How to tie a VT

Anyone got a good link which shows all the steps of tieing a VT?

Not an animated series, but you may find this of use.

http://www.treebuzz.com/pdf/climbing_hitches.pdf

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Not an animated series, but you may find this of use.

 

 

http://www.treebuzz.com/pdf/climbing_hitches.pdf

 

 

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Thanks MR Monkey:thumbup1:

Went through this at the leeds climbing comp. Make sure that the tail end that comes off the top coil is the one that contacts the rope below first (when braiding below the coils).

A quick question... I saw the setup you can use if you don't have a hitchclimber but I can't remember it to do it myself. It was done by putting one tail through the micro pulley and terminated with a stopper knot so that you don't have both ends of the friction cord clipped into your main carabiner. I have a petzl fixe pulley but I'm not sure what sort is most suitable in this application.

I do intend to get a hitchclimber soon though with oval crabs.

This is how i did ( before hitch climber) and yes it was a fixe.

Went through this at the leeds climbing comp. Make sure that the tail end that comes off the top coil is the one that contacts the rope below first (when braiding below the coils).

this isnt crucial by any means....i tie mine opposite. you can do either and it will respond differently...even from person to person and rope to rope.

heres another good site MyTreeLessons-Trees, Knots, Rigging, Physics, Safety Information

Had a little mess about with it the other day.

I tried 4 wraps and 2 braids( ohh dont I sound techinal ) didnt self tend which tbh I'm not bothered about yet, I just want it to hold well while I'm starting out.

I did try using 3 wraps but it seemed to not grip very well, I wasnt climbing with it at the time just trying it out on a short length of rope in the yard.

Depending on the weather I should get more of a chance to experiment a little tomorrow.

Rob is that the Howard hitch in the picture? Steve, that's going off what the guy who was demonstrating it said, but from what I've read on here is seems to be one of the most variable hitches in the arborist's arsenal.

Something Ive do is that the piece of rope that makes contact first on the braid doesnt on the next one and so on if that makes sense