SRT help

[the verminator]

yesterday at the Arb show i had a go at SRT under the helpful eye of Taylor Hamel. I liked it and decided to go and get some bits and bobs to make my own set up, so got hand acender, croll and foot acender. put em all together and can get up a tree, kind of , but how do you get down? iv been switching onto a munter but cant switch from acending stuff to the munter very well. is this right and how do you switch over?

 

cheers,

 

Gary

 

btw with Taylor i was belayed out of the tree

[ben-jammin]

haha looks like i'm not the only one bitten by the SRT bug!

 

I had a go with Taylor as well and he showed me a change over using a descender which was attached to the same line as the croll and hand ascender (not sure if it was above or below the croll) and then you take up your weight into the descender much in the same way you would when alternate lanyarding so that the descender now holds you rather than the croll or hand ascender and then simply detach the ascenders. I THINK!!!

 

I'd be interested to see how you change over onto a munter's hitch and also a fig8 as i think that a less gear intensive/streamlined route is how i want to go with SRT...

[the verminator]

them decenders are good but more money. iv seen it done on munters and figure of 8's and thats how i would like to do it.

[Paulfreebury]

This was shown to me at the show it gives you the ability to self rescue, I've tried it and it's great but lots of friction on the distel! However by using a prussic above the ascender it gives you twice the friction which helps with decent. Sorry dodgy pics but gives the general idea

[ben-jammin]

So are you using the HC instead of a Croll and lower down at pelvic attachment height rather than chest height?? does it affect balance on the rope? I've seen the HC used as a hand ascender before but not in that type of setup...

 

I'm with you on the more money thing Vemrinator, no way around needing the gear to go up but coming down i feel can be stripped back a bit. though with experience i may decide otherwise...

Edited June 12, 2011 by ben-jammin

[the verminator]

ah, does that replace the croll or as well? also how do you get the hand acender off the line with the weight on it, which it must be as its pulled the hitch up?

 

 

Edit:

sorry ben, just read your post

[Paul Smith]

Unicender, only device for ascent and descent!

[the verminator]

Unicender, only device for ascent and descent!

 

i saw those at the show as well. i liked them but not that you cant replace individual parts on them or that there not CE marked and not for sale

[Paulfreebury]

ah, does that replace the croll or as well? also how do you get the hand acender off the line with the weight on it, which it must be as its pulled the hitch up?

 

 

Edit:

sorry ben, just read your post

 

You have a 9inch gap between hitch and ascender so you stand up on the pantin slide up the hitch lower your weight onto hitch allowing ascender to be un clipped.

[Paul Smith]

i saw those at the show as well. i liked them but not that you cant replace individual parts on them or that there not CE marked and not for sale

 

You send it off for re- ferbishment to replace the cams. Gustharts are importing it and it will bd CE approved.