John_KAYS
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Eastern PA
nice idea. I'll keep that in mind as I get this thing dialed in and incorporated into my bag o' tools.
DMM throw hook.
- Thread starter Huskyman
- Start date
I've been following on this thread for awhile and ended up making my own hook. Progress capture has been different than I imagined and the foot ascender is more necessary than I thought with the angles you end up having to pull yourself at. Ive never had my hands on a wild country ropeman...any thoughts on if that would work for progress capture while using a foot ascender? What about a traxion?
I'm using oceans 30 in. 10mm michoacan hitch on a biner. The hitch gets tight on descent if I don't watch it, but my descents are usually short enough that it doesn't factor in by the time my other line takes the weight. I'd like a micropulley to tend on ascent... Seems like most modern multicenders are ideal. I'd run a rope runner or rope wrench right now, if I had it. Pair of akimbos would be excellent...
So my use of it is going to be rare but I want it to be available for quick deployment on the tail of my rope when I do use it. Because I won't be using it a ton, I don't want something expensive, maybe just keep an extra hitch cord/pulley and tie it as needed....
TimBr
Official Well Known Greeter
- Location
- Northern Virginia
I'm not sure, but both of the devices you mentioned are one way only, if I'm thinking correctly, and need to be unweighted to be released. I think I'd prefer the hitch solution you've already come up with. The Rope Wrench is a pretty cheap SRT option, if you're concerned about the hitch binding.
Tim
Although, the multicender is dependent on weight orientation, which changes when using two lines. What do you guys do on traverses and other circumstances where that happens? I had a guy get stuck mid-traverse on a rope wrench - too much friction from the wrench. He hauled himself up a few inches, broke the wrench, and kept on with just the hitch engaged.
CutHighnLetFly
Been here a while
- Location
- Cape Cod, MA
What's wrong with a munter hitch if you wanna go down on it?
Or maybe a RE micro8? They're perfect for 11mm and smaller ropes and it has a pretty secure "soft lock". Slips on and off, super small and light. just seems like a legit multicender or rope wrench would be over kill for something that's ment more to get from point A to point B as opposed to hanging from and work from points A and B
Or maybe a RE micro8? They're perfect for 11mm and smaller ropes and it has a pretty secure "soft lock". Slips on and off, super small and light. just seems like a legit multicender or rope wrench would be over kill for something that's ment more to get from point A to point B as opposed to hanging from and work from points A and B
Last edited:
moss
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Carlisle, Massachusetts, U.S.
Wherever you throw your hook you have to assume you may have to go get it if it gets stuck. Don't send it where you don't want to go ;-)
-AJ
moss
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Carlisle, Massachusetts, U.S.
I think part of why that happened is just a limit on how flat your rope angles can be on a traverses. When I'm traversing on two systems I quickly find if I'm pushing the angles too flat, it gets very hard to pull rope through the system (hook for example) on the destination anchor. But if the wrench is on your "leading" system when that starts to happen, just disengage the wrench (leave the tether attached) and use the hitch to capture progress. Your guy learned that the hard way, he must be very strong ;-)
-AJ
moss
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Carlisle, Massachusetts, U.S.
deleted duplicate post ;-)
moss
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Carlisle, Massachusetts, U.S.
Finally got to test my Petzl Microcender as a quick RADS set up with my Cinch on the hook line. Worked out excellent. This is for the situation many have encountered when the hook line gets too steep when you're using a device like a Cinch for progress capture. You can do this very easily with a hitch to create the RADS but the microcender is very fast on/off the rope and compact enough to keep around in my hook bag.
-AJ
-AJ
One way to descend is to grab above the hitch with one hand and pull to take weight off of the hitch. Grabbing above engages your body weight instead of just using arm strength if you grab below the hitch. Keep squeezing with your left hand as you go down so the hitch doesn't bind up again. I save a little wear on my grippy gloves by grabbing a cordura nylon cambium/friction saver that I use on my lanyard.
He was on a single line traverse where the line tail was secured in a portawrap after going over a branch in the second tree.
monkeylove
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Roslyn, Pa.
In my world all the time. That is exactly why I went 11.7 on mine, I treat it like any other line I have. Remembering of course that is never my only attachment to the tree.
CutHighnLetFly
Been here a while
- Location
- Cape Cod, MA
Frank I dare you to try to tell us you won't have your hands on a Lynx for you hook before 2017!
