok, sounds like this is my inexperience showing: I've only ever been on multi-pitches where we used half-ropes, so we we use what's called a "hylsebrems" in Norwegian (the standard friction break with two holes). Regarding hauling equipment, that's not very common here, we climb with a backpack if we need one. I've heard that hauling equipment is much more common in the US though.

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It sounds like you are doing alpine multipitches, which are a different discipline from big walls.

[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Yeah, I guess that sounds like a better description, I've never really considered that there's a significant difference between the two. Happy to learn :)