friction cord length

[Ben Saxton]

whats a good length of cord to start with for tying a distel?. i realise i'll have to play around with the length. i'm going to try a distel as i'm moving from a prussik. any input greatly appreciated

[alex_m]

you can usually only buy lengths in 1m increments and i always order 3m to make 2 lengths. usually 1.5m for climbing line and 1m for strop. everyone's different though so experiment....

[RobRainford]

i find the distel can lock up sometimes, its good on a lanyard as a short distel, i find the knut is a better alternative and it doesnt need a pulley to tend it, i found a pulley only got in the way.

[Ben Saxton]

where can i find a picture of a nut knot? i'm going to go for a climb with hadleigh to learn the vt

[combined tree services]

to be honest if you can use a distel just like a prussik , i tend to use a distel on my small rope with no pully , as for it locking up it depends on how you tie it and how many wraps you use . Each person uses different lengths of cord dependent on length of arm and how you climb . personally i would buy 5 meters of cord and try out a couple . the other tip is to untie a prussik and see how long it is - you will want to add about another 12 inches to allow for the fishermans at each end . hope this is of use to you

[arnoldbuchsassinger]

most of, nearly all can be found on treebuzz.com, or on sherrill tree website, i am sure they are plastered all over the net else where. I have found everyone has personal preference on prussik length etc.

[RobRainford]

The tree climbers knotbook is an essential one for the library. Has all the knots in it and pros and cons!