Rope Bridge backup

Rocks_and_Trees

Rocks_and_Trees

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Hey guys. I wanted to post this a long time ago, but seems appropriate now. This is just a way I back up my rope bridge when using my extended bridge set-up.
Basically, I deploy the extended bridge for ascent. When I get to work, I clip the extended cord biner to a bottom attachment on my saddle. then clip in like normal and work the eye up a bit. Not sure how to describe this, but here's some pics. Does'nt get in the way and gives me some piece of mind for sure. Anyone else doing this? Thoughts?

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Its funny, I thought up the same setup last night after fighting with the bulkiness of an adjustable bridge for the last few weeks. I didn't think of it as a bridge back up at the time. I really just wanted a safe and easy extension method.
I have the same setup as you but i clip the extension length into the SRT loop on the waist belt of my sequoia and just leave it there all the time. I've only had 1 day to play with it but I'm liking it so far.
 
Are you using thimbles around the harness loops to tie the bridge into?

Are you using the tether as a 'backup' bridge? If so, you need to have a connection to both sides of the harness bridge. If not, and the main bridge is broken, you could get severely injured because the bridge will support you on only one side.

This adjustable bridge has a lot of flexibility.
 
Yes on the thimble question. And, very valid point on the "backup" for the bridge. I guess I figured it would be better than falling to my potential death.
 
I use a an endless loop attached to my sternal ring as the back up and have another endless loop on my bridge to extend reach.
I can disconnect my climb system from my bridge but stay attached to the back up endless loops and then pass the climb sytem around limbs and reconnect with out ever being disconnected from the harness.
Adds alot of piece of mind to have two extra places to attach when you are hangin around.
 
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Are you using the tether as a 'backup' bridge? If so, you need to have a connection to both sides of the harness bridge. If not, and the main bridge is broken, you could get severely injured because the bridge will support you on only one side.

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Those were also my initial thoughts with regards to only attaching your backup lanyard to one side of the harness. With that said, I definitely appreciate the progressive thinking behind adding some redundancy to your harness. Coming from a rescue and rope access background myself, redundancy and multiple points of attachment were always mandatory. It has taken some adjustment and new found trust in my equipment climbing on a single rope system with minimal redundancy (not to mention kissing engineered inspected anchors goodbye).
Think I will try something similar though by clipping in a lanyard to the Croll attachment point on my Sequoia.

Matt
 
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