I finally bit the SRT bullet.

Stumper

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Tom, You can be proud-your gentle preching is having an effect. I ascended SRT today-I started to type "for the first time" but it actually wasn't the first time-just the first time that I was a serious ascent with proper gear that was dialed in close enough that it was efficient. Nothing earth shattering but for all the the others out there who are avoiding SRT because it is new to you and requires some additional hardware-take the plunge....er...sorry, bad idiom....GO FOR IT! It really is a LOT easier than body thrusting.
 
All right! Welcome J!. Another SRT acolyte! --Good news Tom.
For speed and efficiency of lineal movement or energy it's hard to beat. Long vertical climbers know this. Also you don't have to nurse two lines all the way up or worry about double ascenders functioning properly. And man with the frog walking setup similar to Tobe Sherrill's you can really fly while walking up the rope.
 
I started SRT about 1-1/2 years ago, and it works very well for me. I am glad to hear that another climber sees merit in it...

I feel that it is much easier on my body, and for those that say the ascent is slower, I say I spend less time isolating my line.

When u are in the middle ages, any advantage to ease versus speed I look at.

gopher
 
Welcome to the club!

I just got an email from Morgan, the guy who makes the Unicender. It sounds like he might be making a separate model for sub half inch ropes.

Peter Gerstenberger has asked me to do a talk at Expo on SRT.

There is becoming a bit more acceptance of SRT. In fact, some of the climbs in the Masters Challenge at the ITCC were done off of a floating false crotch after a DdRT/SRT ascent.

Strong limbs and single ropes!
 
Hi Tom and fellow SRT enthusiasts

Have you seen one of these?
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Its the Petzl ASAP, not yet available in USA pending certification. Looks like we're ahead for a change!
 
If you ascent SRT... what happens when you need to move within the tree though? You can't switch over to DdRT because your line is tied to another tree or the current tree base? Unless you are ascending with a running bowline set up from the ground...

mateo
 
IN the left picture the climber has pulled all fo the rope through the redi and moved on. This is what I would probably do in the case of moving to another tree or section of the tree.

IN the right drawing the climber has dropped through a natural redi. The angled red line is the section of rope that goes to the friction hitch. The looped green line sis the section of rope that goes from the friction back through the redi and to the ground. When the climber moves back towards the trunk the loop of green rope can be cleared.
 

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Tom,
Nice diagrams /forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif I do see what you are saying, it doesn't seem like it would be too bad to work out. What about trees over 70ft though? Because you're suppose to have 3xTreeHeight. I suppose you could make someone come get you if you run into trouble /forum/images/graemlins/crazy.gif What about the running bowline I mentioned before, put in place from the gorund, does anybody do that? There would be no ground belay option, but again, unless you're carrying a spool with you, neither will an 80 foot tree.

mateo
 
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