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What cord are you using on Canyon Elite?

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I usually climb with just my platform and an aider or one stick and put a platform at height ( regular double step sticks). I don't normally use my rappel rope climbing, I just use my tether but that's got a stitch on it also.

Then pics are:
1. hunting( sort of)
2.Hooked up, another hooked up. Not sure what I was trying to show.
3. Weight on madrock
4. How I hold the brake strand all incorrectly for that
5. Can't show my weight on only the figure 8 with only two hands lol.

Since you're installing stuff on the tag end it's easy. I just tryst one hitch climbing and hanging. It does break easily under load, just checked again tonight. It's how I transfer my weight from hitch to madrock/8.

Don't tell on me but I did a short rappel on just the stitch the other night. I ordinarily wouldn't do that, and can't say I recommend but if you're in a pickle ( I wasn't just to lazy to haul my pack back up) you can easily decend if needed. Or adjustments or whatever. Tag end tends the hitch nicely
 

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Also, yes that short bridge is on my linesman loops, also not correct
 
DelaWhere_Arrow said:
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This is a practice Soft Sticht with too-small normal cord. But the concept is the same. Cord forms its own friction ring above the bottom vertical lines, and I had this attached right to my fig8 as Brocky showed us. I will be trying the same rig when my Bluewater 7mm comes in.
I know the question wasn’t directed at me but I had a pic handy.
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How well does that tend? I ascending with a JRB+Figure-8 combo and it was way too much friction. Wrenched my shoulder trying to tend it.
 
Iron_llama said:
How well does that tend? I ascending with a JRB+Figure-8 combo and it was way too much friction. Wrenched my shoulder trying to tend it.
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No issues. Self-tending. haven’t had a jam or anything like that either. Brocky could probably explain it better but it seems like the fig8 tends the rope slack and the hitch at the same time, and the ring within the hitch aids that tending action on the hitch. The fact that all 3 components (rope, 8, hitch) are connected probably has something to do with the compact nature of this self tending, and the dressing of the hitch also seems to make a difference on how much mainline slack will be present in the whole bundle. Might be wrong about how that all actually works though, this is just from my observation.
 
Horn said:
.Don't tell on me but I did a short rappel on just the stitch the other night. I ordinarily wouldn't do that, and can't say I recommend but if you're in a pickle ( I wasn't just to lazy to haul my pack back up) you can easily decend if needed. Or adjustments or whatever. Tag end tends the hitch nicely
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I definitely “didn’t” do the same thing. So I would have “no knowledge” that it actually works.
That said, Prusiking, both up and down the rope, is not a mythical practice. It’s definitely viable and I’ve used two prusiks to get down a muddy safeline before. If I had to descend on just a hitch, the Sticht would be a great choice.
 
Horn said:
Keep us posted, I'm curious about the stitch/8 combo
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Did my first rappel from hunting height on this setup tonight. Same exact, 6mm on 9mm. It’s definitely more, I dunno, dynamic (?) in behavior from 15’ vs 8’. Not in a bad way, but more noticeable when you’re weighting it from a scarier height. It stretches until it bites and you have to trust that the inch or two of rope that slides back through the 8 is just a consequence of the hitch doing its job. I did not have to lock the brake strand and the 8 just adds the extra friction on descent to relieve some of the stress on the hitch. I’m glad I made it as absolutely compact as I did. The stretch didn’t make me pucker like it did when the hitch was more spread apart. the cord grabbed without any “actual” slip of the rope. Two-finger pressure on the hitch and a taut brake strand makes for easy release and re-grab when you need to remove platform, etc. in short, it’s damn near perfect. I specifically loved that I did not have more than one hookup to worry about. i could use an autoblock below but I don’t see it as necessary.
One downside: 6mm got a little hot and was a little small to handle without feeling said heat. For this reason I think the 7mm, as I’ve said, is the ticket to ride.
 
DelaWhere_Arrow said:
Did my first rappel from hunting height on this setup tonight. Same exact, 6mm on 9mm. It’s definitely more, I dunno, dynamic (?) in behavior from 15’ vs 8’. Not in a bad way, but more noticeable when you’re weighting it from a scarier height. It stretches until it bites and you have to trust that the inch or two of rope that slides back through the 8 is just a consequence of the hitch doing its job. I did not have to lock the brake strand and the 8 just adds the extra friction on descent to relieve some of the stress on the hitch. I’m glad I made it as absolutely compact as I did. The stretch didn’t make me pucker like it did when the hitch was more spread apart. the cord grabbed without any “actual” slip of the rope. Two-finger pressure on the hitch and a taut brake strand makes for easy release and re-grab when you need to remove platform, etc. in short, it’s damn near perfect. I specifically loved that I did not have more than one hookup to worry about. i could use an autoblock below but I don’t see it as necessary.
One downside: 6mm got a little hot and was a little small to handle without feeling said heat. For this reason I think the 7mm, as I’ve said, is the ticket to ride.
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Thanks for letting us/ me know how it works. I may have to try this now. After season, although I'm doing absolutely nothing now ... I'm going to use what I know until I can pay with it at least a tad
 
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