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Super Munter to Descend?

John RB said:
Super Munter has less twist than the standard Munter. My "in-between" variation also has less than the standard. But in all cases, we can control the spin via the direction we feed the rope in. Go slow and feel it. I feed from up and away. I rappel using all three and I can control the spin. Furthermore, feeding from below as he demonstrated with the super puts the rope in contact with the gate. That's a huge hazard. The passing rope can open a gate, even a triple action. I saw a demo of it.

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Thank you sir for pointing that out. I personally didn’t see that I would think that would be standard procedure not to do that.but up and away is how I will do it. But I definitely need a super munter lol
 
John RB said:
Super Munter has less twist than the standard Munter. My "in-between" variation also has less than the standard. But in all cases, we can control the spin via the direction we feed the rope in. Go slow and feel it. I feed from up and away. I rappel using all three and I can control the spin. Furthermore, feeding from below as he demonstrated with the super puts the rope in contact with the gate. That's a huge hazard. The passing rope can open a gate, even a triple action. I saw a demo of it.

JrbTreeClimbing.com, affiliated with RockNArbor.com
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I have another question which I am having trouble finding by using a figure 8 does that give it spin on the rope I only tried it once so far and I think it does a little bit, but I definitely found I have to pass it twice to be more controllable for my weight
 
cheecho67 said:
I have another question which I am having trouble finding by using a figure 8 does that give it spin on the rope I only tried it once so far and I think it does a little bit, but I definitely found I have to pass it twice to be more controllable for my weight
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I am not the best person to answer about a figure 8. I have a few but only used em for testing and didn't like the performance... not enough resistance for my taste. But the number one thing I didn't like is that it's "dropable".

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Just adding one more detail to this good thread:
Now, after using both of them the last month or so for daily climbing, I conclude that YES, it does put a twist in your rope, but it's not a lot and as mentioned above on a 35' rope it can be largely ignored. The more important point though is that the Super Munter does provide a lot more friction and thus might give a little more braking confidence to a, say, 225+lb fellow going down. It also is a little easier to tie off, mid-way, while you do some work on your platform or whatever.

I am 200lbs and am a little more comfortable with the SuperMunter than the regular Munter.
 
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