sidestrop advice

[Stephen Blair]

i have just recently started to use a hitch climber after using prussik loops for years, i can really see the benefits in a very short time, i just have to practise more and tweak it they way i want, but now i am already fed up with having a prussik loop on my side strop, i have a grab on my steel core flip line, can i get one that will work on rope, and what do you guys recommend. the steel one is fine for big dismantles on a stem but to clumbersum in a crown.cheers.

[tree_beard]

cammed grabs like on your steelcore work fine on 1/2" rope as well...

 

summit like this...ISC Mini Rope Clamp

 

 

i actually prefer a grab on a rope lanyard, and a prussic and pulley on a steelcore

[Rupe]

The ultimate gadget is the cinch, made by trango I think.

 

 

Its a bit exe at 75 quid ish but vfm imo

[Peter]

I have a cinch, with 10mm line, as my lanyard. Highly recommend it.

[Rupe]

Like I said its the ultimate, if Pete has one then it must be!

 

Only one Pete?

[Peter]

Only one for now, I dont have one in green though, so I may have to buy another!

[Rupe]

I was just thinking that would match the tm just nicely especially with those new dmm crabs!

[Peter]

Yup, all you'd need then is a helmet in the same shade of green. A fully colour co-ordinated climbing system, it would be like a dream coming true!

[Rupe]

Most of my dreams feature women without harness etc Pete, but you go for it mate!

[josharb87]

i just have a distal and pully for my side strop-still get the one handed tending, but at a fraction of the cost