Best grappling hook?

I see Mountain Project is carrying ads for grappling hooks. I'm headed to Rifle - what kind of grappling hook should I get, and how many??

Grappling Hook

2 is standard

I'm kinda noob but never seen anyone use a grappling hook... please explain?

I usually carry this one based on a recommendation from my friend Bruce Wayne

Fabian Kolbergsrud Espeland wrote:I'm kinda noob but never seen anyone use a grappling hook... please explain?

They are great for unexpected deaths. Someone I knew once used one in a cave. He threw it up onto a ledge and it stuck. So, he ascended the rope attached to the hook with his gear and discovered that all he had snagged was a mud bank into which the hook had buried itself and almost oozed out the other side. That was the end of experimenting with grappling hooks.

I climb with a rack of grappling hooks of various sizes. Works great. Cheaper than those cams and stuff.

Nathanael wrote:I usually carry this one based on a recommendation from my friend Bruce Wayne

Ha! Good one.

He was quite adept at using those hooks. Bam! Pow!

I find my Cliffhanger-style bolt gun works better than a grappling hook. Your mileage may vary, though.

Fabian Kolbergsrud Espeland wrote:I'm kinda noob but never seen anyone use a grappling hook... please explain?

Grappling hooks would be terrible climbing protection. They might even be more dangerous than this tie-in technique:

Tie-in

Fabian Kolbergsrud Espeland wrote:I'm kinda noob but never seen anyone use a grappling hook... please explain?

mister-midpines wrote:Grappling hooks would be terrible climbing protection. They might even be more dangerous than this tie-in technique:

Who's trolling who?