Ascenders

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alroelcbota There are a variety of ascending tools that slide up the rope a little better than a Prusik or Bachman knot. Whatever you choose to use, try it out at your local crag before finding yourself stuck in a hole.

It's about time smeoone wrote about this.

[edit] Rigging a Figure 8 as Ascender

1. Clip HMS carabiner to harness and large hole in Figure 8.
2. Pull up a bight through the large hole.
3. Put a half twist in the bight.
4. Flip the bight over the small loop of the Figure 8.
5. The anchor line should pinch the brake line against the neck when weighted.
6. Rig a Prusik knot or another ascender above the Figure 8 and tie a foot loop to it.
7. This should form a simple Texas prusik style ascender system.

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Just do me a favor and keep writing such trcenhant analyses, OK?