Update: started climbing on a Blake's hitch after 3 seasons of using a prussik, and it's night and day
I ran a prussik for my first 3 seasons and just dealt with it grabbing too hard on descents. Switched to a Blake's hitch back in April after an older guy at a job site in Boise showed me his setup, and my hands don't cramp up anymore. It releases way smoother when you weight it and I'm not fighting the thing on every limb walk. Anyone else make this switch, or am I late to something everybody already knows?