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Sliding X revisited 29-Jan-2015 At 10:18:07 AM johnpitcairn

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I've often used a sliding X made from a single extendable draw (60cm) plus one extra biner (grabbed from anywhere convenient) to equalize 2 small or dodgy wires close together. It's pretty damn quick to rig and extension is quite limited anyway due to the shortness of the sling.

If I need to span a larger distance between the pro where extension might be a problem, I don't shag around with knots unless I have a great stance, I'll add an additional extender to the top of one or both legs of the sliding X. I might clip into one of those while I'm building the rest of it. Again, it's fairly quick to rig. The only caveat here is the extra biners in the system, whether they might contact the rock, what happens if one piece pulls and hits a biner*, etc.

* I'd finished a route recently and was bringing a second up when he fell and put a lot of sideways tension on my last hex. It popped, hit its own biner attached to the rope, opened that and fell the length of the pitch. Wow.