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Figure of 8 progress capture???

mtsrunner said:
This happened about a year and half ago. I had a CT scan, but everything was ok. I was sore for at least a month.
To answer your question about how it can happen: the whole thing can invert and spill. That’s what happened to me. There was so much friction that I had to use a ton of force to release and descend. When it finally released, I had no control to stop it from inverting. You can see for yourself at ground level what happens if you keep pulling the small eye of the eight past horizontal.
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I've never used this before so maybe this is a stupid question but if u had a prusik backup would it still be able to invert?
 
Weldabeast said:
I've never used this before so maybe this is a stupid question but if u had a prusik backup would it still be able to invert?
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You could probably manage the prussic length in a manner that could prevent inversion, but at the very least a prussic backup would keep you from splatting like I did.
 
Weldabeast said:
I've never used this before so maybe this is a stupid question but if u had a prusik backup would it still be able to invert?
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Yes, if you don’t hold the brake strand down, when you rotate the small end of 8 down it can invert. A good friction hitch will catch tho, which defeats the purpose of using it this way and is what I came to realize in the posts way above. If your gonna have a friction hitch above, 8 can be used in a way that rappels much more smoothly


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FrankNess14 said:
I’m not tracking with ya…


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If u have a prusik above the 8 gizmo and u are desending would u have to lock the 8 or could u just allow the prusik to grab first and not add the wraps to the 8
When I use the monster munter and prusik back up u don't have to lock the munter... Once the prusik grabs the munter can loosen/untie and u would still be ok
 
It’s just like using a munster…which is back to your question from another thread of why take extra metal bits to the woods. But, an 8 allows for ascent too if needed.


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FrankNess14 said:
It’s just like using a munster…which is back to your question from another thread of why take extra metal bits to the woods. But, an 8 allows for ascent too if needed.


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Of course you can go back up without the 8 too…anyway, back to the dual lock thread….


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