First day on the rope runner

Swan did for more hours than me. I think weight has a pronounced effect on how that line reacts. I found it stored energy, so you would sometimes try to feather release and it would jump all of a sudden. Perhaps due to the random weave.

Funny that Tachyon can technically store a lot of energy due to its elongation, but its ability to stay rounder than many other lines, along a smoother jacket make it so predictable.
 
That was very well stated, I could never get imprint dialed in with either mechanical. Works great with the wrench. I just revisited it to see if it worked better with some wear on the bollards. Didn't help much. It's just jumpy and unpredictable.
 
I love the runner on imori, works great for me. My bollard is nicely broken in, helps quite a bit. I flipped it around there other day to the unworn side - jumpy. My imori isn't very old, though. So will see how it goes when it's shape shifts.

So true - my old tachyon is still completely round.
 
Since this seems to be THE RR thread I will ask my question here.

Been looking at different rope with the RR, I've only used Cherry Bomb and just recently Tachyon. From my beginner perspective I found CB to hold it's shape well, very static, after using it for a couple of months gets kind of stiff and when climbing feels like I'm grabbing a metal rod, which after a day of climbing starts to really hurt the joints in my hands. The Tachyon flattens more, bouncy, but doesn't seem to get quite as stiff.

I'm looking for a rope with a balance between performance and comfort, durability isn't as much of an issue since I'm just a rec climber tending to my own trees and mainly foot-locking.

So, performance with the RR while foot-locking easy on the hands?

What other ropes would you suggest?

Was looking the the Yale 11.7 Luna, blue moon, poison ivy, prism, aztec, arrowfrog, I guess those are all the same, what's your thoughts on that rope?
 
Yale 11.7, kernmaster, km3, escalator, for slightly skinnier lines.

Vortex, 13mm kern, 1/2 km3 for fatter lines.

The escalator is very static which is nice. The 11.7 Yale is great and what I mainly climbed with while developing and testing the runner.
 
Thanks for the suggestions guys. Thanks Kevin for the input!

Did a few climbs today with the CB, I take back the part about it holding it's shape well. I couldn't figure out why I wasn't stopping as well with the last 20' of my rope, figured it was stretched a little thinner from use. It's flattish and I can't work it out, goes back to oblong shaped. I'm assuming that's from repeatedly putting on the brakes in that spot?

Anyway, think I'm going to try Some 1/2 km3 and Yale Arrowfrog. Is this where the sickness starts?
 
fitz said:
Thanks for the suggestions guys. Thanks Kevin for the input!

Did a few climbs today with the CB, I take back the part about it holding it's shape well. I couldn't figure out why I wasn't stopping as well with the last 20' of my rope, figured it was stretched a little thinner from use. It's flattish and I can't work it out, goes back to oblong shaped. I'm assuming that's from repeatedly putting on the brakes in that spot?

Anyway, think I'm going to try Some 1/2 km3 and Yale Arrowfrog. Is this where the sickness starts?
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I like the yale arrowfrog a lot, but this happens to me as well. Further away from my tie in point, the more I start to drift. At first, before I moved the top bolt on the runner I could climb most of the tree with perfection and quite smooth, and as I got further away from the tie in point I felt like I was on a figure 8 on decent. Seems that all devices and even hitches do this in one way or another. Why exactly does this happen? Enlighten me please!
 
MikePowers321 said:
...Seems that all devices and even hitches do this in one way or another. Why exactly does this happen? Enlighten me please!
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Not all climbing devices do this, it is caused by the rope bending component. A simple hitch will work the same with 10' of tail weight or 1000' as long as you are not adding a rope bending component.
 
DSMc said:
Not all climbing devices do this, it is caused by the rope bending component. A simple hitch will work the same with 10' of tail weight or 1000' as long as you are not adding a rope bending component.
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But lets say you are climbing Ddrt...when you are 70ft from your tie in point, it seems to run fast and it runs hot. More so than when you are near your tie in. Seems to happen with mechanicals and Srt as well. Is it related? Just wondering, in terms of physics, why this is. I can feel what is happening but I don't think I have a proper explanation in my mind.
 
This may even be elementary to some of you guys. I just never seemed to care much before. But now I'm looking for a scientific answer I suppose.
 
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