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Solo Hauling 6-Jan-2011 At 1:43:38 PM brendan

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hi all,
i have been messing around with solo aid systems and have a question for the solo aiders out there,
You have lead a traversing/overhanging pitch, built an anchor and now need to abseil down the haul line to get back to the lower anchor. Whats your prefered method of anchoring the haul line at the top of the pitch before you rap down it?

the options that i have come up with/read about are

The Knot Method
-You can tie a knot in the haul line,
-rap from that knot,
-release the pig, clean pitch, back to anchor
-now do a mini haul to take the weight off the knot,
-now you can put the slack rope into your hauling device
-start hauling

The Prussick Method
-You can thread the haul device,
- tie a knot in it as a back up,
- hang the hauline off a prussick attached to a bomber peice of gear so the device is not taking any weight,
-rap the haul line
-release the pig, clean pitch, back to anchor
-start to haul as normal,
-the prussick releases and you can now take it off and continue hauling

The hauling device method
-Rap directly off the hauling device, backed up with a knot
-release the pig, clean pitch, back to anchor
-start to haul

whats your prefered methord? have a different methord?