Equipment question

so, i had exactly enough money left on my REI gift card to buy a handle ascender today, but it took a lot of consideration. using it for the first time today made me wish i had bought one long ago.

i tried SRT again today with it and had much more success. I climbed a tall fir Ddrt with the handle-foot-loop and a hitch-pulley and it went very fast! no more humping up for me! Then I set up a SRT line around the trunk with a running bowline with Yosemite tie off and climbing with the handled ascender and hitch witch also worked well.

SO, long and short of it is, i like my new toy, recommend it.
 
Kevin, that was sure a nice picture, thank you, but I couldn't make our the exact detail. Clever, though, from what I could see you figured out a way to contain the line. As necessity is the mother of invention.

On another note, over the years, I have found the Pantine to be a wonderful assistant in rope climbing techinque. It's there when you want it--- Well, once there is enough rope below to taught the line it is as easy to enguage as to disenguage. Does take practice though and conciencious effort either way.

While not considered PPE it's what's up above that counts.

After getting it adjusted to my shoe size I did have to sew some stitches in the webbing to keep it from blowing out. Leaving me stranded mid-line wondering what the deal was. After figuring it out-- no big deal.

Great device.

Jerry B
 
Thanks J, here's a picture of the back side.
I used leather because that's what I had but Tom suggested using webbing which would work as well.
 

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Whenever accessing high trees I always use the rope walk technique. I think there are pictures of it and other methods in the sherril catalogue. The trick is to use a high quality full static rope ie. dyneema or spectra core, they are not cheap but a great investment. If you are climbing alot of high trees you dont want to waste efficiency with drt or rope stretch.
The cam in the petzl pantin can easily be replaced with the cam from a petzl hand ascender which has a locking device on it.
 

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this might be a dumb question, but i havent really seen someone climbing that far out a limb, and ive heard eucs can be sorta weak. is that setup safe? i'm not saying its not, im saying that i really dont know if thats normal and im curious. it looks really fun, makes me wish i lived a little further south. anyway, thanks
 
the tree was around the 200 foot mark, as for safety, the rope was set with a big shot and runs through the top of the tree so the limb is only acting as a redirect. This is the tree from another angle.
 

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Hey I collected eggs in about a dozen heron rookeries in the 70's.

Roped in from other trees to reach nests in tiny branches.

Also made an egg cup that I used on a 14' extendable pole. This saved me many times as the nests were really hard to get to.

Also be prepared to be intimidated by the birds...they look pretty scary coming at you on end as they manuever around trees. Also... be ready to be shat upon!

I remember some of the climbing I did on that project as absolutely crazy. I won't bore you all with that!

These days I seem to be inspecting as lot of eagles nests.

Scott
 
Im having problems keeping my bottom foot strap on my pantin 'i get half way strap kicks out.what kind of throw line are you using cody with your big shot ,nice high shots.
 
Stickman, here's a picture my Pantin with a strap added (open). I have two snaps on the strap for adjustability.

The idea for the strap was given to me by several ‘buzz members from an older thread. (Maybe, earlier in this thread.)

Kevin, for one, recently posted a front and backup view of his strap/snap. It’s very nicely done (I like his better than mine), but I had the strap and no leather.

No more problems with my line slipping out.
Jim
 

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I know that this has been mentioned before but I did'nt see it in this thread.

The Pantin was designed, either intentionally or accidentally, to come off the rope with a backward kick. If you can minimize the motion you will minimize the rope coming off.

This was copied from the Petzl site:

Diagram 1. Positioning of the device
A. On the inside of the right foot: The straps are fully
adjustable to adapt to your footwear and to allow the
height to be altered (low position for more power, high
position for better comfort).
B. On the rope: push the cam to install the rope. To eject
the rope from the PANTIN, make a simple backward
kicking movement (there is no safety catch).


As others have mentioned there are good ways to prevent the kick out. I sure like Kevin's mods, nice work.
 
i believe they made that for more the rock and cavers. you cant always have full movement of a hand to undo a safety snap so its a simple kick. the pantin is one of those items that have been taken by arborists like ourselves and used in trees, to the equipment is not made specifically for us, yet still works rather well with simple modifications.
 
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