monkeylove
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Roslyn, Pa.
Nice Derrick, I really like how simple that is.
Minimalist Lowerable Basal Tie Off
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JTree
Participating member
- Location
- East Texas
Thanks derrick! I'll get my groundies trained up. I'm going to switch to this.
- Location
- Chardon, OH
Thanks Derrick ! Cool
Very well done, and stated.
Sometimes (a lot of time) I'm a little slow ..............
The 1st time I saw the video, I mis-heard and didn't understand the wrap around the trunk for "additional" friction.
After the 2nd view, the "Light Bulb" came on !
Thanks again.
Very well done, and stated.
Sometimes (a lot of time) I'm a little slow ..............
The 1st time I saw the video, I mis-heard and didn't understand the wrap around the trunk for "additional" friction.
After the 2nd view, the "Light Bulb" came on !
Thanks again.
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countryboypa31
New member
- Location
- PA
Very cool, i've had a number (at least 3, witnessed by more) of my coworkers lower me on this system. I still feel incorporating a Petzl Rig or ISC D4 with a basal anchor system is the most user friendly and easiest to understand, but i love options, specifically minimalist options. Here's to being cheap!
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macswan
Been here a while
- Location
- Champlain Valley, VT
That's slick man. Good thinkingVery cool, i've had a number (at least 3, witnessed by more) of my coworkers lower me on this system. I still feel incorporating a Petzl Rig or ISC D4 with a basal anchor system is the most user friendly and easiest to understand, but i love options, specifically minimalist options. Here's to being cheap!
Crimsonking
Been here a while
I've been showing this system to the team, and today we practiced a lower. It worked fairly well. I can see how mechanicals would be smoother with the redirects we had, but this method works well enough.
Howie65
Participating member
- Location
- Aschaffenburg, Germany
This great idea should be also good to change a closed DdRT system into an open one without an extra split-tail.
What I am thinking about is:
1. throw your line over a crotch and connect the first end of the line to your harness
2. tie an alpine butterfly 5' away from the second tail and connect it also to your harness
3. tie a blake's with this 5' part of the rope and use it as a split tail
This would create a DdRT system which can be re-crotched without the need to re-tie the friction hitch.And if the 5' part of the rope needs to re-new than just cut it away and tie a new alpine butterfly 5' away from the new tail. [edit: not different to the traditional system]
Does anybody see a mistake in my thinking?
What I am thinking about is:
1. throw your line over a crotch and connect the first end of the line to your harness
2. tie an alpine butterfly 5' away from the second tail and connect it also to your harness
3. tie a blake's with this 5' part of the rope and use it as a split tail
This would create a DdRT system which can be re-crotched without the need to re-tie the friction hitch.
Does anybody see a mistake in my thinking?
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Howie65
Participating member
- Location
- Aschaffenburg, Germany
Another aspect I want to add:
This system doesn't need a stopper knot to be secure (!)
This system doesn't need a stopper knot to be secure (!)
