On 1/08/2012 muki wrote:
>On 1/08/2012 davidn wrote:
>
>>Is this actually possible with most harnesses? I thought most had the
>>big flap of stitched back webbing at the end which would be almost impossible
>>to suck through the clips.
>
>no dave the harness does'nt come apart completely and suck all the way
>through, it just opens up enough to allow the prusik below it to jamb in
>the descender, if it were a french prusik then you would have another problem,
>it wouldn't jamb at all, defeating the purpose.
>I use a french prusik above and loaded into the belay loop (also backed
>up) and this covers me in many situations, unconciousness, lost control,
>no more rope, or damaged rope, and with knots in the ends, also uneven
>rapel on two different diameters or one of the two ropes bieng shorter,
>as when any of the above happen then the belay device is the first to fail
>and my back up riding above is then allowed to take over, also it's extremely
>easy to release once I decide to continue after I have stopped and let
>it lock.
>Of course you have to understand all the cons of a french prusik, and
>have a second or somtimes (rarely) even a third for some tasks, I find
>a thin tape sling a good choice for prusiks, as it is universal on all
>diameter ropes.
The other benefit of rigging it above is that if rapping with a load and need to add more friction you can. Much harder to do if below the device. The advice to always carry a second loop is sound also in case get hung up in either configuration.
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