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Cordelette - How do you carry yours?
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Ok.... Just wanted to survey folks and see what methods/solutions everybody has come up with to carry a cordelette... somebody has to have the "trick" no muss, no fuss way! |
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Doubled, redoubled, then tied into an overhand figure 8. If it is too long, I add a twist to the 8. |
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Cargo Pockets in your pants. Great for route topos, cliff bars and P&S cameras too. |
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I have been climbing for 45 years and have never carried a cordelette. |
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When I carry mine, I coil it around my hand then wrap the remaining loop around the coil a few times and thread it through an individual strand of the coil and clip it. This pic might show it better.  |
Tony B wrote:Doubled, redoubled, then tied into an overhand figure 8. If it is too long, I add a twist to the 8. It is about the size of a plastic soda bottle that way and takes ~10 seconds to do and less to undo. +1 |
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Basically I coil it just like you'd butterfly coil a rope...except much smaller obviously. |
Victoria Alexanders wrote:I don't bring cordilette anymore. Instead I bring two tripple length slings. Cut up to form two triple-length slings which I leave at home. |
Tony B wrote:Doubled, redoubled, then tied into an overhand figure 8. If it is too long, I add a twist to the 8. It is about the size of a plastic soda bottle that way and takes ~10 seconds to do and less to undo. +1 |
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Take it from a double to a triple loop, hold both ends, twist several times, bend at the halfway point and it'll twist about its own axis. Rack on a biner. |
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I do what crossing described... start at the ends/knot wrap it loosely around my hand (flat with fingers spread) to make a ball the size of a small nerf football, when there's about 2' left to go, i do a couple wraps perpendicular to the first wraps, then tuck the tail through a few strands from each side of the first wraps and hang it from the tail loop. It's quick easy and secure, you don't have to fight to get a bunch of strands on one biner. When you need it, pop the tail free and drop the rest and it uncoils itself. |
Crossing wrote:When I carry mine, I coil it around my hand then wrap the remaining loop around the coil a few times and thread it through an individual strand of the coil and clip it. Someone showed me something similar recently. Take about 8 inches of cordelette then start folding it up on top of that section.. so you end up with a thick, 8 inch section (that's what she said), then wrap a bit of the remainder around it a few times and pull through one of the end loops and clip. Not sure if that made sense, I think it's the exact same idea as Crossing's just with a larger section. Works pretty well though, and very quick. |
Victoria Alexanders wrote:I don't bring cordilette anymore. Instead I bring two tripple length slings. curious if you use this to double up at anchor or for top and bottom anchor |
 Thanx. I like this new way of using tripple lengths.. |
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http://raggedmountainguides.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/crafting-the-cordelette/ |
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Thanks for the input.... When i carry i have been doing the "ball and hang" method just was wondering if I was missing something! |
Victoria Alexanders wrote: Welcome back Elenor. |
Ray Pinpillage wrote: Welcome back Elenor. dmmclimbing.com/knowledge/k… Sorry for thread drift. I saw that video and am aware you aren't supposed to construct sling by knotting dyneema or spectra tape. |
Ray Pinpillage wrote: Welcome back Elenor. dmmclimbing.com/knowledge/k… What's the link between the picture and the video? |
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I've only done what I always thought was the standard way as seen in luebben's book. I wasn't aware people did it any other way. |
Ray Pinpillage wrote: Welcome back Elenor. YEah, Welcome back... and then... |
