SRT climbing line

Cougar blue is very similar to Yale 11.7, I liked it until I found weird defects in the rope. Treestuff had the same problem so they stopped selling it.
 
I use Sterling HTP 7/16 and it is great for working around the tree. When I started SRT, which was not long ago, I was using NE Safety Blue with a wrench. That lasted about 1.5 months. When I would base tie with around 130 feet of the NE, I would literally sink down 1-2 feet when I weighted it. I would take up slack, then sit down another 6". First time I sat on the HTP, It felt like a steel cable. Climbs the same. Very efficient at taking up slack, which is b!@#$ which stretchy rope.
 
The Sterling HTP showed up on wednesday, and got to use it on a job yesterday rigging down a few madrones and oaks over a home.
Set a line at 140 ft in a nearby Fir and using a HH2 headed on up. What a fucking dream. It was like walking up a cable with zero bounce or stretch on ascent, and just as nice when working the trees. Effortless, smooth as glass, and exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the help folks!
 
Yeah @rico, I learned something when I was buying mine. When Teufelberger lists the elongation of safety blue as 3.5% (50-150kg, 110-330lb), they literally mean that's the elongation when you go from 50kg to 150kg load. They don't mention the elongation from 0-50kg. I imagine the latter is probably 3%+ resulting in a lot of total stretch, maybe 6% total at 330lb. When Sterling says 2.5% at 300lb, they mean 2.5% 0-300lb. That's much less.
 
Htp is the way to go. Saw you opted for 11. If you get the chance try ten. At those heights the light weight should pay off
 
Jem4417 said:
Htp is the way to go. Saw you opted for 11. If you get the chance try ten. At those heights the light weight should pay off
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I still pull up ropes, rigging, and saws by myself many times, and anything smaller will destroy my grip. Try pulling a 562 with a 28” bar over a 100 ft in the air and you quickly realize that 11 mm is about as small as you would want to go. Love the HTP!
 
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rico said:
I still pull up ropes, rigging, and saws by myself many times, and anything smaller will destroy my grip. Try pulling a 562 with a 28” bar over a 100 ft in the air and you quickly realize that 11 mm is about as small as you would want to go. Love the HTP!
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I hear ya. I own eleven but the top climber at my work who I learned my majority from rocks it and says (modestly) if you can handle the small diameter it’s the Next’s level. I weigh 215 and he is 175 so that might contribute. But if your high tie ins are for work close to the spar it may offer some benefits if your hands aren’t pulling on it all day. Regardless you can’t go wrong on htp. For single (especially with a basetie) I cant climb on anything else. It’s tough as nails and doesn’t stretch. Srt=htp
 
rico said:
I still pull up ropes, rigging, and saws by myself many times, and anything smaller will destroy my grip. Try pulling a 562 with a 28” bar over a 100 ft in the air and you quickly realize that 11 mm is about as small as you would want to go. Love the HTP!
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You know all those fancy rope winch ascenders that are everywhere? If they made one that was lighter just for pulling your rope (or a saw or whatever you could do by hand), I would use it. I would use it at redirects to pull my tail up. I would use it for saws. I would use it to pull up heavy steel blocks. I would use it for heavy rigging lines.
But only if it was small enough to justify it.
 
rico said:
I still pull up ropes, rigging, and saws by myself many times, and anything smaller will destroy my grip. Try pulling a 562 with a 28” bar over a 100 ft in the air and you quickly realize that 11 mm is about as small as you would want to go. Love the HTP!
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Rico, try this little tip for pulling heavy shit up a tree. The rap and tug. Run a pulley with a second rope and tie it to your self put a cam lock in the top to progress save it. Just rappel with it and climb back up to get it. Save some the arms dude. Done it many many times.
 
Foot ascender or hand ascender/Climbing Innovations Wrist rocket.

Too much work for a saw to counter-weight haul. That's for wall-hauling on big walls.

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Foot ascender or hand ascender/Climbing Innovations Wrist rocket.

Too much work for a saw to counter-weight haul. That's for wall-hauling on big walls.

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It’s not really, for one, it’s much faster and if you are using climbing aids it’s still easier on the arms and legs. But yes you can can pump stuff up using legs and a foot ascender but even that is hard after a while. Seriously with man saws and a extra tag line body hauling can be a fast and easy way.
 
Ran the HTP with HRC, a 3 & 3 VT, and a Rope Wrench on a little 140-145 ft Fir removal today. Speechless!
 
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