Regate Prussik Loops

[john@arbtech]

I have just inspected some climbing kits for a Local Authority, they have just had refresher climbing at a local college and were told that they would not show them how to tie their own prussik loops as they were now not to be used for safety reasons?? Also a company in scotland has also recommended that only sewn prussik loops are to be used. Has anyone else heard of this? its fresh news to us! Although the instructor thought it is fine to climb on hi-vee rope using 16mm 3strand nylon loops (the sort Noha used)

Edited November 15, 2009 by john@arbtech

[Rupe]

Its fine for any college or company to insist on pre sewn CE marked loops. Doesn't mean anyone else has to use them.

 

Look at the CE climb system thingy, it even comes with the hitch already tied on to the rope, and some companies may insist on using this only if they wanted to.

[john@arbtech]

well my theory is........the instructor either aint got a clue what he's talking about or cant tie a double fishermans! I feel maybe both when the delta's and karabs had previously been marked using number punches and a club hammer and the old prussiks they were using

[Johny Walker]

in tbe early days we used to ty a reef knott & tape them up just leaving a 1" tail to check if they had slipped but they never did

[Rupe]

Maybe your right. Or maybe they just re did the risk assessment and decided that it was too risky to teach because someone might forget how to do it, and pre sewn are someone elses worry??

 

If I employed numpties I would be tempted to only allow pre-sewn stuff.

[john@arbtech]

We were all taught how to, how many of our knots have failed? I must tie 50-60 per year and none of mine have failed

[john@arbtech]

ps, he showed them how to tie bowlines etc, so just wondered if this was something he had taken upon himself or it was a recomendation which had passed me by

[Rupe]

What is actually on the sylabus? If dbl fishermans is not required then why teach it?

[bob]

What is actually on the sylabus? If dbl fishermans is not required then why teach it?

 

not on the sylabus

but think its strange

[john@arbtech]

because thae lads asked for it? is it not on the sylabus? why not? is it not an essential knot? mmmmmmmm lets think.........yes it is!