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  1. MickCPitlick

    First Steps

    Well, maybe it’s time to earn my keep around here, not that I really can. It is a privilege to read and come to know and see the know-how you all are sharing here and I am grateful and humbled to be a part of this community. I’m 62, afraid of heights, no rope experience. At least that was true...
  2. MickCPitlick

    HH carabiner

    When is the pulley engaged? When the tail is hanging straight down during ascent the pulley seems to add little value. Or is this for when you add a 3:1 MA loop up to an overhead ascender for a RAD rig?
  3. MickCPitlick

    Name change

    You're right about the HH, RW, Unicender requiring a product category name. Wesspur calls them "hybrid" devices. To digress, everyone calls the animal we get beef from generically a cow, and the birds we eat are chickens. But cows are female bovines and chicks are juvenile fowl. Really beef...
  4. MickCPitlick

    HH Backup - Needed?

    Clever!
  5. MickCPitlick

    HH Backup - Needed?

    I found your writeup to be excellent. Often rules of thumb oversimplify. It's really all about knowing what and where the real risks are and on the other hand knowing what the technology can safely accomplish. I'm a newbie rec climber and kind of scared of heights, so I want to know I can...
  6. MickCPitlick

    Hitch Hiker

    I am using HH with Yale KM and it grabs and releases great, no problem.
  7. MickCPitlick

    HH Backup - Needed?

    Is it acceptable to use a Hitch Hiker as a single device, without backup? I believe that is what the designer intended, but is it considered bomb proof? Obviously. during ascent, one can tie into a hand or chest ascender (could this cause its own set of tangling problems?), But for descent...
  8. MickCPitlick

    HH carabiner

    I know others have asked: source and model for the shackle. I just blindly went out and got a 1/2" "anchor" shackle. The mouth was too narrow and the pin was too fat! Also, Someone mentioned 20,000 lb WLL, I only see 6000 in the data sheets. So what's the part number? (please)
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