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Will Hinchliffe
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This will probably work differently with different shape D rings. It works really well on my Tree austria. You pull a bight through the D and clip a caribiner through it. It makes a stitch plate type friction controller. You can then just hold the hitch fully open and control your speed with the tale of the rope. It works well for me but just go steady when you try it first.

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This will probably work differently with different shape D rings. It works really well on my Tree austria. You pull a bight through the D and clip a caribiner through it. It makes a stitch plate type friction controller. You can then just hold the hitch fully open and control your speed with the tale of the rope. It works well for me but just go steady when you try it first.

 

looks like a fun way to scare the sxxt out of your groundie:)

decend quickly without rope burn:thumbup:

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Have use munter/italian hitch a few times but also carry a figure 8 which is great. in the past have used the figure 8 to descend out of a 60ft mewp after the boom got stuck at full extension (too fat gits in the bucket lol) and also used it for abseiling down cliff face to clear rhodedenron in mid wales. figure 8 is also useful for improvised lowering (not recommended but got me out of a fix more than once after being sent on jobs with insufficient equipment) and also useful for aerial rescue.

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