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whitemeat
Trad climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 1, 2013 - 11:51am PT
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so the thing is when ever i have more the 1 double length sling around my neck and arm, like people carry them, and i go to grab one they ore often then not get girth hitched or all tangeld up or something. at that point i have to take both or all off and deal with it which is time consuming and frustrating. so do any of you have a method of solving this issue?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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They are a pain in the ass, i never use them.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose, ca
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Double length slings never go over the shoulder for me, only singles there. I usually keep one or two double slings shortened (half length twice and then twisted) and clipped to single biners on my harness.
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neversummer
climber
30 mins. from suicide USA
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double it up as an extenable draw...
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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I never have this problem, perhaps because I always keep a carabiner on each double-length sling, which serves to keep the doubled loops of equal length. When removing the double-length sling, grab at or near the biner, rotate until the hand is behind the head, lift the sling off, and drop it down past all the other slings.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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I don't know Locker....those gym holds are easy to sling, they should remove the bolts.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
the crowd MUST BE MOCKED...Mocked I tell you.
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make sure to put the slings on after the gear sling?
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Grippa
Trad climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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use a carabiner to clip the two ends together. then when you wanna use it unclip the 'biner and wahlah! it doesn't snag.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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I do it the Grippa way...
also you can do it like you would usually rack one, in thirds, by putting two 'biners on the sling and passing one through the other and clipping the loop, but then twisting them to make the length smaller and finally clipping the two 'biners together...
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Big Mike
Trad climber
BC
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I like that steve house way. I also like racking them as draws. Dyneema only of course. Double up the sling, then clip your biners and pass one through the other. Clip the resulting loop. Tada! Double sling biner. Then learn how to unclip them so they don't get all funky.
Also rack them over your right and then left shoulder. You can only get one off at a time, but thet dont tangle. Steve houses method looks sick tho!!
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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I like the twist rack method. I don't like a bunch of slings over my shoulder, especially when it's hot out. I keep the doubles on my back gear loops out of the way, because it's usually an easy stance or I'm at the anchor when I need them.
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nutjob
Sport climber
Almost to Hollywood, Baby!
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I used to use a biner and clipped over shoulder like I learned in some book, but it generally became a hassle. I've been a twister for years. Loop it over to standard runner length, then twist to heck until it re-twists on itself and gets nicely compact on a single biner (and easy to pass over as part of a rack to someone else, or swing which side it is on when half of you is stuck in a crack, etc.
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fosburg
climber
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What the Fet and Briham89 said.
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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People actually carry and use those things? Who knew.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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^^^it's not an Eldo Prancer technique^^^
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10b4me
Ice climber
Happy Boulders
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if you're not using them that often, daisy chain them
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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I never have this problem, perhaps because I always keep a carabiner on each double-length sling, which serves to keep the doubled loops of equal length.
+1 That method has served me well for 45 years and counting. When I want the double runner, I simply grab the 'biner to which it is attached.
John
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Rankin
Social climber
Greensboro, North Carolina
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I almost never have that problem, so there's something going on with your technique. I usually keep a single biner on each sling, but even when I don't, I can usually just pull one off the other. Try tinkering with your set-up on the ground and get the kinks ironed out before you get up on the sharp end. Good luck!
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