Next, I hope/assume you're not talking about trying to lower two climbers at the same time? That does not sound like a good idea, and more potential for loss of control. I could take pictures but would take a while to setup here at home again Matt, I have been unable to find any technique describing how to handle this specific situation. I have tested this with 2 different 90lb weights on each strand of the rope and have control of locking and lowering independently. If anyone sees any obvious defects with this description or how it would possibly fail I'm open to suggestions. I have to use a 10.2mm just for lowering control. I have quite a bit of expierience here as my climbing partner of 12 plus years is 6'3 220lbs. I know people generally underestimate how much friction is in the system and things happen fast. I guess it's possible to redirect both brake strands up to independent lockers with munters but it seems like the same thing to me with more complexity. Which is why I went to trying the 2nd belay devise for control. If your using a friction hitch as a backup it's very difficult to control each rope independently. That way I can keep one climber on belay locked off while lowering the second. This effectively is just like belaying through the beaner down to my harness once my guide mode releases. I have setup the same way except instead of redirecting the brake strand up to the master point I run it down into another tube style belay devise on my harness. I have tried the setup like the picture here and I don't really like it(redirect brake strands up and down to a friction hitch). They may be wrong so just putting it out into the community for a response. I have experimented with many different setups using weights(not people) and have come to a couple conclusions. And more specifically with 2 climbers following. Matt-jensen wrote:Was wondering who has any expierience in different effective methods to lower partners from a top belay using the guide mode. I could take pictures but would take a while to setup here at home again Was wondering who has any expierience in different effective methods to lower partners from a top belay using the guide mode.
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