TL;DR: Keep skin and clothing away from moving ropes
While on rope, most of us prefer to have the “brake strand” coming out of our device and to our right side, or forward and away from us.
If we’re using an ASAP or similar device, we tend to prefer the backup rope to the left.
If one were to use the AWAH Z3 or a similar device, and stick to these conventions, you would have the drill in your left hand, and reach over with your right hand to tend the backup device.
If you’re not careful, this might happen.
This is after my skin escaped the device, but my shirt was still stuck.
Shortly after the injury, my arm looked like this:
Immediately after, the perimeter hurt, it sort of felt like rugburn. The middle was numb, and about two months later, is still seriously lacking sensation.
It took about a month for the scab to go away. Two months later, it looks like this:
My recommendation would be to run the ASAP on the right side.
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