Last night, while setting up for an overnight in the dark, I accidentally pulled the loop through a whoopie sling sleeve and it's stuck.
Fortunately I was still able to hang thanks to the fact that I left the buckles attached to my WBBB but I was wondering if anyone had come up with a clever method of pulling the loop back out of the sleeve without too much hassle.
As it stands, I plan to bend a small "hook" into a paper clip and pull it back out that way. Does anyone have a better idea?
You could probably twist and scrunch the bight while pushing the loop back through. The bight is normally fairly loose over the loop.
i had the same problem. i tried to with a long skinny piece of wire but i never got it out. but then again i dont have a lot of patience. after about a half hour of going no where i just cut my whoopies off and made new ones. Good luck.
It's been done...I think I remember BillyBob digging one out. Tedious, but doable.
Dave
"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."~~~May Sarton
Lots of patience!!! FWIW when I make whoopie slings these days I add a tiny split ring key ring (easier to find than the appropriate size bead) to the loop so I don't have to go through the exercise of what you're facing. I did it once and that was enough. Adding the split rings to existing loops is easy.Originally Posted by Slanket
"The more I carry the happier I am in camp; the less I carry the happier I am getting there" - Sgt. Rock
Plus one on what Beep says!
"Pips"
Mountains have a dreamy way
Of folding up a noisy day
In quiet covers, cool and gray.
---Leigh Buckner Hanes
Surely, God could have made a better way to sleep.
Surely, God never did.
it can be done. As a matter of fact, splitting the braid with a fid in the bight and fishing out the core is the first step in splicing covered or double braid line.
Another option is to use a needle and some whipping twine. Using a needle, pull the whipping twine through part you're trying to recover and pull on both ends of the twine.
Ended up just using my fingers and making the channel the loop goes through as wise as possible. It wasn't too deep in there so I guess I got lucky. Thanks for the advice everybody!
In my frustration ended up just remaking the WS. I now loop a small DynaGlide or Amsteel soft shackle through the loop or when I remember recycle a short length of polyester casing and incorporate it into the loop when making the WS. Bit of a bummer the 1st time you experience this brain fart.
Noel V.
This happened to me yesterday. Could any of you post pictures of these techniques to keep the loop from being pulled inward?
Thanks,
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