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  1. shankenstein

    65 years ago today...

    You may want to consider reading The Boys of Everest by Clint Willis. It's a really interesting and amusing perspective on how climbing was developing around the time of the FA on Everest.
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    Hitch Hiker

    So is HitchHikerX a real thing or made up? Found rumor in comments of this video, which is fairly enlightening:
  3. shankenstein

    Hitch Hiker

    +1 for armor-prus and Bee Line is also a classic that continues to stand the test of time!
  4. shankenstein

    Hitch Hiker

    That is really neat, thanks for sharing!
  5. shankenstein

    Hitch Hiker

    Yeah, Vortex and Ocean 10mm has a great feel, I just hate how quick ocean wears out.
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    Hitch Hiker

    I heard a rumor about an HH-X being released this summer with slick pin instead of steel carabiner. Is there any more information out there?
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    Hitch Hiker

    I've actually been running 11 mm velocity with 8mm beeline and 9mm RIT and found the HH2 doesn't run as well with the narrower rope. Tried various hitches. So my theory is that the larger diameter ropes generate more friction and make for a better functioning SRT device. I was just going to...
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    Hitch Hiker

    I've been running the HH2 for a couple months now and really coming to enjoy it. Normal setup has been Vortex and ocean poly 10 mm, 5 wrap hitch. That's been really great, tends very well, but I was running my hitch a tad loose so I had to set it once in a while. Today tried running velocity...
  9. shankenstein

    Best SRT rope

    Trying to support a local business that has limited options in stock.
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    Best SRT rope

    Yeah, I guess i didn't consider the fact that ABS is different for every rope. Imori has an ABS that's about 2,000 lbs higher than velocity.
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    Inverted barber chair

    I am curious if this is was an EAB killed tree. A lot of the recorded incidents cutting them have been basal failures.
  12. shankenstein

    Runner and 11 mil velocity cool

    That was intended as a question
  13. shankenstein

    Runner and 11 mil velocity cool

    Velocity is a pretty stretchy rope SRT?
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    Best SRT rope

    I have never climbed on Velocity, is it pretty stretchy? Sorry, I'm going through a crisis. I hated Imori primarily because I thought it was too bouncy. It's supposed to be 2.2% elongation at 10% ABS. I very much like Vortex because it feels stiffer, but online that's stated at 3%...
  15. shankenstein

    When did you first hear?

    In 2007 or 2008 I saw Bingham compete in the master's challenge at the Charolette Competition on an F8-revolver system. I remember seeing House Tain doing a lot of head scratching before allowing him to use it in the comp. I was so green at the time though so I didn't really understand the...
  16. shankenstein

    Hitch Hiker

    Thank you for re-sharing. I was curious which exact pulley that was. Had a few thoughts after my initial setup... Attaching neck loop to bridge ring does tend slack but I might prefer the advantage of tending from a tether that is a few inches higher at the HH since the device does drop quite...
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    Hitch Hiker

    That is a beautiful and simple setup, thank you for sharing! I also like the addition of the micro pulley for tending slack. I'm a long time Ddrt climber just now making the transition to SRT so I imagine that may help me overcome some of my natural double rope tendencies while tending slack.
  18. shankenstein

    Hitch Hiker

    Yes, that is what I was thinking. Thanks for the input, I still need to get my HH set up so I'll do a bit of experimenting after that.
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    Hitch Hiker

    First post in this thread in quite a while. I'm just getting a hitchhiker now and probably everybody else is all "OMG Akimbo." Anyways, I was wondering if anybody actually experimented with making a tether that would be rated for life support? I've reviewed MOST of the posts in this thread...
  20. shankenstein

    Elm Removal Video, Lots of Rigging!

    That's basically what I had in mind. Once my ground crew and I get used to using this system the lowering will become smoother and faster. Not a whole lot of drift going on in this removal, more of a catch then lower but it worked out because the shock load wasn't too excessive as a result of...

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