Little trick I picked up with older cordless power tools working outside in freezing temp. The hot hands hand warmers last about 8 hours, tape one to each battery and you don't have to worry about the cold affecting them
I use scion for one of my lanyards and also as my chainsaw lanyard so I've spliced it multiple times. I always wait until after I pull the core back into the cover to insert the cover into core. Never had a problem with the core wanting to unravel doing it that way since it's held in place at...
When I extract cores on double braid splice I always tape it before fully extracting. Leave about 1" inside the cover then tape the core where it exits. Pull out the remaining core and tape the end.
Looking at your drawing there have you tried/thought about one of the hexarope hands up?
https://arbsession.com/hexarope-hands-up-small-knotless-rigging-connector-1.html
Ascender is just above my knee, hurts less if it bangs into you there versus hitting bone if it sat at the knee or a little below. Stopper knot side tubing is 11.5" total, clip side is 12.5" total. I wanted the clip side higher so it was above the bottom and behind the ascender so nothing would...
Decided to Frankenstein my knee ascender. So previously I had been using a standard setup: Camp turbochest, weaver footloop, plus shockcord clipped to the top of the ascender for tending. Here is my new creation:
Extra webbing with PE tubing containing bungee down both sides, small pulley at...