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joel0711

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seen a lot of messages related to bridge/hookup safety but is there any backup roe the main tether your hooked to other than making 20 ft the hard way?
 
I've heard of people sliding a prusik with a long end just below their tether loop at the tree. The other end of that prusik will come down to the bridge caribeaner and end with a bowline or girth hitch and connect again.

It only really helps if you break below the loop and not at the loop. Your other option would be to run a second tether, and imo you should always have a spare one with you. I climb with a pair of linesman. One is dedicated for my ascent, the other usually is my tether so when I transfer to platform I'm always hooked up. I usually then unhook my linesman and stuff it. If I encounter a limb I'll use the second rope as a linesman while I hook/unhook around the branch. I've never doubled up on my tether, but I could.
 
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