Best Mechanical Devices

[Rush]

My personal preference is the HH2 for both... so simple & easy to use...came to like it so much when my number was (finally) called for the Akimbo I just cancelled it

 

[Jonny]

HH2 and Akimbo for SRT. Very cool how they'll switch to DdRT with little or no adjustments.

For a DdRT spur climb removal that I know I'm cutting on the way up, I still just use a rope and hitch cord without a device... wasn't THAT long ago my VT or distel with a micropulley used to be new school!!

 

[LordFarkwad]

HH2 and Akimbo for SRT. Very cool how they'll switch to DdRT with little or no adjustments.

For a DdRT spur climb removal that I know I'm cutting on the way up, I still just use a rope and hitch cord without a device... wasn't THAT long ago my VT or distel with a micropulley used to be new school!!

You just manage advance it as you move up? And is this done SRT, knowing that it's not for descent, just fall prevention?

 

[Acerxharlowii]

Rope runner, rope wrench and HH2 in that order for srt. HH2 for drt hands down. I briefly tried a prototype Akimbo and it seemed ok but i question the tending point on the production model as i have to stop often to catch breath. Cursed beta blockers.

I had initial problems with the tending point in the akimbo too. Shortening my bridge with a slip knot helped. Now I have a pmi chest roller and that thing changed my ascent and no longer need a break on my way up

 

[Mowerr]

You just manage advance it as you move up? And is this done SRT, knowing that it's not for descent, just fall prevention?

Works great...nobody really needs mechanicals....their just easier for the most part

 

[LordFarkwad]

I love that idea! Only 'gotcha', I guess, is that it doesn't follow you up the rope, correct?

 

[samsquatch]

Unicender. SRS to MRS couldn't be simpler. unhook carabiner from anchor, and hook it to the Uni. Done!
If you need more movement, add a sling/tether or do what I do and use the pulleys in a loop formation that @oldfart documented.

 

[Jonny]

You just manage advance it as you move up? And is this done SRT, knowing that it's not for descent, just fall prevention?

It's set up DdRT aka MRS once I reach my tie in. The climbing line isn't choked unless I'm just coming down to pull the spar over, then I'd descend on a munter or whatever type of descender I have. On the way up it's a 2nd lanyard and my 2nd tie in if using a saw. I can descend as long as the rope is through a crotch, be it false or natural. I'd bail out with a choked loop runner and biner as the crotch if I needed to.

It's how I climb when using gaffs, I'd wager it's how most people spur climb. Most conifer removals I do are done with this method.

For spikeless climbing, SRT with a device of some sort and a ropewalker setup is hard to beat. If I'm climbing without spikes, I rely heavily on gadgets. For a moving rope system while on spurs though, just a rope and hitch cord works great.

 

[LordFarkwad]

It's set up DdRT aka MRS once I reach my tie in. The climbing line isn't choked unless I'm just coming down to pull the spar over, then I'd descend on a munter or whatever type of descender I have. On the way up it's a 2nd lanyard and my 2nd tie in if using a saw. I can descend as long as the rope is through a crotch, be it false or natural. I'd bail out with a choked loop runner and biner as the crotch if I needed to.

It's how I climb when using gaffs, I'd wager it's how most people spur climb. Most conifer removals I do are done with this method.

For spikeless climbing, SRT with a device of some sort and a ropewalker setup is hard to beat. If I'm climbing without spikes, I rely heavily on gadgets. For a moving rope system while on spurs though, just a rope and hitch cord works great.

Gatcha.

 

[DSMc]

It's set up DdRT aka MRS once I reach my tie in. The climbing line isn't choked unless I'm just coming down to pull the spar over, then I'd descend on a munter or whatever type of descender I have. On the way up it's a 2nd lanyard and my 2nd tie in if using a saw. I can descend as long as the rope is through a crotch, be it false or natural. I'd bail out with a choked loop runner and biner as the crotch if I needed to.

It's how I climb when using gaffs, I'd wager it's how most people spur climb. Most conifer removals I do are done with this method.

For spikeless climbing, SRT with a device of some sort and a ropewalker setup is hard to beat. If I'm climbing without spikes, I rely heavily on gadgets. For a moving rope system while on spurs though, just a rope and hitch cord works great.

I don't know why anyone would choose to go back to a limited MRS of just a hitch, when they have and are proficient in the use of the HH2 and Akimbo. To each their own way, not for me though.

 

[Mowerr]

I don't know why anyone would choose to go back to a limited MRS of just a hitch, when they have and are proficient in the use of the HH2 and Akimbo. To each their own way, not for me though.

Maybe for the tail of their rope if they don't have a long lanyard and want a 2nd climbing system....it's always a skill to have.
To just toss away all your hitch cord when u get a hh or akimbo sounds silly to me but to each their own

 

[Mowerr]

I love that idea! Only 'gotcha', I guess, is that it doesn't follow you up the rope, correct?

That's what ur chestie is fo'

 

[oldoakman]

I had initial problems with the tending point in the akimbo too. Shortening my bridge with a slip knot helped. Now I have a pmi chest roller and that thing changed my ascent and no longer need a break on my way up

I have the chest roller as well just haven't had time to dial it in although i have it close. When i have used it it is awesome but i still need a break once in a while though not as much as without.

 

[LordFarkwad]

That's what ur chestie is fo'

Whatchoo tawn bout, Willis?

You mean making the hitch long enough to put a snap or something attached to your chest harness below it?

 

[Mowerr]

Clip the chestie to ur hitch or pulley or whatever is tending the hitch. If your using a foot lock, knee and or foot ascender below it then your chest harness pulls it up with you.
Pretty sure u done this before?

 

[LordFarkwad]

Haha yeah man, I gotcha. Making sure I was tracking!

 

[Mowerr]

You know what your doing...your a pro you just like messing with me.

 

[LordFarkwad]

You know what your doing...your a pro you just like messing with me.

Hahaha! The vote of confidence is nice, but oh man...I'm a pro, but definitely not at cutting or climbing. I've recently been GoPro-ing some climbs in the yard and sending the vids out to a few potentially interested friends, with the disclaimer that they'll love it if they're into heavy-breathing.

A few of the guys I've trained under and with around here the past month or so...it is beautiful to watch them literally run up a rope (and move around a tree).

Getting there one climb at a time, hopefully!

Edit: but I do enjoy messing with ppl xD

 

[islandarb]

Fuck DdRT. A roperunner is hands down my fav. Ask JohnnyPro. Shit is just so smooth once worn in. Suits my climbing style. SRTforlife.

 

[islandarb]

I know there are a lot of rope runner lovers out there. I haven't tried one. That reminds me of another thing I love about the bdb, no parts that detach from it to drop.

I never take my runners apart. Easily rebuilt too. Takes seconds to thread through a rope.....