UKC

Hi guys,

Just learnt how to tie an autolocking Munter hitch, learnt it from an American website and I know we don't do a lot of what the Americans do due to them doing things differently.

Anyone know any safety reasons of why is shouldn't be used?

Never seen it used.

In reply to Joel Perkin:

Can you put a link to the artical.

In reply to Joel Perkin:

youtube.com/watch?v=zA9ykGNTMEk&

In reply to Joel Perkin:
If you climber can't unload the rope (fell in overhang or injured), you can't easily lower him/her. You need to rig a little haul system to unload the autolock munter, remove the biner and then lower him/her. Making things more complicated then it needs to be.

In reply to Joel Perkin:

It is an intrinsically safe option as a means of auto-locking a Munter¡¦s. So there is no reason why it cannot be used, providing it is used correctly. However, I class it as a ¡¥something I have in my bag¡¦ if the situation arises. Before I would resort to that I would have had have dropped my belay device (guide), and been in the position of doubting my ability to use a normal Munter¡¦s (can¡¦t see actually when that would happen though), and being able to tie it off correctly when I need to.