OAR ascender

[surveyor]

I have been improving my design. Here is a picture of my latest hand made Offset Ascending Rack. It is just over 6 inches long and weighs 14 oz. It uses three rack arms (with the pictured 6 steel friction points) and has a top spring loaded latch and bottom swivel gate. It is mid-line attachable and descends on a single rope by pulling down on the bottom rack arm, while modulating the descent speed with an index finger pulling gently down on the middle rack arm. The top rack then acts as a friction brake. On a double rope you pull down the middle and bottom rack arms, while modulating your descent with an index finger on the top rack.

 

[just_a_tree_guy]

cool but i'll take the blakes hitch .

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Would you post a side-on picture with the OAR on the rope?

PS...if you reduce the pic to about 650 pixels wide it won't roll under the right edge of the screen

 

[surveyor]

 

[Shawn]

wow, thats pretty wicked lookin! Id be interested in tryin one out sometime for sure. This is what I love about climbers, we are always tryin to figure out a better more efficient way to climb!

 

[treegazer]

Looks interesting, I would try it out some time.
Is it rated for life support?

 

[KentuckySawyer]

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cool but i'll take the blakes hitch .

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What happened to "open+minded=forever learning"?

 

[just_a_tree_guy]

still learning !