Nice to readdress things like this I dont think that We can be reminded enough... the rope and prussik not is a great idea I have heard this one before and just this weekend I bought some good climbers rope and went to knots .com until I found out how to do this knot it is really quite simple and like the man said, you stay attached at all times just slide it up as You go. thanks again to the huntingnet for great people and great thinking....Ron