ISC Nessie

I'm weird that way, I've climbed my whole career without clipping up either end of my lanyard, I just let both ends dangle. Rarely an issue. If I feel the need to move the tail or hang it up then I do that, but it's not an ideology for me to constantly be thinking about dealing with the lanyard. I also don't use a stopper knot on most of my lanyards. Stopper knots/splices are a safety issue on both ends of the spectrum, using them or not using them. Almost everyone uses them, and for good reason, and I understand and respect that. That's probably a topic for another thread. If I'm using my lanyard out near it's capacity length then I tie a temporary stopper knot, and untie it when I'm done.

Standard lanyard for me is 15ft but I also use a 25 footer.
 
ATH said:
Whether you have a device like the Nessie or just do a daisy chain, you have to do "something" to get it out of the way... right? Is putting a few slip knots easier or harder that hooking on the Nessie? I'd prefer not having something extra on my belt... Wouldn't the loops on the Nessie catch on twigs and get pulled out? (Same can happen with loose slipknots).

Is there anything besides a sidewinder that is automatic?

I like a 20' lanyard. The only time it bugs me is when I'm in an awkward position stretching to my limits, handsaw cutting a branch with one and holding it with the other and I want to swing and throw the branch...and it grabs the lanyard on it's way down redirecting the fall. Probably should be lowering the branch anyhow...
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It doesn't matter how you keep your ropes out of the business, just gotta make sure that you do. I have tried several methods, but they all have downsides. was the sidewinder like an auto respooling reel type device? that sounds cool.
 
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Muggs said:
I'm weird that way, I've climbed my whole career without clipping up either end of my lanyard, I just let both ends dangle. Rarely an issue. If I feel the need to move the tail or hang it up then I do that, but it's not an ideology for me to constantly be thinking about dealing with the lanyard. I also don't use a stopper knot on most of my lanyards. Stopper knots/splices are a safety issue on both ends of the spectrum, using them or not using them. Almost everyone uses them, and for good reason, and I understand and respect that. That's probably a topic for another thread. If I'm using my lanyard out near it's capacity length then I tie a temporary stopper knot, and untie it when I'm done.

Standard lanyard for me is 15ft but I also use a 25 footer.
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When is a stopper knot bad? Maybe catching on stuff? I cannot picture a time when I'd want it to come through...but maybe there is.

I splice the tail of my lanyard to keep it from slipping through Positioner.

Just curious...not saying you're wrong!
 
ATH said:
When is a stopper knot bad? Maybe catching on stuff? I cannot picture a time when I'd want it to come through...but maybe there is.

I splice the tail of my lanyard to keep it from slipping through Positioner.

Just curious...not saying you're wrong!
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I like to splice eyes on my tail, as they get caught far less often than stoppers, but I have gotten the long trailing tail of my lanyard with a stopper caught in several tight branch unions. Doesn't happen everyday, but enough that I am more mindful of it than I used to be, and keen to get rid of as many stopper knots as possible.
 
southsoundtree said:
The daisy chain should be started at the standing end, allowing addition or subtraction of rope from the working end without in-daisying the full length.

I do this on a 25', occasional-use lanyard.
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If I am gonna daisy it, this is how I do it, but most of the time, it feels like that still takes at least as much time as pulling up the tail and tossing it out of the way, especially when a move needs more rope than expected and you have to pull yourself back up/in to make the slack to undo the daisy chain to let out more rope and then re secure it... I dunno, maybe I have just been lucky like @Muggs
 
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Boomslang said:
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Less bulky than a knot, less work than a splice, and can be moved between lanyards with ease.
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I make a new lanyard about once a year...and don't do a lot of other splicing.

I splice a swivel carabiner on the working end. The tail splice is first in my order of events - it's my practice/refresher splice before I do the one holding my carabiner.
 
I’ve got a pic of a smiling climber who’s missing his two front teeth. I asked how it happened.

Trailing a lanyard snap that slithered over a branch during decent. The snap flopped and whacked him in the face

I’m very against non clipped lanyard snaps and lacking stoppers. Never had a problem with either because they are a component of a managed system
 
Tom Dunlap said:
I’ve got a pic of a smiling climber who’s missing his two front teeth. I asked how it happened.

Trailing a lanyard snap that slithered over a branch during decent. The snap flopped and whacked him in the face

I’m very against non clipped lanyard snaps and lacking stoppers. Never had a problem with either because they are a component of a managed system
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When I started climbing, I was using a double end 2-in-1 lanyard. Doesn't work with Positioner (or really any one way adjuster - which are all the ones that adjust easily!) so don't use that any more. But yeah...that clip with dangling around on a loose end could cause some damage! I got a black eye out of one - hit just below safety glasses
 
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