Never saddle hunted before and have been assembling equipment all winter. I received my ropes yesterday (thanks EWO!!!) and today started practicing 1 stick high (about 3') off the ground (no platform). My plan was to use my rappel line (8mm) as my tether then add in a munter hitch with autoblock to rappel down. My tether consists of a delta link, distel hitch with tender and biner. I was going to add in a munter hitch on a different biner below the distel with autoblock attached to right side linesman loop but I'm having trouble changing over from having all the tension on the distel hitch to having all the tension on the autoblock. It's like I need 3 hands to release the distel and set the autoblock. I tried adding in the munter hitch and using the distel hitch above it to descend but that felt awkward.
Option 1: use a separate tether and use rappel line only to rappel
Option 2: add in a figure 8 instead of munter, tie it off then add the autoblock, untie figure 8 and let autoblock grab then descend.
Option 3: open to suggestions, videos would be great but everyone on YT seems to use a mechanical device
**I'm trying not to use a mechanical device, Madrock Safeguard, GriGri, etc.** since using 8mm rope.
That was hard to explain I hope it makes sense...
Option 1: use a separate tether and use rappel line only to rappel
Option 2: add in a figure 8 instead of munter, tie it off then add the autoblock, untie figure 8 and let autoblock grab then descend.
Option 3: open to suggestions, videos would be great but everyone on YT seems to use a mechanical device
**I'm trying not to use a mechanical device, Madrock Safeguard, GriGri, etc.** since using 8mm rope.
That was hard to explain I hope it makes sense...