Thank you for the video! I thought it might be helpful to pre-tie a second figure-eight knot at the anchor point for cleaning. This way, when you rappel, you can clip in easily without having to rely on your quickdraw being the right size for the knot. Thoughts?
Adding the anchor leash as a backup directly to the original figure-eight knot before you release the anchor. . In my mind, this would make you redundant. Does this make sense?
I have clipped straight to the figure 8 on the locker bolt. That works well. If the figure 8 knot can pass through the second quickdraw than it renders the quicklink of it in place of a standard carabiner pointless. The knot shouldn’t pass through the quicklink on the second draw, that is what makes the anchor redundant.
If you put the carabiners with the cache loops the other way around it's much easier to free the rope as the gate opening will be on the bottom when you twist the carabiner upwards.
why not use a 120 sling with a knot to adjust for a chest harness then i use a small skinny cordage attached to the grigri then clip into the harness and cordage with a biner to keep it near my chest
You would need a asap combined with a microtraction. If I understand the asap correctly it freely spins in both directions. It could be a backup to the grigri but it would not hold the slack side of the rope off the grigri causing it to lock.
Excellent video! Was thinking of switching to this method from the micro trax after I saw it on Hownot2’s video
I’m still figuring it out. I’ve tried clove and a cow hitch. I didn’t really think rather were easy to dump. I may try a slipknot next.
Nice again bro!
Thank you for the video! I thought it might be helpful to pre-tie a second figure-eight knot at the anchor point for cleaning. This way, when you rappel, you can clip in easily without having to rely on your quickdraw being the right size for the knot. Thoughts?
Or would you just use your extended anchor leash to clip into the figure-eight knot as a backup with some slack?
Adding the anchor leash as a backup directly to the original figure-eight knot before you release the anchor. . In my mind, this would make you redundant. Does this make sense?
I have clipped straight to the figure 8 on the locker bolt. That works well. If the figure 8 knot can pass through the second quickdraw than it renders the quicklink of it in place of a standard carabiner pointless. The knot shouldn’t pass through the quicklink on the second draw, that is what makes the anchor redundant.
If you put the carabiners with the cache loops the other way around it's much easier to free the rope as the gate opening will be on the bottom when you twist the carabiner upwards.
Good tip thank you. I will probably change to a clove hitch or slip knot as well.
Do you have a harness where the gear loops are rated? That seems like it would make this system extra safe.
You don’t need rated loops. Even if the gear loop rips off the carabiner will stay on the rope and pull tight against the grigri locking it down.
@ I was thinking about actually backing up the Grigi and being redundant there.
@@jsparger A much cheaper and lighter option is to make "a rated gear loop" by hitching a 30cm sling around the harness belt.
why not use a 120 sling with a knot to adjust for a chest harness then i use a small skinny cordage attached to the grigri then clip into the harness and cordage with a biner to keep it near my chest
I actually bought avants chest harness since this video. But a 120 slings works well too.
What do you think about using a Petzl ASAP instead of the slipknot/cow hitches?
You would need a asap combined with a microtraction. If I understand the asap correctly it freely spins in both directions. It could be a backup to the grigri but it would not hold the slack side of the rope off the grigri causing it to lock.
Anticuerpo… means antibody
then you rappel down you are using similar to MRS system of arborists ;)