2-1 Lanyard Help

[Tr33Climb3r]

I am interested in putting a 2-1 lanyard system together...with the following items....2 rope snaps, 1 carabiner, 1 micro pulley (for slack tending), 1 eye to eye prusik chord and rope for the lanyard itself

Now I put one together like how they would go together (I am not completely clueless) but my one question is...

When you place the micro pulley on the carabiner behind the friction hitch and you flip the other end of the 2-1 lanyard the system is backwards and when you go to sit back the micro pulley is pushing the hitch loose so it will never catch.

If I am doing something wrong please let me know...I do believe it is possible to have a slack tending 2-1 lanyard

So please help me out and even post your lanyard set up...I might be able to replicate it...thanks

Casey

 

[tophopper]

You cant slack tend both directions using the same hitch. You either need two independent hitches with slacktenders, or no slacktender at all on the on hitch.

 

[Tr33Climb3r]

ok thanks

so there is no other way?

 

[Raven]

Maybe a compromise, since you don't ALWAYS use both ends. Wtih the gear you described, use a prusik hitch so it can grab both ways, use the slacktending pulley attached with a non-locker or dogleash snap for end #1 for easy one hand adjustment of the primary lanyard. When you NEED to use end #2, simply detach the pulley and let it hang. A little awkward but less gear intensive than having two hitches. A careful search of hardware stores, farm supply, surplus outlets, etc. may yield an alternative to the pulley for slack tending. If you're like me you'll never stop trying to tweak and improve your lanyard, have fun!

 

[Tom Dunlap]

At one time in my lanyard evolution I use a setup like Raven suggested. Instead of a pulley I threaded the lanyard through the eye of a brass, swivel snap. The clip would be on my d-ring. When I needed to use the other end I would unclip and the snap would stay attached to the lanyard. Not having a pulley meant one less loose thing to drop.

If you do this, make the tails of the prusik short. Tie it so that the fisherman's hitch is located on the 'outside' on top of the round turns. Then, work up the tails so that the hitch is close to the d-ring. Find a snap that is the same length as the distance from the rope where it exits the hitch and the d-ring.

One word of caution!!!!

If you EVER forget to take off the slack tender on 'that' side of the rope you'll slack tend yourself out the rope!

In my setup I used a red snap on the rear or back end of the lanyard. The color told me that I was in danger zone and reminded me to take off the slack tender.

 

[metallic]

I read there's a way to incorporate an ISC Swivel carabiner onto a lanyard using the swivel eye as the hitch tender. Anyone try this here? Any pictures?