One good thing about the muenter hitch in my eyes is that if the user is well practiced in the use of this it can come in very handy. With basically a rope, a carabiner, and some form of harness (could even be made from a piece of the rope if need be) one could as a last resort rescue themself if stuck on lets say the third floor of a building, or to give another person thier repelling equipment to get down from such a location, or even something as simple as going down a hill if too steep to walk down and there is nothing to grab on the way down. It can be a very usefull thing to learn, however carries much more risk. It could probibly even be used to send gear down if you have a (really) good belay person the bottom. <img src="images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />