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Keep a 5' piece of practice rope next to the can ;)

Does anyone still make a weight with the tail of a rope and throw that through a crotch? Very easy and fast to get a rope up around 30'. Robert, what's that knot you have choked around the trunk? I can't think of any knot better than a running bowline for that purpose.

Yes, and that's likely why Patrick was using it like that, probably had a rope that was incompatible with the masdaam. You're right about having more options this way, just pointing out that it could be simpler with just as much strength.

Much better cuts Robert, that's a hinge. Is the pull rope not 1/2"? Trying to figure out why you wouldn't feed the rope right into the masdaam. Friction hitch sure looks funny, but it held, so can't be too bad. If I don't need to advance the friction hitch at all then I don't use one. Clip the...