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Prussic while abseiling - above or below device? 1-Aug-2012 At 9:36:56 AM muki

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On 1/08/2012 davidn wrote:

>Is this actually possible with most harnesses? I thought most had the
>big flap of stitched back webbing at the end which would be almost impossible
>to suck through the clips.

no dave the harness does'nt come apart completely and suck all the way through, it just opens up enough to allow the prusik below it to jamb in the descender, if it were a french prusik then you would have another problem, it wouldn't jamb at all, defeating the purpose.
I use a french prusik above and loaded into the belay loop (also backed up) and this covers me in many situations, unconciousness, lost control, no more rope, or damaged rope, and with knots in the ends, also uneven rapel on two different diameters or one of the two ropes bieng shorter, as when any of the above happen then the belay device is the first to fail and my back up riding above is then allowed to take over, also it's extremely easy to release once I decide to continue after I have stopped and let it lock.
Of course you have to understand all the cons of a french prusik, and have a second or somtimes (rarely) even a third for some tasks, I find a thin tape sling a good choice for prusiks, as it is universal on all diameter ropes.