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Great to hear.

Yeah, it's a pretty horrific image in what it brings to the mind's eye of any climber.

Which circles us around to an old thread on the subject. Worth a read for the folks who weren't on the site then, perhaps. https://www.masterblasterhome.com/showthread.php?10567-Mechanical-backup-to-Kong-double-ascenders

Not 100%, left them with the illustrations to button down. I hope the TAG will accomplish that this coming year.

Fair enough, Jerry. Junk can hang up the cam, sure enough.

I expect you're correct.

:teeter:

Not by my rules :D.

Oh, sure it is...we footlocked it in high school in PE class.

Whatever you do, don't just go on my opinion...kick the idea around the House (and anywhere else that appeals to you) and see what others think, too. I'm surely not the be all to end all on stuff like this.

Rethinking...you wouldn't need a backup hitch on both legs seperately, just a single hitch around both legs should do it, since there is no way for one leg to run free through the Shunt, that I can visualize anyway.

OK...the one piece cam will either grab both ropes simultaneously and work perfectly to secure the footlocker, or will fail on both ropes simutaneously if the cam fails for some reason (only scenario I can visualize would be loss of the pivot pin). Since the latter could conceivably happen, I...

Lemme consider for a few...

Good point re the backup. Old thread on the topic, might be worth a review. https://www.masterblasterhome.com/showthread.php?10567-Mechanical-backup-to-Kong-double-ascenders

9 or 10, I'd say :D.

Throw ball...big time.