Custom splice for SRT setup

Love the Frog tech SRT , I have been using it for a while and it's great on all my palm climbs .. Great vid

later in SO-CAL
 

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That is an excellent idea. I have worked with it a few times to figure out a good splice. Really hard to explain, but really I just splice a brummell midline, and then use the two tails, one for the foot loop, and the other, shorter one for the tether to the croll.
Where can I get an ascender like the one Joe has in the video? Also, is their any need for a prussic style back-up with this system? I mean you are climbing with two ascenders backing each-other up. How would this roll in a comp??
 
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Where can I get an ascender like the one Joe has in the video? Also, is their any need for a prussic style back-up with this system? I mean you are climbing with two ascenders backing each-other up. How would this roll in a comp??

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Thats what I've wondered. I use the ascentree, and am tethered to both that, and have the croll directly on my bridge. "Just in case", I have some cordage tied to the top attachment points on the handled ascender, and just tie it on with a blakes, but wonder if thats "too" redundant.
 
I was thinking of splicing up a whoopie sling but make the bury of the fixed eye extra long so I can use the end of the taper to make another locked eye out of it. Hope that make sense.

The ascender in the video is a Kong Futura, heres a link,

http://www.treetools.co.nz/_product_85127/Kong_Futura_%28Left%29

I think in competions you have to have the top ascender backed up with a toothless cam (Petzl Shunt) or prussic in case the hand ascender gets shock loaded and shreads the rope.. not 100% sure on that though. I currently have a petzl croll which backs up my hand acsender connected with a rated sling. I connect straight to the croll.

I use this setup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtqmTSLeSPE
 
I use the kong futura, it's neat and compact.

I don't back it up with anything or even feel the need to connect it to me.

But my "chest" ascender is either a uni or ropewrench with hitch, so the ascender is really just a hand assist rather than a life support connection.

As Kevin B has brought up, I too really dont like being attached to a one-way toothed cam that i cant release if hanging in it with my body weight. If something goes badly wrong i'd like to be able to just let go and descend out on a hitch/wrench or uni.

The kong futura really gives a natural feeling hand hold on the rope, i prefer it over a handle on some funny un-natural angle.

We also have them in Australia at Treegear | Kong Futura Hand Ascenders

I even did a bit of "product testing" with that set up just today in this Mountain Ash - video to come!

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That is an excellent idea. I have worked with it a few times to figure out a good splice. Really hard to explain, but really I just splice a brummell midline, and then use the two tails, one for the foot loop, and the other, shorter one for the tether to the croll.
Where can I get an ascender like the one Joe has in the video? Also, is their any need for a prussic style back-up with this system? I mean you are climbing with two ascenders backing each-other up. How would this roll in a comp??

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Hey John, I'm 99% sure that two ascenders is legit in a comp. One backs up the other. It sounds like you have the right idea about the splice, I think Nick posted something similar some time back. All you have to do to make it adjustable would be a whoopie style splice on the foot loop side.
 
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Hey guys..

Going to have a go at the "custom splice" that connects hand accender and croll aswell as having an adjustable foot loop, spliced from one piece of tennex (hollow Braid)

Is featured in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SpQ1AC0Ikw

If anyone has spliced one, any tips/instruction would be good

cheers

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Yup ... used that 'splice' for a while ... works well!

Here's a LINK to a thread that covers one significant aspect of the concept.

And here's a VIDEO of the foot-loop ... but there's a newer version of the foot-loop that is even simpler to use (no vid yet).


edit: a video now exist - Link to thread
 
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