 Re: Backup descender on single line
[quote=Therrin;21874]
Whats this about feeding a rope through it???? you take a bight of rope, pass it up through the big hole in the figure-of-8 descender, and loop it around the bottom.... walla! done!
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It's actually better not to wrap it around but put the rope through the biner with whom the figure 8 descender is attached. Avoids accidently girth hitching your descender and it isn't necessary to completely dismantle the descender whilst installing the rope on it.That technique minimizes the threat of losing the descender. A figure of 8 descender with "ears" minimizes the threat to girth hitch it accidently. A large one can even be used with two ropes. |