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Miguel75 and PhillipIvan go gardening. 25-Feb-2014 At 4:09:03 PM phillipivan

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On 24/02/2014 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:
>On 24/02/2014 phillipivan wrote:
>>I will try clipping the daisy going to the upper jumar through a biner
>>on a pack chest strap in the future. In fact I'll try it tomorrow and
>see
>>how it fares.
>
>I will be surprised if you do not find it a good tactic.

Best solution we found was a short draw clipped between the two shoulder straps and then clipped to or threaded through a low loop on the daisy, pocket three for me I think. Felt more robust than just putting a biner on the chest strap, and elongated less under load. Clipping it to a low pocket worked better than clipping it around the entire daisy; it kept you fairly upright when sitting on the upper daisy, which makes even resting a whole lot less work.

This made free hanging jugging with an 8-10kg pack hard but manageable.

Miguel75 had some method for jugging free hanging lines he stole from cavers, using one jumar like a chest ascender; but it had very poor efficiency. Perhaps he can describe it better.

PS. We tried quite a few variations on this theme including putting a microtraxion on this chest strap/draw and putting that on the rope (didn't work very well at all). The method listed above was easily the most efficient.