Tim, That makes sense-trying to guard against hidden rope damage. My own preference is to leave a small cord in the tree and then pull up my dry undamaged rope using the small line. That way my expensive rope is never at risk from either animals or thieves.....and there isn't a large rope...
For proper clamping the saddle portion of the clamp is supposed to go on the "long side" . The U bolt should be compressing the cable with the "dead end". It will hold either way but maximum holding power is achieved with the clamp oriented as Carl (Lumberjack) was indicating. Two clamps are...
Your system is great for going up secured and catching you if you slip. The only downside to a hitch on a single rope (and BTW most friction hitches are fine for holding you) is trying to descend if you do slip and can't get back onto some support. The hitches don't want to release under full...
Okay guys this is for Tim who PMed me some questions about a system to use for hunting and I don't have the pics hosted anywhere so I wanted to upload them so he can see what I'm trying to explain.
The first pic shows a simple Doubled rope technique set-up . The rope is tied to a biner with a...
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