Five coil prusik with stitched webbing sling.

[TLHamel]

For those who enjoy using the little extra prusik on your positioning lanyard... this setup works very well for me. I don't recall seeing this five coil explained before, so forgive me if this is old news.

28cm Bluewater stitched webbing sling tied in a five coil prusik.

The stitched sling is very low profile (no knots) but I was having trouble with a four coil prusik not grabing well and leaving too long an eye for my liking. A six coil prusik was too tight and left too short an eye for storage at the karabiner (I prefer to store the sling in the krab as pictured rather than let it float on the lanyard).

 

[TLHamel]

Begin by placing the sling over the end of the lanyard.

 

[TLHamel]

Second, take the downhill leg of the sling and twist it over the top of the uphill leg.

 

[TLHamel]

It'll end up looking like this...

 

[TLHamel]

Now just wrap like you would any prusik. Under...

 

[TLHamel]

... and through.

 

[TLHamel]

Once more and you've got a five coil.

 

[TLHamel]

The important part is to make sure you have the three coils on the correct end of the prusik. When loaded, the configuration will look like this...

I really like this setup. A bit more friction and just the right length of eye... and no knots!

Oh yeah, the sling will end up with a half-twist in it, but no big deal.

The stitched portion of the sling can be situated along the spine of the prusik (laying across the coils). However, I prefer the stitching placed as shown. This stiffens the eye and makes it easier to clip with the karabiner.

 

[rangerdanger]

Nice!! But can I ask, what is this for exactly?? Is this your positioner, or something totally different??

 

[TLHamel]

Ranger,

The prusik is used to configure your positioning lanyard to a single line. A five coil prusik can be used anywhere as a directional hitch, I just particularly like it in this application with this specific length of webbing!

 

[rangerdanger]

Got you. Thanks!!

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Taylor,

Thanks for taking the time to put together the tutorial. That is a very fair arrangement.

When you're climbing and not using the P as an adjuster to you store it in the position like in your first picture?

 

[TLHamel]

Yes, I leave it in the krab. I edited my first post to clear that up, thanks Tom.

 

[Vl2007]

I use a prusik on my 2/1 lanyard for positioning to avoid side loading the carb, but have always had problems storing it. great idea, hooking it to the carb.

 

[Knotahippie]

Killer knot, I use this family of knot/sling every time I'm in a tree.

I like the Klemheist instead of prusik for ascending fixed/static line .

Real easy to tie/untie.

http://www.animatedknots.com/klemheist/index.php

 

[TLHamel]

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I use a prusik on my 2/1 lanyard for positioning to avoid side loading the carb, but have always had problems storing it. great idea, hooking it to the crab.

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I was introduced to the extra prusik on a lanyard (and storage of said prusik) during a Treemagineers demo at ISA '06 in Mpls. The only issue with storing it in the krab is that you need two hands free to deploy it. I will sometimes deploy it prior to moving out to a difficult position. If I need to use one hand for balance, the krab and prusik can now be manipulated with the other free hand.

 

[The_REVerend]

Hey Taylor

Sweet idea I read your post this afternoon but I couldn't find a short sling like that. I decided to improvise so I spliced up a baby Spider Leg out of some Ice I had laying around. I also spliced a little eye on the carabiner end as well, it looks a pretty clean set up. I am going to take a pic tomorrow and give it a try aloft. Once again nice idea.
Later
Rev

 

[NickfromWI]

I'm just going to throw this out there...it shouldn't apply because we're talking about a positioning lanyard, not a climbing hitch...but the webbing sling shown is a dyneema/nylon blend. Dyneema has a very low melting point (<300 degrees F).

Ok- on with the discussion...

Thank you so much for showing this!!!! I've tried before to make a 5 wrap prusik with a loop sling. I was able to make it work, but what you've shown is much more elegant and feasible. I was tying the 6 wrap, then weaseling the host line back through just one of the wraps. It was cheezy!!!

Thanks. I have to go practice this one now.

love
nick

 

[Knotahippie]

[ QUOTE ]
I'm just going to throw this out there...it shouldn't apply because we're talking about a positioning lanyard, not a climbing hitch...but the webbing sling shown is a dyneema/nylon blend. Dyneema has a very low melting point (<300 degrees F).

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True, but dyneema has the abrasion resistance and w/5 wraps it ain't sliding....I use the nylon cause it's cheap.

I don't like the exposed stitch thing and have seen folks tape stitches w/elect. tape.

Rock climbing legend, Todd Skinner, fell in Yosemite because of old stitches.

 

[TLHamel]

Sweet! Thanks Nick. I sort-of reverse engineered it... made a five coil and slid the line through. Then I unwrapped it on the line and watched how it came apart. Took a few tries to get it right, though!