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Rescued in Blue Mountains May 31, the analysis 26-Jun-2015 At 3:49:47 PM rightarmbad

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Phillip, I don't as a rule use any backup myself.
Nor do most of the people I climb with.
I do however always have some sort of firemans belay for those less experienced.
Setting up as I have said takes seconds.
Clove a biner into the rope and clip the anchor, you now have isolated the strands. Tie one rope to party to be top belayed, flick a belay device into the system and ready to go.
Takes no longer than somebody setting up a prussic.

If the rap is unknown and possibly dangerous, then by far it is best to go down on one strand, should anything happen, there is a half a rope available to use to fix the situation, and you have a separate belay from above i case of rockfall etc.

Yes ODH, not all climbing chicks are A cups.