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Ax-man excellent post, couldn't agree more at a certain size/point the stakes increase and that needs to be accounted for. One thing I've wondered about is if you were needing to decend on a traditional hitch used in a SRT instead of Dbrt, what do you guys out there think about the...

Yah that is what I do(with the biner) and am uncomfortable with for the reasons you mentioned. But I generally unclip my 2nd TIP when moving down the spar for the next chunk, and so being lazy this has become a bad technique I'm using. I have a adjustable FC it just seems cumbersome to set-up...

Isn't this what you were referring to as being set-up as a escape route vs just being a 2nd tie in point that can't be used for emergency descent without some modification or backing up?

I would think because you want to be tied in twice anyways, that the second tie in may as well serve a double pupose of giving you a peel out route as long as it isn't ridiculously gear/labor intensive.

I do the same as what Brendon describes when blocking down and so Chip you're saying you do the same thing as well but just back it up /set-up with a fig 8 in place if need be if I'm understanding correctly? I'd be real interested in hearing what other people do or have come up with.