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I have a few different systems that i use just play with a the bits and bobs you can have a go on friends systems and just find what works for you ,its about you and making your job and comforable as possible, as you job is to dangle from rope with a chainsaw.

 

I have a a spider jack i find this great from crown work brilliant for scrambling around not much good for take downs ( when you come the big timber )

 

Hitchclimber : i use this for my take downs and if i have bigger accents within crowns , you can do all the fancy things o'ring set up or attach a daisy-chain to extend and retract your pulling power.

 

and some Srt stuff for when i really need it

 

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I went from first climbs on a Blake's hitch to a prussic on my CS 38/39

Then got a hitchclimber . Learned to be very comfy on that and then got a zigzag. Love the zigzag but also still really like the HC system as well.

It took a bit of time to get used to the HC coming off a prussic, finding the right hitch set up etc.. But once I had it was great. Also it was good preparation for the zigzag.

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Better to look at the step in technique, a prussic, blakes, klemheist and others all have the same basic technique which you will be familiar with.

 

 

Moving to a hitch climber set up moves to a different technique and is a more sensitive system to work with, it would be a step change in your working system.

 

Moving on to mechanical devices, you are generally in the same techniques as the HC system but removing the variable of the friction chord makes them much more constant.

 

If you are ready to move on the logical progression is the HC system, if you aren't already, try it as a lanyard set up to get accustomed before you change your main friction system.

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