Retriving a rope guide gently without a throwline?

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Do you use a separate line to gain access at all?

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hey tophopper you showed us this at MSTC didnt understand it all that much...you should get a video up of that
 
of what? lowering a RG on a separate line? I dont have a vid cam, but maybe next week I can put together a few pics.

Was that before or after those cheap Kong ascenders "threw" me to the dirt? Twice!
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of what? lowering a RG on a separate line? I dont have a vid cam, but maybe next week I can put together a few pics.

Was that before or after those cheap Kong ascenders "threw" me to the dirt? Twice!
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haha that was before those same kong ascenders failed on me soon to be caught by my back up footlock chord
 
Kong sucks out loud.

Seems like I remember Removal Wizard setting a friction saver in the Southern TCC a couple of years ago with a pre-attached retrieval line. Does that count?
 
Not to intrude but as of an hour ago I had a heck of a battle with a friction saver. I am new to this piece of equipment and was trying to retrieve one that I had just made with a screw link and a HMS biner. My retrieval line got tangled and it just got worse. Is it common practice to climb to the tip and attatch the throwline? Pre-rigging it waith the throwline like Blinky pointed out does seem like a good idea. I will have to try that. The friction saver fiasco was the icing on the cake to my stuck throwball. LOL.
 
Oscar, I don't want to derail the thread, but I'm very concerned thinking that you've got a climging line running through a screw link in a homemade friction saver (If I correctly understood your recent post) A rope running through a screw link could easily unscrew it and put your life in jeopardy. A friction saver from a good manufacturer (ie Buckingham) isn't very expensive at all, the webbing is already woven so that it curls the right way over the branch, and you've got a large and small ring to make installation and take out simple, and the entire apparatus is load rated and accepted as a safe life support tool.
 
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Oscar, I don't want to derail the thread, but I'm very concerned thinking that you've got a climging line running through a screw link in a homemade friction saver (If I correctly understood your recent post) A rope running through a screw link could easily unscrew it and put your life in jeopardy. A friction saver from a good manufacturer (ie Buckingham) isn't very expensive at all, the webbing is already woven so that it curls the right way over the branch, and you've got a large and small ring to make installation and take out simple, and the entire apparatus is load rated and accepted as a safe life support tool.

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Thanks for the concern. My oversite was not mentioning the pulley attatched the the Mallion(sp?) link. Webbing is tubular and tied with a beer knot with long tails. I believe I have seen this type of saver made in some other threads. Practiced low today as I wanted to make sure knot was set well and watch or creep. If I do find this to work better than a leather saver I will most likely be purchasing a Buckingham one.
 
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Is it me or is Kong getting a bad rep these days?

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Just you and the few tards that don't know how to use the correctly. Have used them since the day they came out never one slip or fall.
 
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Is it me or is Kong getting a bad rep these days?

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Just you and the few tards that don't know how to use the correctly. Have used them since the day they came out never one slip or fall.

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Kong sucks out loud. Pieces of shite from a lame manufacturer. Has nothing to do with how they are used.
 
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