by snoboy » Aug 7, 2012 7:39 pm
Couple ideas on this...
If you are right handed then you may use your footloop on the left foot: R hand up, L foot up, then Pantin goes on other foot.
Alpine Caving Techniques has some arguments for the Pantin based on the fact that most people who rig are right handed, and will tend to rig a pitch to the R of the drop, and therefore it is good to have the Pantin on the R foot so as a you leave the rebelays you have that extra stroke with the Pantin on the lower rope, also that it is an aid to leaving a difficult pitch head. They also mention the arguement that the R foot is usually dominant, and it makes sense to use it to pull the rope tight through the Croll - like KeyserSoze said. Conversely they present the arguement that the L foot is good because after we leave a rebelay, we will have a few strokes with the footloop alone, and that might as well be with the stronger leg... Ultimately they recommend that it is up to the user to decide!
If you are used to having your R foot in the loop, then no real reason to change? Except once you have the Pantin, you will find that the footloop foot becomes the more mobile one - to be used for fending off, unless you kick the Pantin off, and go back to regular Frogging.
Confused yet?
My self, I am right handed and use the Pantin on the R foot.