I don't contribute much here, but I've been reading for years. And maybe this has been covered before, but here's what I do (please feel free to tell me why this may be dumb/useless):
Ropeman attached to tether, running the bridge through it, but I have a prussic on the tag end that I simply attach to my waist belt (Mantis and Kestrel). I just unclip the waist belt, slide the prussic loop through, and reclip. That way if my ropeman or bridge failed I'd be left hanging by my waste belt, attached to the tether.