He is using the carabiner as a prusic tender.A Ropeman to tend a prussic? Guess it is his first year saddle hunting.
Sorry, I watched with the sound off.I know what he was using but he misspoke and said a lot of us were using a ropeman to tend a prussic.
On my tether I use a Cornell hitch with a tender. Now the tender is not necessary, just a little bit smoother.When he actually gets some weight on that tether he'll change his tune about how well that prussik tends with a carabiner.
On my tether I use a Cornell hitch with a tender. Now the tender is not necessary, just a little bit smoother.
I use a prusik on my lineman. Since I never fully load it, tender or carabiner, no problem.
I have not had a problem breaking it up or down. I dont 2TC or 1 stick so I dont load it and then break it while climbing. I have been climbing with my tether and sticks. I removed the tender and I just slide the Cornell each step. When I need to I raise my tether.Do you find it easy to push the hitch up when weighted using the tender?
My experience with the Cornell was it broke easily even under load, but to push it up I had to break it first. Gotta go down to go up, lol. Once broken, it slid up really smoothly.
That's an XOP loop, the way it ships. If somebody didn't know any better they'd think it was what right looks like.His prusik cord is sketchy.....loop formed with a simple overhand with short tag ends?
It did not work well for me with Oplux.That's an XOP loop, the way it ships. If somebody didn't know any better they'd think it was what right looks like.
And I've tried this technique and been generally dissatisfied with it. I kept pulling the hitch through the carabiner instead of tending it. Definitely prefer a proper tender but if you're in a pinch you can take a link of chain, or a suitably-sized ring or quick link, and pass your bight through that before clipping it into the 'biner. Like a rappel ring.
Yup, flat overhand needs long tags. Would never trust my life on flat overhand on that thin of a rope without backup knots. EDK for rock climbing rappel I'll have at least a foot and do two rounds tightening each strand.His prusik cord is sketchy.....loop formed with a simple overhand with short tag ends?
If XOP is shipping things like that to hang your life on I wouldn't touch anything they do.That's an XOP loop, the way it ships. If somebody didn't know any better they'd think it was what right looks like.
And I've tried this technique and been generally dissatisfied with it. I kept pulling the hitch through the carabiner instead of tending it. Definitely prefer a proper tender but if you're in a pinch you can take a link of chain, or a suitably-sized ring or quick link, and pass your bight through that before clipping it into the 'biner. Like a rappel ring.