Climbing wedge

[Tom Dunlap]

On my aerial wedge I drilled a hole just a bit larger than a piece of throwline through the top of the wedge but come in from the side about a half or 3/4". Use the mold flashing line on the edge to line up the hole.

 

Then drill a larger diameter hole from front to back, perpendicular to the smaller hole.

 

Slip the throwline through, pull it out the big hole, tie a stopper knot of choice then pull the stopper knot down into the large hole. Adding another stopper on the outside edge of the wedge keeps the stopper from coming out.

 

The throwline is about three feet long and has a loop in the end that is clipped to my harness somewhere.

 

My hammer is setup with a leash that chokes onto my wrist which is real similar to my ice climbing tools.

 

Setting up the wedges like this keeps the lanyard out of the kerf. Running them into the kerf can cut them.