I doubt it’s the end all be all. But I have had had great success rappelling with a schwebash about 6” below my figure 8. It grips well and doesn’t slip and hooking it into my lineman’s loop keeps the hitch from getting into the figure 8. Which would be bad for obvious reasons.
The trick is to tie your scaffold hitches in such a way that when you clip it under your figure 8, the hitch can’t get up there no matter how you move.
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TRC?
Regarding foolproof, read what is just below this post.
It's been there for about 6 months.I see what you did there.
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@Nutterbuster has some pretty good ones below his posts.I see what you did there.
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I doubt it’s the end all be all. But I have had had great success rappelling with a schwebash about 6” below my figure 8. It grips well and doesn’t slip and hooking it into my lineman’s loop keeps the hitch from getting into the figure 8. Which would be bad for obvious reasons.
The trick is to tie your scaffold hitches in such a way that when you clip it under your figure 8, the hitch can’t get up there no matter how you move.
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I like the idea of putting the friction hitch above the figure 8 because you don't need to take your weight off the tether to attach the belay devise BUT that means the hitch is holding 100% of the weight. I think i'm going to hook up the same but always back my single rope repells with a hitch below the devise so not all of my 250lb+ arse is on the hitch.
That was the reason I put the hitch below the device on the braking end. It only has to hold a fraction of the weight making it easier to release, especially when I had to stop and remove my ROS or stick. Just made it much easier to work with.Good luck getting that hitch to break loose when it’s above your figure 8. I tried it that way and hated it.
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If yoU match the rope/cord/ hitch well it'll work fineGood luck getting that hitch to break loose when it’s above your figure 8. I tried it that way and hated it
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If yoU match the rope/cord/ hitch well it'll work fine
I don't have it tied currently, but a distel with 7mm sterling cord on 9mm htp (and a distel with whatever cord aerohunter provided with the kestrel and predator) in my tether testing, could be set up such that they would grip, but release when squeezed, even loaded. Note: these were close to the edge (embarrassingly, i had my wife test sit and the knot promptly slid down the rope until she was sitting on the floor, as she didn't trust the knot and eased into it slowly with tension on the tail) so test thoroughly. An autoblock would likely perform similarly. My inclination would be to upsize the hitch cord and explore different combos, if I were working to set up such a config.What hitch? Distel?
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