I always tried to eliminate anything I could to minimize the amount of weight I was toting around in a tree. I know many climbers who would carry their wallet and truck keys in the tree. Why? All they do is bind under your saddle. You don't need cash or ID in a tree and you certainly can't drive...
If I am bleeding out and need to get down in a hurry, unhooking my main friction hitch and replacing it with a figure 8 is NOT on my list of options. Sorry, but that just sounds stupid to me. Unhook your lanyard and descend, period. If you can't do that with your friction hitch then WTF are you...
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