Won’t work out so great when trying to retrieve your rope if you rappel down.
Semper Fi,
Mike
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Tether locker
- Thread starter mmoralezjr
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Won’t work out so great when trying to retrieve your rope if you rappel down.
Semper Fi,
Mike
Never needed one, 80 sits this year in a saddle. If 8 am worried I just run it through the eye twice but rarely if ever do I do that.
I really think that the saddlehunter hitch is easier because it only gets slack when you pull on the carabiner. Then tie a JRB hitch before rappelling down. The rope is doubled over already and is in easy position to tie the JRB hitch.
If you climb with your tethered attached or unweight it ever, then it can loosen and fall. These things stop that. It is an actual issue for some depending upon how they hunt and climb.
I bet you never thought you'd say that......
Tie some paracord or tiny amsteel to it and you have a DIY ohm that you hook your pull down rope to
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This is how I do mine. It works with any rope from 8mm to 11mm and it holds as tightly as you want it too. It doesn’t hurt the rope, and it won’t hurt a quick link either if that’s how your attaching your tether. It won’t wear out nearly as quickly as a rubber washer and it’s extremely easy to make one DIY.
I do a castration band but around the eye of the tether. I cinch the eye down tight on the tether part and when I’m done it can be used to keep the rope tidy
Where is the hook from and what is it made of?
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That particular hook is from a paracord tie down system. All the ends and sides are machined smooth and somewhat rounded. I tie a heavy duty elastic cord into a 10” loop then make a 4 wrap prusik onto the rope. It’a super light, it doesn’t interfere with anything, cheap (less than $6 to make) and it doesn’t start sliding down after you put weight in it because the elastic cordage pulls it back into shape
The hook is a light metal but honestly a delrin or acetal plastic hook would hold just as well because of the stretch of the cord so it’s only holding a limited amount of weight.
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