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  1. Richard Mumford-yoyoman

    Sticht Hitch

    No sir. I've used thus for demonstration purposes for 10 years. In fact went out today just to verify, after a few 20' climbs, NO "locking up." I don't recommend it's use but it has made my point about how things work many times. I'll share video if you like.
  2. Richard Mumford-yoyoman

    Question MRS DdRT vs. SRS SRT

    Maybe splitting pine needles but food for thought at any rate. The whole point in these thought exercises is so we fully understand how things work, Understanding how things work makes them safer. IMO, almost "exactly the same". I think one must consider "break-away force" and its impact on...
  3. Richard Mumford-yoyoman

    Sticht Hitch

    As I have skimmed over this thread a couple of things come to mind, I mention them in the spirit of awareness, nothing more. If a climber is aware and chooses these actions it is completely up to the climber, but others who don't find it obvious, should be aware. I see many putting a donut...
  4. Richard Mumford-yoyoman

    How rope holds

    Agree, maybe not so much with ropes having long continues threads. Certainly comes into play pulling redirects though. That one extra redirect seems to compound multiply all the others.
  5. Richard Mumford-yoyoman

    Roll N' Lock not holding....

    I 100% agree and appreciate people noting this important rule. So many think that slack is just for shock load considerations but as important, it keeps things configured and ready. Our mindset set should not be, "I'm sure it will engage if I slip", it should be, "I trust it because I'm...
  6. Richard Mumford-yoyoman

    Roll N' Lock not holding....

    S So true, foot ascender vs knee ascender for example.
  7. Richard Mumford-yoyoman

    Roll N' Lock not holding....

    I do I doubt it played a part but they did have a recall on a batch so check for that.
  8. Richard Mumford-yoyoman

    Sticht Hitch

    No, it does not actually lock up and remains quite smooth due to the proportion of friction that is widely and evenly distributed throughout the strands in the finger trap. It is also not midline attachable. My main concern with even posting this it that someone unknowingly will bail out of a...
  9. Richard Mumford-yoyoman

    Sticht Hitch

    Yes, I would agree. As in my example, if we can use some means to help distribute the major portion of our load/friction, over the length of cord, the remaining friction left on that hitch cord will be controllable and manageable. So, adding rings and such throughout the hitch will do this...
  10. Richard Mumford-yoyoman

    Sticht Hitch

    What climber new to SRT has not first asked the question, " Why can't I just climb on a single hitch?" It can be done easy enough but most find it problematic. Rope walk up SRT on a single hitch then add a Munter for descent or grab the tail for DdRT. But the elusive holy grail perfect hitch...
  11. Richard Mumford-yoyoman

    Question MRS DdRT vs. SRS SRT

    Thank you, I completely forgot about that one. Yes, I can anchor literally anywhere with SRS and no added slings or hardware. The anchor is easy to relocate or advance, may be vertical or horizontal, in a branch union or otherwise, may be constructed to share loads, provides additional...
  12. Richard Mumford-yoyoman

    Roll N' Lock not holding....

    I get the humor but on a serious note. Aside from all the reasons tree climbing is different, rock climbers in trees often forget that they don't have a dedicated person on belay, making sure that their climbing apparatus does not have flop or slop in it, that it does not have slack in the rope...
  13. Richard Mumford-yoyoman

    Roll N' Lock not holding....

    I love the On-Bight Redirect (or whatever someone want to call it, but to be clear, it is when someone puts a bight of rope above their multicender) and use it often with a Quickie cinched to a branch. I know they look similar but I wish when people would post about it they would make sure it...
  14. Richard Mumford-yoyoman

    Roll N' Lock not holding....

    Couple of things. 1. RnL is good for 8-13mm rope so I doubt rope diameter was the cause. 2. Make sure it is properly configured, both the RnL and the 3:1 MA. Note the attached photos, look similar but one is set-up like an On-Bight redirect, the other typical 3:1 MA for limb walks. One has...
  15. Richard Mumford-yoyoman

    Question MRS DdRT vs. SRS SRT

    One more thing. The ascender that I designed has a longer body so it give the ascender more side load stability. The buckle is designed to be removed without having to pull it tighter first. The latch is designed so that it only goes away from the rope in order to be removed. The cam does...
  16. Richard Mumford-yoyoman

    Question MRS DdRT vs. SRS SRT

    Yes, I am not a fan of acronyms as well and I am not trying to change what we do. I just think there is more to it than trees that drop there leaves and trees that don't.
  17. Richard Mumford-yoyoman

    Question MRS DdRT vs. SRS SRT

    I understand not wanting the latch. I will say when a foot ascender is used with a knee ascender everything changes in that regard. There is no longer a great distance between the foot ascender and the next line controlling devise so it becomes very frustrating to keep it on the rope unless...
  18. Richard Mumford-yoyoman

    Question MRS DdRT vs. SRS SRT

    No setup and no special moment. I pretty much said it in post #59. There may have been an incident where a climber did not get fully, IMO, trained on the differences between going from one system to another system and how things work. To me it is NOT about acronyms but understanding how...
  19. Richard Mumford-yoyoman

    Question MRS DdRT vs. SRS SRT

    Nope. Not looking, been there, done that, made a video, debated and discussed it, gave it acrcronyms.
  20. Richard Mumford-yoyoman

    Question MRS DdRT vs. SRS SRT

    I think, if constrained to these terms, I described SRS to MRS to SRS. So point being the definitions are not working for me.

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