Simple climbing setup

[Mcsmith]

Here’s the new gear. Looking forward to trying it next climb. It runs nice on my door knob .

Have you had a chance to run it yet? I love my set up, only difference is the hitch cord


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[Njdelaney]

I have been climbing regularly for ten years, but I am not a pro arborist, so don't let my opinion on tree gear carry nearly as much weight as the others here. But I feel compelled to throw out my experience with Hyperclimb for what it's worth and to see if anyone else had a similar experience. Based on the recommendations of others here, including rico whose opinion I highly value, I bought some Hyperclimb a while back, and I am sorry to say that this is the only rope I ever tried that I judged as unacceptable for my use. I got 200' and the first thing I did was milk it. I milked 3 feet the first pass, 2 more feet the 2nd pass, and nothing the third pass. Climbing primarily with a hitch/Rope Wrench (some Rope Runner Pro and Bulldog Bone) with it seemed fine at first, but the more I used it, the more it flattened to the point it was more like a ribbon than a rope. I could have tolerated that, but when my knee ascender would not grab it, I had enough. It's very aggravating trying to step up on a knee ascender that grabs the rope only half the time. I didn't have that trouble with the foot ascender, but that is always grabbing a loose rope, while the knee ascender is always grabbing a taut rope. If the ribbon isn't oriented just right, the cam wouldn't catch it. Maybe there is something I need to learn about climbing that prevents this, or maybe I got a bad batch of rope, but whatever, I have no use for it. If someone wants it, I will sell it cheap.

@misfit how cheap you willing to sell that Hyperclimb for?

 

[misfit]

@misfit how cheap you willing to sell that Hyperclimb for?

@Njdelaney, I will send a private message to you.....

 

[EasternArborist]

Have you had a chance to run it yet? I love my set up, only difference is the hitch cord


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Not yet been in the lift lately , I am looking forward to trying it and will report back.

 

[EasternArborist]

Finally got to test the new setup. It was great. Way easier ascending compared to the lockjack. The tree was a horrible pine with vines to test but no complaints. I’m looking forward to testing again with a better climb. I can see what some people are saying about the hyper climb it has a feel to it like the inner core is separate from the outer sheath , where the older say true blue feels like one solid line. I don’t mind that at all the line was perfectly good for me. Thanks again for all the suggestions. Happy climbing !

 

[Burrapeg]

Second the recommendation for WesSpur above. Great people to deal with, always ship quickly, and some good sales at times. BUT, very dangerous to one's solvency to live near enough to visit their showroom in person.