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Suggested Fitting Of Vertical Haul and
Lifelines to the Slix Stretcher
Fig. 1.
Vertical Haul Lifeline
Attach the haul line 'A' to 2 screw gate karabiners with a
double fig.'8' knot, (keep bights short), and attach to the
Vertical haul points 'S' Tighten the screw gates on the
karabiners.
Attach the Lifeline 'C' to a screw gate karabiner with a fig. '8'
knot, and attach the karabiner to the Horizontal Haul point '0'.
Tighten the screw gate on the karabiner.
A karabiner 'E' is clipped over the Lifeline 'C' and then into the
bight of the haul line.
This will prevent the stretcher hanging sideways in the event of
a Haul line or main belay failure.
It is important that the bights on the
double Fig. 8 knots are even.
Do not tie a single loop Fig 8 and then
attach to the karabiners as this will
cause the head of the stretcher to curl
excessively.
SEE PAGE 14 FOR IMPORTANT
CONSIDERATIONS
Fig 2
Alternative Vertical Lifeline Attachment
When using this method all of the haul
points must be used to ensure that the
load is shared.
