Maybe I should’ve gotten opinions BEFORE I ordered it all, but you know...hindsight and all. After using a split RL for awhile, I tried a CRL again. My main motivation was quicker adjustability. I used soft shackle prussiks to attach the tarp, but that’s one area where I’d be happy carrying a little extra weight, since it was a real pain to get them undone with one hand (the other was busy trying to keep the tarp from blowing away down the mountain).

The tiny Dutch hooks looked very attractive for their weight, so I ordered 4. I figured I could splice one onto the fixed end of the CRL, and use a prussik for the adjustable end and with both tarp attachment points. I figured if the 1.6 grams gave me the adjustability and ease of use that I’m looking for, then it’s a win/win. Anyone see any potential pitfalls that I’m overlooking?