Ariel rescue- THE method for rapid ascent.

[Ben Ballard]

good thread tony i look forward to reading more,ariel rescue something i been practicing latley so can get up the rope quicker,plippy gave us a go on his footlocking assender what was great before that i have only used a standard set up:001_smile:

[John Shutler]

It's a massively inefficient. Your pulling at least 3ft of ripe for every 1ft of ascent. Srt access then ddrt to the rescue

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

It's a massively inefficient. Your pulling at least 3ft of ripe for every 1ft of ascent. Srt access then ddrt to the rescue

 

you up for a race then john? after all, i will be soooooo inefficient!

[John Shutler]

You will be inefficient Tony as you are pulling 3ft to advance 1, where as il casually walk up on my srt system.You may beat me in a race through sheer determination and bloody mindedness but who will be more tired and as a result leas ready for the ensuing rescue

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

You will be inefficient Tony as you are pulling 3ft to advance 1, where as il casually walk up on my srt system.You may beat me in a race through sheer determination and bloody mindedness but who will be more tired and as a result leas ready for the ensuing rescue

 

you are so confident, hwy not just give it a go and see?

 

Im genuinley interested in the best method, and am prepaired to be made a ,onkey of in that persuit:thumbup1:

[kevin bingham]

Thats pretty much how I ran my ariel rescue in the 2008 ITCC. It is cool as hell but I think completely impractical for anywhere but a comp. Your never going to have that rig sitting around in the truck ready to go unless you have a lot of extra space and money. SImpler is better.

 

 

These are terrible unclear videos of how I set up my system for the ITCC but on a rec climb to get a friend into the tree. There is no trunk tie and it can be done with one rope or two.

YouTube - ‪treebing49's Channel‬‏

YouTube - ‪treebing49's Channel‬‏

YouTube - ‪treebing49's Channel‬‏

[Rupe]

Tony, get yourself 200ft of rope, and time yourself ascending the whole 50 feet and see how you get on. Plus give some regard for waht state your in when you get to the top.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

so its all about the money it would cost to have as a rescue kit, a long roipe, and a 70 pound hitch climber set up a pulley saver with pinto 125 pounds. and a revolver

 

less than 400 quid in total, and good enough to be in competition use!

 

anyone arguing the toss on its practicality is really not thinking clearly IMO

[kevin bingham]

here it the post I made at treebuzz at the time

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TreeBuzz Board: I love the hitch climber

 

if you have the rig all set up in a bag ready to go it rocks. I used this in three different comps and did well in all of them although they dinged me real hard at the ITCC for incorporating a CMI pulley which they said could side load.

[Rupe]

In competition use it just comes out of your normal kit, plus if you win you get 1-200 quids worth of stuff anyway!

 

Rescue kits are just to keep the HSE guy happy, within reason, dont go overboard on it!

 

400 quid for something that will never get used aint gonna happen. Some second hand gear in a bag for just in case is more like it IMO.