Lets talk re-directs

[FJR]

Thanks for sharing Mark C's "M" redirect Steve. I tried it out today and it worked great!

[Marc]

I too tried out the M redirect today I was amazed, it worked perfectly, and is so simple.

I could'nt remember exactly Steve set it up in the pics, looking at them again I did it differently slightly, I put the rope through a spring gate DMM "revolver" biner attached to the top hole in my hitchclimber put the the rope over the other limb then connected it to the middle hole of my hitchclimber, was smooth looking and working.

 

I'll be using that more often now. And i've found a good use for my DMM revolver biner.

[Marc]

For those of you who don't know what a DMM revolver is here's a pic.

[Steve Bullman]

id highly recommend that no one uses that non locking revolver biner in this application

[Marc]

I was just experimenting today and it worked very well. I know that using a spring gate biner is not good practice, the distance between the redirect and me was small, if it failed I would'nt go far.

 

To me though it looked fine and now after this little experiment would'nt be to concerned about using it again in a situation where greater distances are involved.

 

Still i'd like to know why you don't reccomend using it Steve? Its just as easy to use a small pulley and locking biner instead, it seemed to me a good use for it.

[Steve Bullman]

cos its bloody dangerous

[Peter]

There will be a triple action version of the revolver out sometime soon.

[Steve Bullman]

but it wont fit the hitch climber unfortunately

[Marc]

cos its bloody dangerous

 

Maybe i'm a moron, but I can't see how, maybe if it somehow rotated so that it was loaded against the spine and gate somehow? Or it somehow opens up and and my rope jumps out?

I'd be more concerned about loading the gate than the rope coming out by some random act of god.

 

Still i'll take your advice, you've been doing this longer than I have and your still fairly intact, so you must be doing something right.

[Steve Bullman]

Or it somehow opens up and and my rope jumps out?

 

 

that would be my concern!

i looked at it myself when i first started using the m-direct, quickly decided it wasnt safe. the pulley in the krab saves a negligable degree of friction to be worth taking the risk IMO