Recent convert from DRT, how do you guys get back in from long limb walks? Pulling on one leg of a DRT system was how I did it before.. how I do it now is I use a sling on a carabiner near my last redirect and clip my tail through it to create a 2:1, keep the tail with me and haul myself back in when I'm done.
Any other options? Trying to expand the toolbox.
That technique is the true way to manage all slack while advancing back in from the limb. Only thing is, there's an almost infinite number of ways to set it up.
If you cannot unweight your line to create the config, you'll want a tiny ascender or a thimble prusik/biner. I personally would choose a Teufelberger OV6 Thimble Prusik and Wire Gate Revolver. I do realize that "quick"
Is "key", but my feeling is a bit more related to safety...it's totally possible to set up an ascender in a clear area, but I want to be certain that as I change location through my work that nothing with teeth is getting pressed against a limb. The rope on rope is very forgiving in that scenario and I don't consider it a problem.
If you can unweight your line, the cleanest kit is a biner such as a Petzl William HMS alone. Open the gate and put 3 wraps of climb line above your Rope Wrench around the spine of the William, then lay in the fall of line from below the Rope Wrench. Keep your tail with you, of course.
The nice thing about the biner alone is that you can set it up once for a series of limb walks as you work down one side of the crown. After the work is done, just unweight your system and pull on both legs of the tail and the biner will pull right back to you for removal.
I have to thank THE Rich Hattier for showing me this trick.
@CutHighnLetFly posted a quick vid of this a good while ago, too.
Ramble done...Cheers, and welcome to the Rad World of SRWP!
and I had setup up this haul-back system to pull myself back towards my primary anchor, 2' closer, I would need to pull 4' of tail through the pulley affixed to my stationary rope above my climbing system.
