hitchclimber set up

[plippy]

av been converted, am now on the hitchclimber, does this look rite, ignore the pruss, its summut rich rule gave me, am waiting for my spliced pruss from old snake:thumbup1:

[Steve Bullman]

swachish?

[plippy]

swachish?

 

eh!!!

[john dawson]

general set up is fine tho im not sure what the knot is, its defo not a V.T.

 

just try it on a low branch first, just to see if it will hold your weight, (the knot!)

[john dawson]

swachish?

 

Bless you!! *passes the box of tissues*

[plippy]

i copied it from this

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydt-hUT6aGE]YouTube - Hitch Climber Set-Up[/ame]

[Rupe]

The knot is called a Schwabish, Steves spellign is worse than mine this morning.

 

Its ok, VT or distel would be better.

[john dawson]

spellign??

[plippy]

cheers guys, like i said old snake is gona splice me a pruss but i cant find any other vids showing otherways of tying them

[Ian H]

Here you go Plippy, this is a good place to start, lots of friction hitches and their pros/cons:thumbup1:

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