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simplyarbor

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sorry all, i searched in detail, but was unable to come up with the information I am looking for... Im hoping that a few will be able to chime in and give me some advice. Im switching from a traditional blakes system to a distel/micropulley in the near future and am wondering what hitch you use for termination on the carabiner? I am leaning towards the anchor hitch with a stopper knot, but wanted to be sure before i start off in my pondo, slow and low. thanks in advance!!
 
Welcome to the Buzz.

I use spliced eye and eye hitches now but I used to use double fisherman or triple fisherman knots to terminate to the carabiner. Would change between double or triple to add or reduce the overall length of the hitch. Theres also no need for a stopper knot with the fisherman knots. It is a nice secure, compact and safe knot. Still use it for other terminations such as lanyard to snap.

Im sure there are other ways and hopefully other buzzers will add to this!
 
Anchor hitch is perfect. Great knot all around. Easy to tie,...easy to untie. My be alittle bulky depending on your system, but so is all termination knots. Climbed on an Anchor with distel after Blakes as well and you'll never look back
 
What part are you talking about...your climbing line to your carabiner or the hitch cord to the carabiner?

For my climbing line I have it spliced and for my hitch cord I tie a double fishermans.

However before I had the stuff I use and have today I used an anchor hitch to secure my climb line to my carabiner.
 
thanks guys! i was referring to hitch cord to carabiner. I currently use a buntline to carabiner on my climbline. I will try the anchor, buntline, and fisherman knots and see what works best.
 
OH! Double fishermans Fo Show! Tell you the truth I've never seen an anchor hitch for hitch cord termination. Pretty cool! Why not
 
Sorry, but only said double fishermans cause the knot is simple, easy to TDS, beautiful, compact, and cinches very well on a carabiner/or snap /or anything else.
 
Unless your burning up your hitches I suggest spliced eyes, if it's beeline then grizzly spliced eyes. IMO the splices make for a more sleek friction hitch assembly. But I'm new here so don't take my word for it, I'm curious too.
 
i would prefer to have spliced eyes on my hitch cord, but a work injury is preventing me from spending a whole lot on gear right now... I am really just trying to find a system i like right now (since i have a lot of down time) and once i find it, will cough up for a more refined system that can be used everyday. i'm not opposed to knot terminations, but for a more simple, uncluttered set-up i would rather have spliced.
 
If your just making the switch I would recommend aginst spliced eyes on your hitch cord. Bulk hitch cord is cheap! Buy 3 or 4 types for the price you would spend on one eye to eye spliced one, and experiment. You can see what cord works best for you, what lenght, and what friction hitch. Once you have it down then spend the bucks (still not much) for the splices. What I've been known to do is make a purchase and spend a few extra bucks and get a chunk of hitch cord to play with. Even if you don't like it, you will find a use for it. Use it for a laynard, small sling, for zip lines, hitch for rigging or an ajustable friction saver.

I have found that double fisherman (scaffold) knots only become an issue for me on a hitch climber or a prusik minding pully with more than one eye. The knots can be bulky if using a scaffold to tie in with and scaffolds on your hitch.

The most messing around that I've had to contend with is using the hitch climber with a vt while using a triple scaffold to tie in with. The scaffold knot would foul up on my VT and the friction hitch wouldn't set. Now I'm climbing on spliced tachyon, hitch climber, VT, and use Ice Tail for my friction cord. I'm loving the setup even though it can be a little "slick" at times.

Hope I could be of some help
 
Evo has a good point there....when climbing you want to make sure that everything is working and beilng loaded as should be. A set off three fisherman knots in the biner will result in a bad angle off force and loading and makes your system jam or run slowly. Use a hitchclimber if that's in the toolbox or else work with spliced eyes.

I climb on a hitchclimber setup with eye spliced yale blaze in the upper biner and a short ocean polyester with a pair of fisherman knots tied diercetly onto the lower biner.
Before I used to climb with one biner and all the fishermans and climbingline together and that makes the system slow and it jammed the smooth function off the hitchclimber and the advance off the VT while climbing.
Other problem is that the biner is loaded in a pretty stupid way what may result in a lot less load bearing capaity.

climb safe

wouter
 
I was under the impression that anything attached to a carabiner has to be a cinch knot, such as double fish, or anchor, as per ANSI. Does that apply to hitch cordage aswell?
 
Spliced eye and double fishermans on a hitch climber works well. If your going to buy a micro pulley for advancing your hitch the hitch climber is well worth the extra money. And welcome to the the BUZZ
 
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