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    Srt descent issue Michoacan

    I fabricated this today from a piece of aluminum stock. I'm calling it the HC mimicus. I used it today and it did improve my hitch tending and the functioning of my self made Haas on SR.. Also, after watching the above video, I was comfortable descending on just the Michoacán hitch which I was...
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    Srt descent issue Michoacan

    Great video and very creative wrench. Thanks!
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    Great reply. I understand thoroughly and interpreted your original reply as such, and I have a confession. One theme has been misinterpreted throughout my thread. It isn't about the money. Price is what you pay: Value's what you get. I can afford the HC and the RW, and I suspect they have great...
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    Srt descent issue Michoacan

    The longer you climb SRT without a rope wrench, the harder you’ll kick yourself in "The longer you climb SRT without a rope wrench, the harder you’ll kick yourself in the butt when you get one." I believe you've summed this up quite well! There is a list of reasons why I'm Srt hesitant. One...
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    Srt descent issue Michoacan

    I've been doing LOTS a while. My lanyard's on a micro so I like the adjustability. I'm not crazy about the bulky steel 2-way safety snap riding in front or the stiff 3 strand riding my neck but I like those lanyard features in the tree. At least it's on a splice. I have a self made harness...
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    Srt descent issue Michoacan

    I just thought of a question about this tethered 8 setup. Is the biner held in hand and manipulated to alter the tension on the rope passing through it? Would you advance it by hand as you climb if installed pre ascent? This occurred to me because of your comment about it being the origin of the...
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    Srt descent issue Michoacan

    Gotcha. Thanks.
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    Srt descent issue Michoacan

    Neck lanyard? Chest ascender? What's your preferred tending method?
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    Srt descent issue Michoacan

    Anyone have thoughts on usefulness of HC pulley in a RW setup?
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    Srt descent issue Michoacan

    Prussik; that's a simple and effective idea. I do carry a couple and a sling at all times for self rescue. I have experienced why you say don't load the hitch hard before adding extra friction.
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    Srt descent issue Michoacan

    Wouldn't it exert as much resistance going up as coming down, fighting the ascent? In the video it looked like Kevin was gaffing up an inclined tree and slack tending as he went. I'll give it a run and find out. I learned during practice, as you mention, to loosen the hitch set a bit, before...
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    Srt descent issue Michoacan

    I think I get it. Once you pass the high point of your entry system , you're pulling slack through the hitch to place in the redirect while on lanyard progressing to another etc.. Thanks
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    Srt descent issue Michoacan

    Yeah, I know a basket's fine. In the use you describe "arms length" so I guess more of a lanyard while the lanyard becomes the climbing line. How do you retrieve the sling/crab to reuse it as you go? Or do you? Is your Srt climbing rope eye spliced on each end? Curious.
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    Srt descent issue Michoacan

    Interesting setup, and one I've never seen before. I guess the problem with that as to my original reason for this post is that it doesn't look like it could be setup during ascent as the climbing rope would need to be unloaded to install. I can install the Munter below my hitch to get down with...
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    Srt descent issue Michoacan

    Moss, how do you set a sling and carabiner to advance above you as a sole point of temporary support without it being girth hitched? I'm sure I'm missing something simple in technique here. I've always thought girthing a sling for life support was a no no. I've been wrong before....with regularity!
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    Srt descent issue Michoacan

    I have seen a lot of OP fans in my travels. More to study........thanks.
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    Srt descent issue Michoacan

    At this point I guess I'd describe that as a change over to Ddrt. Semantics I suppose?
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    Srt descent issue Michoacan

    How are you never disconnected from the tree or more than 2 feet over your tip doing this, unless you carry two lanyards?
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    Srt descent issue Michoacan

    I've been looking at Yale's Poison Ivy anticipating Srt access then Ddrt once in. Any thoughts on that? I think before a wrench, I need to invest in a HC pulley and sewn eye-to-eye to clean up my act. One of the reasons I've been trying the Michoacan is to determine my "happy hitch" so I can...

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