I'm not sure how to explain it proper, I had pretty much lifted the carabiner end of the safeguard, that stops the piece from clamping down on the rope internally
Scary **** man glad you’re okay
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I'm not sure how to explain it proper, I had pretty much lifted the carabiner end of the safeguard, that stops the piece from clamping down on the rope internally
I'm not sure how to explain it proper, I had pretty much lifted the carabiner end of the safeguard, that stops the piece from clamping down on the rope internally
Nuff saidI had a sketchy incident happen, it all happened so fast, but from what I can tell, this is how it happened.
I was using oplux and a safeguard...
Nuff said
Except that I was just able to replicate the scenario I described above in my garage with Canyon C IV 9mm rope as well as Oplux.
I would love to see a picture because I’m having such a tough time visualizing this lol
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This will stop you from falling.
This will not stop you.
Having said that, it would be tough to hold that angle, but you would only have to do it for less than a second to fall 10’
Thanks! Now to why wouldn’t you split your pointer and middle finger across the oplux and push down on the bar ( for lack of a better term) or action to let out slack?
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According to Madrock you should never put a auto-block below the rig as you have as the stress has caused them to break in testing. it should go above. personally, these things are rated for 4000lbs so I don't use one.You CAN run some form of autoblock below the Safeguard.
^^ you can see my autoblock in the bottom right of this picture.
According to Madrock you should never put a auto-block below the rig as you have as the stress has caused them to break in testing. it should go above. personally, these things are rated for 4000lbs so I don't use one.
While that is EXTREMELY accurate lol, it makes me feel better in case it slips for some reason
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Read the safety instructions for yourself. I've been rock climbing for years. NOBODY puts an auto-block (prusik or otherwise) below the device. Why would you risk breaking your device doing the very thing that it tells you not to do, potentially causing an accident and or perilous situation?
Read the safety instructions for yourself. I've been rock climbing for years. NOBODY puts an auto-block (prusik or otherwise) below the device. Why would you risk breaking your device doing the very thing that it tells you not to do, potentially causing an accident and or perilous situation?
It is easy to hook it up wrong if you are in a hurry or not focused on what you are doing. I took a marker and put a T for top on it and arrows showing the direction of the rope, so I do not screw up.I don't see how that could happen either unless the rope was fed through backwards.
If the device slides down and contacts the hitch it probably wouldn’t hold because it would be compressed. I prefer the hitch to be above a belay device, one hand operates that and the other is the brake hand, and only that.My reason for putting it below is in case of it sliding on its own. Their reason for not having it below is because it can break from taking a hard fall. In my instance I’m not putting myself in a place for a fall. I never use prusik while I climb. It gets placed once the safeguard is loaded and in position. Only reason like I said it’s there in case rope for some reason slides through the break my prusik will catch it.
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If the device slides down and contacts the hitch it probably wouldn’t hold because it would be compressed. I prefer the hitch to be above a belay device, one hand operates that and the other is the brake hand, and only that.
According to Madrock you should never put a auto-block below the rig as you have as the stress has caused them to break in testing. it should go above. personally, these things are rated for 4000lbs so I don't use one.