Madrock safeguard safety?

[Empostarr]

I love the gri gri plus and I keep a long schwabisch hitch tied above it. It allows a great safety back up as well as a positioning alternative if I ever chose to stay on my climbing line for a tether.

How are you both breaking the hitch above it and controlling the lever while descending, while controlling the tail with your other hand? Or are you only doing that when you're at your hunting height and using the rappel rope as a tether? Or if you're using the hitch on your descent with the GriGri Plus, are you inch worming down by descending and then moving the hitch, the descending and moving the hitch again, repeatedly?

I've thought about running a hitch above my safeguard on descent, but I don't have a third arm.

 

[TNSTAAFL]

How are you both breaking the hitch above it and controlling the lever while descending...

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[Fl Canopy Stalker]

How are you both breaking the hitch above it and controlling the lever while descending, while controlling the tail with your other hand? Or are you only doing that when you're at your hunting height and using the rappel rope as a tether? Or if you're using the hitch on your descent with the GriGri Plus, are you inch worming down by descending and then moving the hitch, the descending and moving the hitch again, repeatedly?

I've thought about running a hitch above my safeguard on descent, but I don't have a third arm.

This is where it gets tricky. I run a slightly longer hitch cord. I tension it slightly and run the legs under two of the fingers I use to pull the gri gri plus handle. I tend the brake with my other hand. By keeping slight tension with my fingers on the legs I cam easily get the hitch to slide while also providing enough tension that it grabs quickly if the device were to somehow fail

 

[House75]

I tested some of my equipment today. Using Petzl Gri Gri + for first time. So far very impressed. Smooth, easy to use. I slowly rappelled down - only went up about 8 feet. I am going to put some silencing tape on carabiner. Can’t see handle in pic but it is on backside. You control how fast and if you pull it too far it has a panic function where it locks and you have to reset handle. If you let go of handle it snaps back in place and locks.

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[Vtbow]

I tested some of my equipment today. Using Petzl Gri Gri + fit first time. So far very impressed. Smooth, easy to use. I slowly rappelled down - only went up about 8 feet. I am going to put some silencing tape on carabiner. Can’t see handle but it is on backside. You control how fast and of you pull it too far it has a panic function where it locks.

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Don't put tape on your biner....introducing something elsenthat could get stuck in your device isn't a great idea....or gate... The biner can/does come in contact with the rope internal of the device....

 

[House75]

Never thought of that. It’s the little things. Thanks


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[hokiehunter373]

This is where it gets tricky. I run a slightly longer hitch cord. I tension it slightly and run the legs under two of the fingers I use to pull the gri gri plus handle. I tend the brake with my other hand. By keeping slight tension with my fingers on the legs I cam easily get the hitch to slide while also providing enough tension that it grabs quickly if the device were to somehow fail

Pics of this setup would go a long way

 

[THill202]

I learned a couple of things about the safeguard while hunting last weekend that may or may not have been covered before. I've used it as my primary device all season and it took until the last couple of days to figure these out.

(1) don't grab the top of the safeguard to tension you're line (i.e. if you stand up to adjust your junk). If you push down it will slide, not terribly fast and I didn't almost die, but good to know.

(2) pay attantion to your tag end. Mine got stuck under the lever once when I was adjusting. Again, I didn't almost die. I only moved a couple of inches before I figured out what was happening and was able to stop myself no problem. But if either of these situations had played out with me more aggressively leaning back off my saddle it could have made things a bit more uncomfortable.