Drt off srt ?

[White Noise]

Does any body climb on this type of system . I ve seen it on the net seems quite useful . Its basicaly a rope grab on a single rope and your normal climbing line would go through the krab on the rope grab . As your advancing on the rope grab srt your basically taking your anchor point up with you . Hope you can visualise this . My worries would be anchor point rope grab ? also single krab on the rope grab this system seems to me to have many weak points ? Its on you tube under drt srt may be someone could blast it over .

 

Suppose you could use it to reach your choosen anchor point .

[Mozza]

This the one you watched Paul??

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvmrRVBYJUw]YouTube - drt/srt climbing[/ame]

 

Your getting into this technical stuff arent you mate?

[Rupe]

Not a great system IMO. The rope grab is not sufficient as an anchor and would need to be back up. There are many better ways of doing it, but its simplest to srt and then install a climbing line when you are ready for it instead of having it installed all the time.

[White Noise]

This the one you watched Paul??

 

YouTube - drt/srt climbing

 

Your getting into this technical stuff arent you mate?

 

Cheers Liam . Yeah thats the one . All this metal stuff has just got my motivation back . Good crimbo out nice off santa

[White Noise]

Not a great system IMO. The rope grab is not sufficient as an anchor and would need to be back up. There are many better ways of doing it, but its simplest to srt and then install a climbing line when you are ready for it instead of having it installed all the time.

 

Thanks Rupe . Just thought I,d ask . Do you have any pics of the distel set up . I remember you saying that I need a different pulley . What type is that then . Was yours a good crimbo .

[Rupe]

Ah, yes I think I didn't explain that very well!

 

 

Not a different pulley as such, just that there is a difference between putting a pulley under a blakes/prussik and using pulley based hitches such as the distel.

 

The blakes and prissik are body thrusting hitches that can have a pulley added but are not necessary.

 

The distel, vt etc are not really suitable for the body thrust technique and will only work with a pulley. In this case the pulley is attached directly to the karabina and the knot is quite close, thats what I meant by close coupled, but not a good discription.

 

Petzl fixe is the best to use with a distel hitch IMO. Hitchclimber is better but more expensive, so if you have a fixe then your already there.

[White Noise]

Ah, yes I think I didn't explain that very well!

 

 

Not a different pulley as such, just that there is a difference between putting a pulley under a blakes/prussik and using pulley based hitches such as the distel.

 

The blakes and prissik are body thrusting hitches that can have a pulley added but are not necessary.

 

The distel, vt etc are not really suitable for the body thrust technique and will only work with a pulley. In this case the pulley is attached directly to the karabina and the knot is quite close, thats what I meant by close coupled, but not a good discription.

 

Petzl fixe is the best to use with a distel hitch IMO. Hitchclimber is better but more expensive, so if you have a fixe then your already there.

 

Thanks for that I see what you mean now .Prussic blakes dont need a pulley whereas VT distel rely on one . I do tend to jump the gun a bit . Ive got the cinch sorted and the rope grab .Just trying to work out what would best suit my everyday climbing . Do you think the distel is a good next step or maybe the swabish

Edited December 29, 2009 by White Noise

[Rupe]

Yep, and pulley/knot/karabiner are all closer together and the climbing technique is different.

[White Noise]

Yep, and pulley/knot/karabiner are all closer together and the climbing technique is different.

 

As a newbie to this system do you think the distel or swabish would be a good next step . If so which one ?

[Rupe]

Distel becuse the legs come out on opposite sides, so its easeir to set up with a pullley, it also releases better.

 

The swabish is not far removed from the prussik, so maybe it should be in the prussik/blakes catagory.