I don't use it that way...I use it with a prussic. I agree. I had that girth hitched then because I was simply keeping all the parts together at the time....I had "decommissioned" the large one due to a ring recall extant at the time.
I agree...the one I use most now is a flat webbing on the FS and it IS prussicked. I noticed the simple hitch when I posted that....I donna do it that way now. I"ll try to post it tomorrow....if I remember.
Even if it's hard to retrieve it is still a valuable piece of equipment. If you are 50-60 feet up a spar that's all cleaned and ready to drop it sucks spurring down...a FS is worth it. Even though I might cuss it I still like using it.
I hardly ever install one from the ground....If I install...
I don't have much luck at retrieving these things....even when the rings are bigger, properly sized, etc. I try to leapfrog it down as I descend...or if I leave it at the top of a spar. Then I get one side of the climbing line thru the first ring and then try to shake it into falling....or the...
This is how I made my bigger FS adjustable and bigger. Ignore the lower left silverish ring...it was part of a description of an old ring recall problem.
I do know you LOVED being up there! Who'd a thunk that a few years ago when you were having those hip issues. Very cool to see that done....beautiful cutting. Jed and Rich will love to see that, too.
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