I'D Or Eddy

[Chris Cowell]

There has been an evoultion to the I'd recently. The 'negatives' that Tom points out are perhaps no longer relevant.

 

The 'cord from the Shunt' trick has been standard practice in the rope access world for many years. It is frowned upon in many countries outside the UK.

 

Chris

[DrewB]

There has been an evoultion to the I'd recently. The 'negatives' that Tom points out are perhaps no longer relevant.

 

The 'cord from the Shunt' trick has been standard practice in the rope access world for many years. It is frowned upon in many countries outside the UK.

 

Chris

 

Why is frowned upon Chris? ive never done it but it seemed a really good idea.

[Tom Dunlap]

The Shunt isn't used as a safety or support. All it does is become a movable redirect point.

 

As the climber moves up the RADS the slack is pulled out. The climber can't move more than one 'step' at a time so the longest fall that might happen is less than two feet. And this would only happen if the climber moved up and didn't pull any slack through the lower tool...Eddy/I'd/Cinch or even a friction hitch.

 

Am I missing a safety issue Chris? If so, I sure want to know so that I can consider the shortcoming.

 

How has the I'd changed? How are the issues solved?

 

Can the I'd be used to limbwalk if the rope isn't tensioned? With the I'd that I'm familiar it takes two hands to limbwalk unless weight is on the I'd.