Can you work srt with just a prussik??
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Tony
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Lancaster, PA
Tony
Carpal tunnel level member
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- Lancaster, PA
Brocky,
If the line is doubled over a canopy anchor w/ a hitch on each leg, anchored independently, then the system can be configured in other 2:1 (MRS) or 1:1 (SRS). Depends on how many knots you move at one time. This is the functionality I was referring too.
Two hitches on a single leg of an anchored line could be used for descent or ascent if activated one at a time. This is the basis for a Mitchel climbing system although a Mitchel system typically uses mechanicals.
Tony
If the line is doubled over a canopy anchor w/ a hitch on each leg, anchored independently, then the system can be configured in other 2:1 (MRS) or 1:1 (SRS). Depends on how many knots you move at one time. This is the functionality I was referring too.
Two hitches on a single leg of an anchored line could be used for descent or ascent if activated one at a time. This is the basis for a Mitchel climbing system although a Mitchel system typically uses mechanicals.
Tony
Tony
Carpal tunnel level member
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- Lancaster, PA
I think AR is one of the best suited scenarios for a double hitch system. Makes picks off much easier. Along with a host of other advantages.
Tony
- Location
- Lexington
The other day I isolated my TIP, sent up a running bowline canopy anchor, tied on my Schwabish and Hitchclimber, threw one of my lanyards over my shoulder to advance the Hitchclimber, ascended with the Velox and foot ascender to the TIP, and switched over to DdRT for work by just throwing a biner on. Left the Rope Wrench and 4SRT chest harness in the gear bag. I loved it and will definitely be doing it again
Jem4417
Branched out member
How do you feel about ascending on a hitch climber set up connected to your center d ring with no wrench or added friction all in single line formation? I’ve practiced this with success and have seen others but i watched a two year climber whisky throttle to the ground from 25 feet and i know I’ve been close.
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I wouldn't recommend using only a hitch...at least today. A cord/hitch combo may come along someday but it isn't here today
moss
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Carlisle, Massachusetts, U.S.
Just so people know, since I weigh 132 lbs without gear on, I can report that every hitch I've ever tried will bind up on descent SRT. Body weight makes a difference in multicender performance but being a lightweight does not stop hitches from binding up tight. Yes there is probably some magic formula with some super fat hitch cord and just the right line that it would sort of work but... it has to work right, consistently, every time, within a reasonable functional range and reasonably efficient use (installation, climb speed etc.) or there's no point.
-AJ
These are different cords and ropes using the OvalVT
The first is Bailout on True Blue, the second is 6mm on 9mm for a lanyard, and the third, my 9mm climb line with a 8mm cord. All function the same. Beeline or dyneema core cords don't seem to work from my trials.
The first is Bailout on True Blue, the second is 6mm on 9mm for a lanyard, and the third, my 9mm climb line with a 8mm cord. All function the same. Beeline or dyneema core cords don't seem to work from my trials.
- Location
- Lexington
Why was he grabbing the hitch while ascending?
Do you mean just ascent, or working?
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- Retired in Minneapolis
Jason
My goal for SRT has always been to find s two way system with no changeover. Who thinks that during ascent you won't need to descend? Think of a bee or hornet retreat
I'll drink cheap coffee in order to budget for a multicender
I like how the Oval VT looks in the pictures. If this solution works on a wide variety of ropes and hitch cords it has merit. After spending a year trying to find a hitch and rope combo that would ascend and release I came to the conclusion that a ring or biner would
Need to be incorporated into the hitch to smooth out
The grab/release. But...Morgan came on the scene with the Unicender so I abandoned my hitch experiments. I would be tickled if the Oval VT warms up the search I left 15 or so years ago
My goal for SRT has always been to find s two way system with no changeover. Who thinks that during ascent you won't need to descend? Think of a bee or hornet retreat
I'll drink cheap coffee in order to budget for a multicender
I like how the Oval VT looks in the pictures. If this solution works on a wide variety of ropes and hitch cords it has merit. After spending a year trying to find a hitch and rope combo that would ascend and release I came to the conclusion that a ring or biner would
Need to be incorporated into the hitch to smooth out
The grab/release. But...Morgan came on the scene with the Unicender so I abandoned my hitch experiments. I would be tickled if the Oval VT warms up the search I left 15 or so years ago
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- Lexington
Valid point. I've only done the ascend-on-hitch-alone-then-switch-to-DdRT-at-TIP a couple times now, just to do something a little different. I use a Rope Wrench when working SRT. If it's a tree where I'm going to move my tie-in a couple times, I like DdRT, but if it's a high climb and can't put my feet against the trunk, I don't feel like humping it all the way up so I'll ascend SRT. Only downside is I don't like my Wrench dangling from my Caritool after the switch
moss
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Carlisle, Massachusetts, U.S.
moss
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Carlisle, Massachusetts, U.S.
The overhand knot acts like a pulley with slightly more drag. I connect my neck tender to the legs and the knot pushes up the wraps. It one hand tends on the lanyard also. Adding a pulley doesn't work because it forces the oval carabiner out of position. It eliminates the need for a pulley, and if you look close at the two in the tree pictures, I've also eliminated two carabiners by using a soft shackle type connection on the hitch cords instead of eyes.
theatertech87
Branched out member
- Location
- Rochester
I'm curious about how you're tying that, if it's an extra long piece of cord if it works better or worse with different prussik cord or carabineer combinations
The hitch is basically a 4-2 VT with the second braid being an overhand knot, and an oval carabiner added, aluminum or steel work the same.
First, do the four wraps, or round turns and the braid in front. You can add the carabiner now, or if it's a ring it has to be now.
Second, turn the hitch 180 degrees, bring the ends together and make sure they are the same length.
Third, tie the overhand. To tie it, the eye legs have to be flexible and compact to end up with a short hitch. Tied eyes will need a large loop for them to go through resulting in longer legs. Spliced eyes would also have to be longer because they don't bend for a few inches, again resulting in a longer hitch. Sewn eyes,or tying the eyes after the hitch make a shorter hitch.
Insert the carabiner in the front braid and bring the eyes to the front through the carabiner, and clip as usual to your harness.
The position of the overhand determines how much friction for the hitch to function. If it's lower, it will slide easier but not grab as reliably. Higher up, closer to the wraps, it will grab each time, but requires more effort to move. I have found that the hitch needs to be a little tight at first, as the overhand knot will tighten more with use and lengthen slightly.
The Bailout, with sewn eyes, on half inch rope needs to be 36" to tie the overhand.
The soft shackle hitch cord doesn't have this problem as it is flexible and can make a very short connection without a carabiner.
First, do the four wraps, or round turns and the braid in front. You can add the carabiner now, or if it's a ring it has to be now.
Second, turn the hitch 180 degrees, bring the ends together and make sure they are the same length.
Third, tie the overhand. To tie it, the eye legs have to be flexible and compact to end up with a short hitch. Tied eyes will need a large loop for them to go through resulting in longer legs. Spliced eyes would also have to be longer because they don't bend for a few inches, again resulting in a longer hitch. Sewn eyes,or tying the eyes after the hitch make a shorter hitch.
Insert the carabiner in the front braid and bring the eyes to the front through the carabiner, and clip as usual to your harness.
The position of the overhand determines how much friction for the hitch to function. If it's lower, it will slide easier but not grab as reliably. Higher up, closer to the wraps, it will grab each time, but requires more effort to move. I have found that the hitch needs to be a little tight at first, as the overhand knot will tighten more with use and lengthen slightly.
The Bailout, with sewn eyes, on half inch rope needs to be 36" to tie the overhand.
The soft shackle hitch cord doesn't have this problem as it is flexible and can make a very short connection without a carabiner.
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