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Re: [nikmit] 'Touching the Void' Question???:
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sherpa79
Dec 2, 2009, 12:33 PM
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I in no way criticize those guys, but here's another possible solution, assuming the entire weight of the guy can be put on the harness and you have a spare biner.
Mule knot the belay device before you hit the rope join.
Find the end of the second rope and tie a blake's hitch on the weighted line.
Put a munter hitch below the blakes and put that on your harness.
Transfer the weight off the ATC/device and pass the knot.
Take the munter/blakes off and tie a knot in the end.
The good thing about this method is that you don't have to worry about the length of your prussik sling as you are working with the second rope.
The one thing that would suck is if you lowered the blakes past your reach, especially sans anchor. But if you have a knife you can cut that after you cross the knot. You'll loose a few feet off the end but that's it.
Also, after loading the blakes and munter, you could concievably keep lowering with that by untying the rope join. You'd definitely want a stopper knot under the blake's hitch though where the rope join was. Doing thiswould really depend on what kind of lip you were facing as well.
(This post was edited by sherpa79 on Dec 2, 2009, 4:54 PM)
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Post edited by sherpa79
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