Petzl Fixe pulley

[jerseygirl]

i am one happy climber at this date and time in space.

I have done two climbs with this and find that the setup in the picture working well for me.

I have to, as they say, tweet a few thing, the lenght of the cord (bluecord), the placement on my running or UP rope. as you see it is a little, long. i see that if i shorten that cord and move it down a bit it works differently.

Right now i shorten the cord by adding a wrap. I will trim to the best lenght in a few more climbs.

HOPE is that this weekend in KY - i get a little bit more advise, which i thank you all for.


THANK TO ALL for your input on this - you all are just so great to me.

jz

 

[joe]

Thank you sir. The set up you described works well for me.

Joe

 

[treebing]

this is one of my favorite uses of a fixe. along with a hitchclimber, a nice setup for climbing on a three to one can be acomplished.

 

[treebing]

here is how you get the three to one up into the tree.
you can also pull the pulley up into the tree with a blakes hitch or other configuration.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi8ZrH10CSI&feature=related

off of the bottom of the hitchclimber fixe combo, i have a regular ddrt system that allows one to work regular off of that bottom biner. (you can have two biners there or a pulley if your worried about bend ratio).

its fun.

 

[treebing]

though not really retrievable.

 

[treebing]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94nAxX2Mz0s&feature=related

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM4DAWWQkPI&NR=1

 

[RobJMurf]

Whats up the top?

 

[treebing]

you basically tie a pulley to a normal climbing system. Ie blakes hitch and pulley or VT. Then you take the tail and run it through your hitch climber and then back through the pulley up top. Then you pull the top pulley up as high as you can before running out of rope. basically the same way you pull a climber into the tree but instead your pulling a pulley.


then you pull yourself up. Its cool cause once you reach the pulley you can pull it up the rest of the way into the tree. This means your not limited by the length of your rope.

Since there is a climbing system at the top, when your done you can clip into the top system, undo the bottom section and decend normal ddrt.

 

[treebing]

I guess this would be refered to as ttrt. maybe?

 

[treebing]

oh heres a picture of the top. I have since found that a blakes hitch and traditional system for the top s better cause its less gear. You can even use a snap instead of a pulley because your not really climbing on it. a blakes hitch holds better.

 

[moss]

[ QUOTE ]
...It seems to me that we are developing a double standard with respect to the requirements for back-ups, at least at the competitions. Why should an ascender require a back-up but a climbing hitch not. The arguments I’ve been hearing aren’t very good:

• If the cam in an ascender failed, the climber could have a serious fall.—Well, if the eye splice or termination knot on a Prusik cord or the cord itself failed, you could have the same result. Why require a back-up for one system and not the other? Nobody seems to be looking at actual equipment failure rates. Just how “unsafe” are ascenders anyway?—

[/ QUOTE ]

The entire quote (just part of it above) in Paul's post is the most rational statement on SRT backup pros and cons I've heard in a long time. Deserves a new thread for sure.

The key point for me in Paul's post is the following:
"For both friction hitches and ascenders, the need for back-up needs to be determined on a situation-by-situation basis by competent climbers. And, what we need to focus on for both ascender and friction hitch use is developing competent users."

-moss

 

[Colin]

mods can we move these statements to the marbar thread? this way the info would be easier to find.