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Originally Posted by Ekka  OK
This is the fact part. Lets say a 3 wrap (6 coil) prussik works nice on DRT but on SRT it bites too hard and you get stuck.
What would you do <SNIP>?
Maybe all we need to do is find a better prussik |
LOL
, cavers had this problem in their environment in the 50s & 60s (and climbers before that), so that is exactly what they did. The first step was to the semimechanicals (
here are a few) and then we stopped being cheap and "everyone" moved to mechanical ascenders.
----> Gary