Newb2hanging
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yeah, the blakes hitch seems really easy to tie, but it seems like there are better friction hitchs. the jrb seems pretty slick. it looks a little on the complicated side though. i going to try messing around with it and the michoacan.I have a predator rope and tried some blue moon I got from wesspurs. The blue is a little heavier, but I think it holds up better if your not using a friction saver. You want to make sure you run a high temp rated cord if your not tieing in a Blake's. I found the Blake's to be hit or miss. I didn't trust it to much. So I went to a cord. I pre tied a friction hitch onto the one end then some kinda knot to keep it from moving. So far I have been able to get it over the limbs I practiced on. Not sure about 5:30 am if it will work like I practiced. The other end of the rope is pre tied ready to clip into my prussic. So I will not be tieing any thing life safety wise in the dark.
These are some things you really need to work out IMO. Trying to be quiet in the dark and get everything right is a chance I don't want to take. We just all read about someone dieing while saddle hunting. No one here wants to read another. I would try and do DRT in the dark until you know how well your rope is gonna grab and on what knot with what devices. IMO
That's unfortunate to hear what happened to him?