Lanyard set ups

[Tom Dunlap]

When I find my spool of Tech Cord I'm going to add the choke loop onto the snap end.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

Jon, what is the key chain krab for?

 

[treesandsurf]

That's my somewhat goofy way of keeping the small prussik (tech cord) from slipping up and down the rope. The small key chain carabiner just clips to the loop to keep it from sliding around.

I've recently taken it off as it is a bit bulky, will probably switch to a longer loop that can slip into the snap.

jp

 

[PUClimber]

I have dabbled with the grillon and liked the set up pretty well having the one handed adjustment with little to know slack or loss of rope as you would a prussik or vt but it got stolen out of my truck.

 

[countryboypa31]

What do you use the non locking red crab for?

 

[treesandsurf]

It is just to keep the small prussik from sliding around.

jp

 

[Rocks_and_Trees]

and....what's the small prussik used for again?

 

[treesandsurf]

Sometimes I prefer to girth hitch the snap around a limb and directly onto the line rather than bringing it all the way over to the D ring. Rather than girth hitching the snap to the rope, you can connect it to the prussik cord for a much smoother attachment and it works well for fine tuning while in awkward positions.


jp

 

[TMW]

If you are girth hitching, you need to be attaching to a central point, not a single side D ring.

 

[JesseHuffman]

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Sometimes I prefer to girth hitch the snap around a limb and directly onto the line rather than bringing it all the way over to the D ring. Rather than girth hitching the snap to the rope, you can connect it to the prussik cord for a much smoother attachment and it works well for fine tuning while in awkward positions.


jp

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Is girth hitching and "choking the spar" the same?
Anyhow...I get it and think its a pretty cool idea.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

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Is girth hitching and "choking the spar" the same?


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Almost...if the lanyard is choked on the limb or spar the climber needs to go back to unclip andd move on. By using the small friction hitch the choke point can be out away from the limb. Then the climber only needs to come back part way to retrieve their lanyard. Tying a slip knot in the lanyard works the same as girth hitching. A clove hitch would work too and is easy to adjust for the right distance from the limb.

Using the hitch is the finishing touch on a really multi-use lanyard setup.

 

[OTGBOSTON]

simple. tachyon, aluminium clip, mighty mouse biner with bailout cord tied in a distal, and an aluminum ring from the bridge of a dragonfly ....

edit I swapped out the HMS 'biner for an aluminum clip--easier to operate IMO

 

[tophopper]

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simple. tachyon, aluminium clip, mighty mouse biner with bailout cord tied in a distal, and an aluminum ring from the bridge of a dragonfly ....

edit I swapped out the HMS 'biner for an aluminum clip--easier to operate IMO

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Did you girth hitch the aluminum snap to the end?

 

[OTGBOSTON]

yes.

 

[brendonv]

Tom,

Yesterday I burned a hole through the tail of my lanyard with a cherry hot small phillips screwdriver after the stopper knot, then threaded a peice of zing-it tied in a loop. Kinda like your way but simpler. I'll give it a shot tommorrow!

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Brendon,

Good idea...

Another way to add a loop to the end of a rope is to pull out the core, make a loop from shoelace/throwline/etc. Squirt a blob of your favorite glue into the core. Stick the two ends of the loop into the core of the rope and tape the two to mash the glue/cord together.

 

[tophopper]

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yes.

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Be careful with that. There is a possibility of the girth loosening up and sliding down the body of the snap, then re tightening around the release mechanism causing the snap to open. There was an article about it in one of the industry rags a year or two or three ago.

 

[OTGBOSTON]

Thanks. That has never happened to me. I think the size of the splice might have something to do with it.

 

[tophopper]

If its big enough to girth onto the biner, its big enough to work loose under no load conditions. Lemme see if I can dig up the article. For some reason Im thinking Mahk wrote it?

 

[Jman]

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If you are girth hitching, you need to be attaching to a central point, not a single side D ring.

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Any particular reason for this? Does this have to do with each of the side Ds being rated half of the 23.4Kn?

Also where do you get the ultra tec for the prussik and does anyone else tie their prussik out of anything else? I don't have ultra tech but would be afraid my 8mm bee line would be a bit bulky for the application. I'll try tomorrow and see how the bee line goes.