Right on Sean.
I had it in my mind to use the belay spool as the upper block in my double-whip setup, with a slide line sling girthed around the piece. Lower off the spool, unhook the other leg of rope from the tree, and pull it all back up. When out of slings head down and grab them all up...
You'll want to use a stiff rope with those spools, otherwise they can be a pain as the primary rigging point. It's tough to get the rope to release and ride the spool, you kinda gotta feed it and pull it at the same time. Great friction/control under load though.
Great thread guys.
Rigging by yourself is such a pain in the ass. It's twice the effort for half the gain. I end up doing it as often as not. Double whipping branches down using slide line slings, or hang and chop. Making crash pads and pulling things over with my truck. It's so nice to...
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