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Do You Use Your Rappel Rope w/ Madrock As Tether or A Separate Tether?

I hear you. It makes sense, I just have no idea how to calculate it other than messing around with fall factor calculators. I guess we will have to wait for @_Dario and his extensive dynamic rope tests forthcoming?!
 
About like this:

In my head, and in my experience, I don't expect the safeguard to slip unless I'm really pulling that handle... but in my wife's head, I'm dangling from dental floss and a clothespin. So to reassure both of us, I pass the slack end of my rope through my carabiner and make a loop, then pass more slack through that loop and cinch it down on the spine side of the carabiner, then tie an overhand _above_ the safeguard.

I don't think it's "really" necessary, but then even if the safeguard somehow exploded and came off the rope entirely, my backup is still through the carabiner and I don't go anywhere. In that case, I'd _probably_ still have a platform or stick to stand on and take some weight off the rope, and I have a backup ATC and hollowblock in my bag I can use to get down... but that's mostly to reassure my wife. Have tried it once or twice for giggles, do not want to ever do it.
Thank you for sharing this. I actually came across a few of their videos when researching "how to back up a belay device"....I've decided that I AM going to ascend, descend and hang with my Beal Birdie...which allows me to only have to pack and use one rope (rappel rope). However, for added safety, I WILL be using an autoblock as described in this video:

 
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