How much and how long should the stock suspension rope stretch?
I've used my HH Expedition four times, theee weekends and on week of Scout summer camp. I set my rig up so I can bearly get my butt into the openning (granted I have short legs but not THAT short!) and by morning I'm only a foot or so off the deck. What a PITA to get out!
I've augmented my suspension with prussik loops and descending rings for securing with a garda hitch. This was the first weekend I used that suspension. I tied the end off with a slippery half hitch and the rings appeared to be no closer or further from the tree than when I set it up. It's possible that the prussic slid.
I plan on using some tape as makers on my next hand to see if I can tell if the rope or pruissik loop is slidding. But I was curious if the stock rope has that much stretch in it (approx 18").
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