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An old classic, but BIGGER .....
XRR rR Friction Saver
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Sorry, Guys. It would have been more understandable if I had shown this as part of the video. Pix courtesy Luke...
The video on this link is still private: U-SAVER prototype
Luke is working on a refined U-SAVER right now. The video is a working draft and the hardware pictured in the video is homemade, not professional production. There's still work to be done.
This video shows redundant and equalizing...
Petzl has an aluminum oval 7mm quicklink that will jam the XRR.. Then it turns vertical and slips nicely through the Pintos. Notice there is no spacer used in the pinto. The legs are spliced individually.
Luke used to carry this but I don't see it now. Maybe I missed it.
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Lookin good, Nick ...
1 - definitely the TVP. Stronger and abrasion resistance both.
2 - how are you doing retrieval? I'm guessing the Ptezl aluminum quicklink will pass the pinto and jam the XRR perfectly.
3 - remember to de-rate for the bite of your prusik. It's like working with a knot...
Matt, the TVP is great for the prusik. I have years of service on AG Tech Cord with no sign of wear or picking. Now with TVP, they added poly to the blend for even more internal and external abrasion resistance. I think it’s a superb choice for an adjusting prusik.
For the 10mm mainline, not...
hey Matt,
Last fall I did my own knockoff of a Fimble Saver as a light-weight alternative to the Mini-U (got rid of the big ring and the pulley). I use it as an accessory to a climbing lanyard ... the tail lets me set and retrieve without a throwline. See old vid here.
In this...
This is interesting. Do you think the two "circles" will play well with each other? I thinking that the XRR could jump halfway through, or something, and not get a clean basket geometry. I haven't tried it, though.
Sorry.
You saw my vid with one XRR and one arb block on a whoopie.
If I had a "captive" XRR, I'd love to build that saver but with one XRR one each end.
Failing that, how about two XRR on the fixed eye with some special splicing and just use the whoopie as an adjustable eye sling?
Same...
Right. You know, I've been thinking about your splicing technique to hold two, not one, X-rings and somehow bring a whoopie adjustable into it. A whoopie seems so much better for rigging than a prusik (spreads the forces). But I can't figure it out ...
Hi Taylor,
Of course you're right. ... But nobody's got that slick little force meter you had at the workshop.
How's about giving us some guidelines? What works for you?
If you needed to drop something marginally big, which would you rather put the rope through:
1). The pinto sheave
2)...
Pigwot, that was priceless. Do we have a Hall of Fame?
But just to be sure, I checked your number with the Better Business Bureau. You've got it dead right. That's one screwup in one thousand billion billion billion transactions.
Not perfect, true,but pretty impressive. If they're knocking...