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To girth hitch or not???

BuckeyeBowman

BuckeyeBowman

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New guy so please enlighten me. Saw a few videos of guys girth hitching their tethers once up on the platform. Seems to make sense to me, how many of y’all do it? Thanks for the replies, Adam
 
I assume you mean keeping your tether snugged up tight once at height. I use a castration band which is rolled back until I need it to be snug then roll it forward as shown below.

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BuckeyeBowman said:
New guy so please enlighten me. Saw a few videos of guys girth hitching their tethers once up on the platform. Seems to make sense to me, how many of y’all do it? Thanks for the replies, Adam
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i do not think there is a need. Your tether will stay under tension so it will not loosen anyway
 
BuckeyeBowman said:
New guy so please enlighten me. Saw a few videos of guys girth hitching their tethers once up on the platform. Seems to make sense to me, how many of y’all do it? Thanks for the replies, Adam
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There are a number of ways to keep your tether firmly attached to the tree, in the absence of the tension you apply when you weight it. Girth hitches, Ohm keepers, castration bands, wire ties, Prussics, paracord keepers, etc.- the list is almost endless. At some point you're going to want to fidget, stand up, reposition, etc., and you don't want your tether to drop to your knee level when you do so - not only is in inconvenient, it introduces excess slack which could injure you badly if you fall with your rope in that condition. Check: https://saddlehunter.com/community/index.php?threads/the-dangers-of-short-static-falls.19967/

If you do a Youtube search for "Ohm Tender" and spend a bit of time down that rabbit hole you'll see what I'm referring to. I don't personally use one of these gizmos, I use a clothespin instead - but the sales pitches and reviews demonstrate the problem it's meant to solve, especially vis-a-vis keeping your main line retrievable from the ground after rappelling.
 
Definitely use something to hold your girth hitch in position. Not always necessary on some trees, but trees with smoother bark or trees that are particularly straight will absolutely allow your girth hitch to fall down if slack is given.
 
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