body thrusting with vt?

[High Scale]

Yep - I have tried this and it works a treat. The way I was shown is to tie a marlin spike hitch in the working end of the rope and then clip the VT and pulley in to that with a spare biner, thereby extending it all away from your body so you can pull hand over hand behind the hitch and up you go!

 

 

Anybody tried doing this with a pantin? Would it work I wonder?

 

I may give it a go manyana.

[bob]

if you want to keep things real simple on a long ascent, just pull pull pull, and have a groundie pulling the slack for you as you go!

 

do you carry spare groundies in your kit bag as well

[High Scale]

do you carry spare groundies in your kit bag as well

 

He has at least two of everything.

[Steve Bullman]

do you carry spare groundies in your kit bag as well

haha...again, its not something i do often....maybe when im starting up the tree after break, at which point the groundie has nothing to do till i start cutting anyway!

[MattyF]

Anybody tried doing this with a pantin? Would it work I wonder?

 

I may give it a go manyana.

 

yes pantin works great with vt becouse your foot is tending the slack....i think i need around 25ft of rope with a straight drop and no hang ups before my rope will self tend but thats with xtc and roblon cord with a petzl pulley wanna try fly next with roblon and see if that makes a differance

[bob]

i have 2 hardly used fly ropes 25m and about 45m going to sensible offers

[bill]

i have 2 hardly used fly ropes 25m and about 45m going to sensible offers

 

 

whats a fly rope?

[High Scale]

Costa the 45m?

[High Scale]

whats a fly rope?

 

http://www.urbanhart.com/shopsite/rope_stasticind.html

[Steve Bullman]

very good rope in my opinion