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double ropes 50m or 60m? 22-Apr-2009 At 4:15:59 PM muki

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On 22/04/2009 superstu wrote:
>Are you saying you tie the rope protector to the rope to be pulled, and
>connect it by prussic below the overhand knot, so the protector comes down
>with the first rope? Surely this would introduce huge friction into the
>system, one rope going up and one rope going down inside the proctector,
>and the protector sliding down the rock all the time.

here you answer your own question, its great cos it saves me having to do it.

stupasu also wrote:
>I was thinking along the same lines. There is a little cord on my rope protector which you can pussic
>knot onto the rope being pulled down, so theoretically the up rope slips through the protector and the
>protector comes down with the knot.

The protectors I make are big enough to accommodate both lines and still have room for ropes travel
in different directions with little or no drag, as they do not rub against each other.