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More on Rescue and Gear Shenanigans 4-Dec-2010 At 9:02:10 AM hargs
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On 4/12/2010 Richard Delaney wrote:
>I persevered with one of those little plastic petzl pulleys for a while
>- and hate them.

Me too. In the end I used it on a flying fox we rigged out of a tree, across the yard and into the pool. Melted the crap out of it first go. Which is how I ended up with heavier metal pulleys that turn out to be useful for all kinds of things.

> ... - tiblocs are fun and efficient but also one trick ponies - very
>difficult to move the opposite direction and don't go on double ropes.

Yes, but you can use that one trick in lots of situations: ascending, hauling, escaping belays... and they're not that difficult to move in the opposite direction once you get the hang of them.

>We have been discussing two different types of setups- one that is set
>up to haul, and the other which is set mid-way through belaying a second
>up a pitch - possibly with the rope already under tension. In the later,
>you are pretty much stuck with the rope running through whatever belay
>device you use as your top pulley.

Once you're out of the system, you can rig the rope whichever way makes most sense.

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