How do you climb?

[bareroots]

most of the time i use a 10m rope. type??? orange new england maybe?

 

anyone else climb on a short line?

 

obviously if a tree is more then 15m then i use a 50m spearmint xtc.

 

but i find the manoeuvrability of the short line a joy & stops it dangling on a road or line (power/railway) or getting chipped by the numpties on the ground. when using the short line i use a prusik because its reversible and saves pulling the line through on reanchoring.

 

95% of the time i use my 5m flip line on my d's. have a soft strop but it only comes out for low% reductions where there's a lot of swift silky work.

 

On most trees using a long rope i use a blakes unless there's a lot of passage in the tree when i move onto the hitch climber and knut.

 

up a sequioa last week to dead wood it. was using the short line as a strop and flipping it higher on each side.

[ContractArb]

I have a 20m rope that does most jobs (Marlow Gecko) with LockJack Sport - the business!

Have a 45m Yale XTC for big trees.

Always use a 3m steelcore flipline with a Ropeman cam whether on spikes or not.

Nearly always have a Petzl Pantin cam on my right foot also. Makes climbing a lot less strenuous.

Currently climbing in a Dragonfly - with extra DMM anchor ring on the front anchor strap, find it very handy to have the extra attachment point. Looking to switch to a TreeFlex soon.

Usually keep a few extra bits & bobs on my harness: DMM Revolver, Ocean Poly 8mm e2e prussic, Hitchclimber, Jane strop. All that stuff really gets in the way, but if the Treevolution boys wear it, so will I. LOL

[Samuel]

lock jack on my main line, when i use both ends of the rope one end is a lock jack the other a simple prussik:thumbup1:

[Billy]

one end of my climbing line, no side strop until it starts to affect my positioning/confidence. Seems much faster with less to get tangled like that, just one rope to a good central anchor

[ContractArb]

one end of my climbing line, no side strop until it starts to affect my positioning

You will hit the ground faster too Billy, if you don't use your strop. It's a bit like saying "I never wear a seatbelt whilst I'm driving":thumbdown: