This is the Akimbo

[Crimsonking]

The on/off shines when working large crowns. I was able to pass the akimbo through a fork and climb on a bight to work the section, then work my way back to the tail, pop the rope out, and pull the bight out of the fork.

 

[Treezybreez]

So far my only complaint is that the little wire gate thing pops off all the time while I am ascending. Annoying but it is still my favorite SRT system. I climb on a Lockjack 90% of the time but when I need a second tie in or I want to climb SRT the Akimbo comes out to play.

Anybody have tricks for keeping it from popping off while using that tending point?

I made a little Paracord loop on the main attachment point that I clip my lanyard into. It works, but I still prefer the BDB.

 

[Acerxharlowii]

Yeah, I was wondering about this. I thought the big selling point of the Compact Adjustable Bulldog Bone and the Akimbo was that they were both quick and easy to get on and off of a rope, with no need to risk dropping them. Is getting the Akimbo onto or off of a rope a mildly tough thing to do sometimes, maybe because of the size of the rope, or something? I thought the whole thing was supposed to pop open easily, once you took your weight off of the rope. I'd love to have you comment on the ease of this operation, or the lack thereof. Thanks in advance.

Tim

It’s super easy to get on and off. It takes two seconds. I prefer doing that and just passing the rope over. Lanyarded in of course

 

[oceans]

Getting rope in and out of the device is easy when you’re standing on the ground. Once aloft, you e got tail weight and other factors that make it feel more finicky.

Make sure your fingers don’t open the bollard keepers on the back side...
Keep the thing fully open while loading and start from top bollard to bottom bollard...
Keep the lower attachment point open as well when loading the lower bollard...

All things that become second nature. While the Akimbo and the Bone are both great, perhaps I’m just more used to loading the CBDB and find it easier. Maybe in time I won’t think that.

 

[Greg_L]

The on/off shines when working large crowns. I was able to pass the akimbo through a fork and climb on a bight to work the section, then work my way back to the tail, pop the rope out, and pull the bight out of the fork.

Absolutely.
Similarly, a few years back Oceans and a few others were talking about ways to pass limbs that your line is redirected through, particularly on the way up. One of these methods, that a few called 'chasing the prussic' or something like that, really shines with this device. Tie a prussic above the branch, clip in to it, descend/traverse down to below the next tip, and then disconnect the rope from the device and pull the tail through. Bam.

 

[TimBr]

@oceans; @Treezybreez; @Acerxharlowii; Thanks for the great answers. For those of you who also own the Compact Adjustable Bulldog Bone, maybe you could also answer one more question for me. Does the same prohibition exist against sitting back into the tending point of the Compact Bulldog Bone? Will it also collapse and possibly cause a free fall if you pull down hard on the tending point, or is the geometry of the Bone somehow slightly different, so that this is not an issue with it?

This may have already been discussed in the Bone thread; apologies if I'm asking folks to repeat themselves. Thanks in advance for any answers you choose to give.

Tim

 

[Barc Buster]

@oceans; @Treezybreez; @Acerxharlowii; Thanks for the great answers. For those of you who also own the Compact Adjustable Bulldog Bone, maybe you could also answer one more question for me. Does the same prohibition exist against sitting back into the tending point of the Compact Bulldog Bone? Will it also collapse and possibly cause a free fall if you pull down hard on the tending point, or is the geometry of the Bone somehow slightly different, so that this is not an issue with it?

This may have already been discussed in the Bone thread; apologies if I'm asking folks to repeat themselves. Thanks in advance for any answers you choose to give.

Tim

Great question. I have not noticed that at all with my CBDB Tim.

 

[surveyor]

If too much weight is transferred from the teardrop (or swivel) attach point on the Bone, unto the tending point, it will release. This is highlighted in the instructions I send with each Bone.

 

[Tree Access]

For me (~72kg) the Akimbo is holding fine on 10mm HTP, its not even just on/off...

 

[Steve Connally]

The adolescent Bald Eagle approves of the Akimbo in a MRS configuration

 

[colb]

The adolescent Bald Eagle approves of the Akimbo in a MRS configurationView attachment 59827

Actually, I think he's asking why you slapped it on a different caribiner instead of the one the eye splice is on...

 

[Steve Connally]

To k ep them separated in the mrs

 

[Steve Connally]

Won’t work if they are on the same Biner MRS dDrt or whatever it’s called today.

 

[colb]

Won’t work if they are on the same Biner MRS dDrt or whatever it’s called today.

So, I don't know what the heck I'm doing when it comes to mrt, but I clipped both the spliced eye and the akimbo into the same biner this weekend and it worked well... I'm sure I was not doing something correctly, but could you let me know exactly what?

 

[DSMc]

If the carabiner has enough room for both, it will work just fine.

 

[Steve Connally]

Looks like you could get into a position where the rope would push in the akimbo. Anyway it's just faster for me than remove the entire thing and add the splice.

 

[Acerxharlowii]

Looks like you could get into a position where the rope would push in the akimbo. Anyway it's just faster for me than remove the entire thing and add the splice.

Use the rhino by dmm, I’ve seen people using it that way

 

[Steve Connally]

Use the rhino by dmm, I’ve seen people using it that way

The only time I use it in a MRS system is when i'm leap frogging up and using my climbing line as a second lanyard to pass limbs. I used it for descent in this situation because I had to leap frog down to keep my tail from whipping through the eagle nest. I appreciate the feedback everyone but 99.9% of the time this is a srt device for me and leapfrogging using a single biner would be ridiculously time consuming.

 

[Steve Connally]

SO I looked it up. According to the instructions from rock. It just didn't seem like a legit set up to have them on the same biner.
Rock Exotica recommends separating the Akimbo and termination end of the rope. The Rock Exotica Hydra is one example of a suitable connection. Connect the Akimbo using an appropri- ate oval carabiner. Rock Exotica recommends a RockO WireEye carabine

 

[Acerxharlowii]

SO I looked it up. According to the instructions from rock. It just didn't seem like a legit set up to have them on the same biner.
Rock Exotica recommends separating the Akimbo and termination end of the rope. The Rock Exotica Hydra is one example of a suitable connection. Connect the Akimbo using an appropri- ate oval carabiner. Rock Exotica recommends a RockO WireEye carabine

Of course they recommend the rock exotica carabiner. My dmm mini o works perfect