Learning SRT... am I missing something?

[Dan Maynard]

10 hours ago, JBH said:

The RRP extended with a small tape sling is worth trying. Drt it is like a mechanical blakes with reduced risk of catching the bird, extra slack distance to feed through when scrambling around obstacles, more ergonomic tending the device, can swing it around your body/ swivel it, when coming back from limb walks you just use it in the style of a hand ascender

This sounds like an interesting idea, I've been thinking about hand ascender but don't want more gear.

[JBH]

I saw Paul Poytner discuss extension tethers on his website and it definitely is worth giving it a try 

[Hank]

34 minutes ago, JBH said:

I saw Paul Poytner discuss extension tethers on his website and it definitely is worth giving it a try 

Do you have a link? Sounds interesting.

[Rich Rule]

Search for wooden hand.

 

That is the name of Paul’s website.

[Rich Rule]

Positional Awareness — Wooden Hand

WWW.THEWOODENHAND.COM

 

[Hank]

59 minutes ago, Rich Rule said:

Positional Awareness — Wooden Hand

WWW.THEWOODENHAND.COM

 

Thank you! Super interesting. This is a good read:

 

Climbers Are Not Curious — Wooden Hand

WWW.THEWOODENHAND.COM

 

At the end he mentions piggy backing anchor points, what would be a simple and retrievable way of doing that?
 

Edit: I guess he means using two ropes but would be cool to do it on a single rope as well.

Edited October 21, 2024 by Hank

[JBH]

Yes, I think he is just on about connecting the two anchors for simple retrieval. 

 

His American Clacker anchor is interesting for two rope retrieval. If the connecting ring had a low enough breaking load to separate the two systems in event of anchor failure then it might be a bombproof choice for UK climbing regs (if anyone actually bothers with two ropes) 

[Dan Maynard]

Ah cool, I've come across Paul online before. One thing he pointed out about using two anchors is once set up you just keep cutting, no need to lanyard in then release as you move around.