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Rappelling with Phantom

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J Gilbert

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Evening everybody,

I received my Oplux from EWO today and am running a 32ft piece for rappelling. I'm using a Tethrd Phantom this year, and and encountered something I didn't expect, being new to both this saddle and rappelling as a whole- the UtiliBridge loosened each time when running a short bridge for rappelling, with the caribiner effectively acting as a prusik tender. I ended up tightening it up completely and running the tail end around and back through the caribiner and itself to lock it in place and that worked well, but I wanted some feedback on if this was safe or if there are any suggestions on things I can do to correct this- it's the only negative I've found on the Phantom so far.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
 
Can you send a pic of how you set it up to rappel will everything hooked up before it slips. Seems like something is off or your pulling the bridge to short. Either that or maybe leaning to a side causing the carabiner, prusik contact or prusik doesn’t have enough loops.


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I'll get a picture tomorrow, I did end up with the bridge tightened as much as I could after having the issue, but was still starting with it pretty short to begin with- I'm guessing that is likely the issue since I have no problems with it locking in/staying tight when using it in a static position
 
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Simple fix. Don’t shorten the bridge.


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You are shortening the bridge too much. I have a phantom and DRT climb and rappel and never had that issue. My biner is left of the amsteel prussik,yours must be right of it when looking down. Too short,you dont need the bridge at 8".
 
Hey guys, following up here- took a few minute break from work and tried it with the longer bridge and it helped a lot with the slipping, however I do still get some pull to the right side (where my backup hitch is). I'm going to keep playing with it, it sounds like there may be too much tension between the ATC and the prusik that could be causing this.

Thanks for the replies
 
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