Larry wrote:
"BarelyAwake" wrote in
:

I like the idea having the harness or bosun's chair attached to a
primary winch serving as a method of descent. Attaching the bosun's
chair to one ascender and a loop for the feet to the other ascender
seems like a great idea for a lazy, middle-aged man like me! I'll
give these methods a try.


Screw that! The Bosun's Chair needs to be attached to the powered anchor
windlass for us "lazy, middle-aged man like me"! I press this button, he
goes up. I press this button he comes down.

I suppose I could mark one "Ascender" and the other "Decender", saving
several thousand dollars on custom mountain climbing equipment in the
process....(c;

It can even lift my heavy ass, right to the top, without a sweat!

Larry
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Why is it, in any city, all traffic lights act as if they have rotary
timers in them, like they did in 1955, and are all set to create
maximum inconvenience and block traffic movement, entirely?

Prusiks do not "follow" you as you go up, they must be "broken" and
then pushed up. Likewise on the way back down. This does require some
thought but you should be thinking hard when on rope. If you aint
scared you are foolish.