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A larger biner shaft diameter is not going to change the grip on the rope. It will make the rope grab harder to slide on the biner. It is speced 10mm minimum. Your life literally hangs on it. Enough said. You want lighter smaller safer more compact? You can have it but you will have to become the ones in ten saddle hunters who will do what all the others are not. Tie a JRB 523 ascender hitch in compact mode. Put it on 8mm rope. Maybe consider rescue tech. If you go this route JRB recommended this hitch cord. It is super strong and slides so easy to move but hitches lock up great under load. https://www.rocknarbor.com/product/sterling-rit-900-6-8mm-hollow-braid/I came here to post a thread asking a ropeman 1 question, but it looks like it should probably just go here.
With the design of the ropeman 1, it is rated for 10-13mm rope, but isn’t that assuming a certain carabiner diameter? Meaning is there any actual difference in using a 10mm carabiner and a 10mm rope, versus using an 8mm rope and a 12mm carabiner?
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Want safest lightest fastest system, learn to JRB climb. My whole pack ready to hunt, including the weight of the pack is under 10#. The only weight to add is clothing and weapon. See JRB climbing, he has a group on Facebook, a YouTube channel, and a website. I am 69 so if I can learn it, learn the knots, build my system and climb on it. You can to, if you want to. The only hardware you need are biners. The system has redundant safety. And going up or down, if you let go of everything you stop. You don't fall.