The question is this: Why can't you climb SRT on just a hitch?
My understanding: The way we tie hitches for DRT does not work for SRT, because the hitch will bind up, making descent impossible.
But why? If you are 200lbs climbing DRT with a hitch on some kind of pulley saver, your hitch and the moving end of the rope will experience 100lb of force.
Without adjusting the hitch, you can base tie your fixed end and have a 100lb climber climb SRT on it, and it should experience pretty much the same forces.
This should work, right?
If not, why not?
So should there be a way to tie a hitch that would work for you climbing on it SRT? Maybe it would require a different approach to hitch cord (the rule-of-thumb 2mm thinner than the climb line might not apply)?
note: I know about Brocky's Sticht Hitch. I'm talking about a pure hitch with no hardware in it.
My understanding: The way we tie hitches for DRT does not work for SRT, because the hitch will bind up, making descent impossible.
But why? If you are 200lbs climbing DRT with a hitch on some kind of pulley saver, your hitch and the moving end of the rope will experience 100lb of force.
Without adjusting the hitch, you can base tie your fixed end and have a 100lb climber climb SRT on it, and it should experience pretty much the same forces.
This should work, right?
If not, why not?
So should there be a way to tie a hitch that would work for you climbing on it SRT? Maybe it would require a different approach to hitch cord (the rule-of-thumb 2mm thinner than the climb line might not apply)?
note: I know about Brocky's Sticht Hitch. I'm talking about a pure hitch with no hardware in it.