Replacing eye to eye

[KevinS]

I’ve always been on hitchcord eye to eye since my split tail days. There are so many new things out there help me out with the pros and cons. Zig zag, hitch climber, etc and so on. If I was to move away from hitch cord

 

[Burrapeg]

Love my ZZ. I use it singly for DdRT and also in tandem with a RW for SRT. Very smooth on descent, easy to use, BUT not midline attachable. Also have a Bulldog Bone which IS midline attachable and very handy but not quite as smooth on descent on any of my ropes. Often use them both on a climb where I might go up initially on the ZZ/RW but have the Bone racked on the saddle if I want to use the tail of the climbing line or the other end of a long lanyard for moving around or shifting the TIP up. The ZZ has an additional advantage if one wants to add some MA with a pulley hung above it on an ascender, since the ZZ has a pulley on the tail side which fairleads the tail back up nicely. This doesn't work as well with the Bone. Also, a Captain Hook is money well spent. I have one on the other end of my long lanyard and it is a great asset, very easy to get the hang of tossing and retrieving it, and it has multiple uses. One other thing (which I learned about here on the Buzz, thanks guys!) that I never climb without now, is one of those old time spring-loaded fly fishing reels. They are cheap on eBay and easily hold 50 to 75 feet of throwline. They are a great time saver for managing a throwline up in the tree.

 

[KevinS]

Can you use zz and rw for srt with no cordage

 

[Jehinten]

Can you use zz and rw for srt with no cordage

Yes, however the manufacturer does not approve of the ZZ use in SRT, but there are a lot of people doing it. There is also an aluminum tether being sold to join the two without the slop of a cordage tether attached by carabiner. If your interested just search for Reon Rounds on Google, he's the one making them.

 

[RopeShield]

You match the device for the work you do.
For example removal, tip reduction, sm or big tree etc
I switch up between non midline and midline attachable on most everey climb. No one device suits all

 

[islandarb]

Rope runner is the ticket. One sweet device.

 

[TimberJack]

What happened to the rock exotica rope runner?

 

[islandarb]

What happened to the rock exotica rope runner?

It died.

 

[TimberJack]

They need to hybridize the unicender to be more zig zag with a rope wrench built above and all mid line attachable and awesome. Kevin B has a brilliant mind to create his contraptions.