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What knot would you recommend for the main rope to anchor to my carabiner going to my harness? Would that be the same knot I would use to connect my split tail to my carabiner. Also which friction hitch would you recommend?
 
Shawn Welch said:
What knot would you recommend for the main rope to anchor to my carabiner going to my harness? Would that be the same knot I would use to connect my split tail to my carabiner. Also which friction hitch would you recommend?
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Sounds like you are going to start off climbing DdRT (Doubled Rope Technique). Some resources to get you started, mostly pdfs:

Split tail instructions
http://buckinghammfg.com/media/wysiwyg/pdf/instructionsandwarnings/38STWARN_062713.pdf

DdRT vs SRT starting on page 62
http://www.wesspur.com/catalog/2015-wesspur-web.pdf

Knots
http://www.sherrilltree.com/Knots

An Overview of Climbing Hitches - Part 1
http://www.treebuzz.com/pdf/climbing_hitches.pdf

An Overview of Climbing Hitches - Part 2
http://www.treebuzz.com/pdf/Apr07-cc.pdf

Self-Advancing Blake's Hitch
https://www.newtribe.com/documents/tip2.htm

A no-frills lanyard
https://www.newtribe.com/documents/tip3.htm
 
REI will have nothing that will work as a hitch cord or split tail, all their stuff is static, will not work as a hitch cord for tree climbing. Look at the arborist supply web sites for the correct cordage for hitch cords.
-AJ
 
If you're asking questions like what hitch should I use to attach to a carabiner you need to be looking at Jepson's book and Jenkin's climbing basics DVD, it's really not safe for people on the forum to try and teach you from zero. A little up front research will save you a lot of trouble and will make it easier for folks on the forum to help you out.
-AJ
 
Worthaug said:
Tie tail with your anchor being a clove hitch and the friction hitch being a Blakes hitch.

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That's the way I did it with DdRT. Well that is, until I moved to split tails and eye-2-eye prussiks. But the best way, IMHO, is to learn the midline clove hitch (it's so fast), clip that into biner, with maybe a 16" tail, and tie your Blakes' Hitch with that tail. And maybe adjust tail length to your liking. I used to prefer a long bridge between my clove hitch and blakes'. It was usually just a little shorter than the Blakes' Hitch being out of reach. I felt like I had better progress with each pull that way. Cool thing about attaching your rope with a clove hitch is that when you want a shorter "hitch bridge", the clove is easily adjustable without untying anything.
 
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One thing to be aware of, I believe you said your rope is a 9.5mm dynamic rope, there is no way you can use it to tie a Blake's Hitch, the bend radius of a 9.5mm dynamic line is not supple enough for the rope to work that way. Ropes designed and constructed for arborist use are extremely supple so that a Blakes for example will work.
-AJ
 
Shawn Welch said:
I just ordered the DVD. Is it necessary to get the book aslo or will the DVD suffice?
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Cool, like Monkeylove said, get the book too. The Jepson book is more of a reference including a wide range of hitches, knots, techniques etc., whereas the DVD is a grounding in safe climbing protocol using a simple and effective tree climbing system.
-AJ
 
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