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George Hayduke · 11th February 2008, 11:39 PM

What am I missing?

I can't see any purpose in using the becket pulley to terminate the rope sling onto the low biner.

You don't trust your life to anything that screws? Then give me the car keys and start walking. You can't get away from things that are screwed and bolted together.

Old machine shop question...what is the difference between a screw and a bolt. This isn't a smutty question either.

Unless I'm really missing something it looks like you have a long bridge friction hitch with a slack tender above. That isn't radically new really.

How smooth is that long bridge to slack tend when you're going up the rope? Add a Mini-Jack though and it will.

The LJ does have it's place in the arbo world but maybe not in your kit.

Prusiks scare me...they don't pass slip-grab rope tests as well as other hitches.

11th February 2008, 11:39 PM	#33 (permalink)
George Hayduke Banned Join Date: May 2007 Location: Slickrock, USA Posts: 93	Re: New prussik technique... What am I missing? I can't see any purpose in using the becket pulley to terminate the rope sling onto the low biner. You don't trust your life to anything that screws? Then give me the car keys and start walking. You can't get away from things that are screwed and bolted together. Old machine shop question...what is the difference between a screw and a bolt. This isn't a smutty question either. Unless I'm really missing something it looks like you have a long bridge friction hitch with a slack tender above. That isn't radically new really. How smooth is that long bridge to slack tend when you're going up the rope? Add a Mini-Jack though and it will. The LJ does have it's place in the arbo world but maybe not in your kit. Prusiks scare me...they don't pass slip-grab rope tests as well as other hitches.