body thrusting with vt?

[High Scale]

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

 

Yeah, I know it works with a VT, but what about the method that Mr Tee describes?

[Jonny69]

Best way to ascend with a VT or any other "Advanced hitch" is to foot lock (I know it is not body thrusting). Your feet tend the slack and take the weight. I footlock to move around a tree probably 80% of the time, even when it is slightly awkarwd. It saves your arms, hands a shoulders from taking a beating by by loading your legs and I find that makes means I can climb for longer. Jonathan

[Marc]

I've always found footlocking/pantin with an advanced hitch not as effcient as using a prussik/blakes. the sit back is wastefull of energy/movement. To avoid this I find myself holding above the hitch for longer before taking a rest/sitting back in my harnss to avoid the sitback effect of the hitch grabbing.

 

So when I do have a long accent (over 30ft) I use a blakes and pantin which I find more effcient and easier. I sometimes even attach a micro pulley to the static side of my line with a small prussik loop made of starter cord and set this below my blakes.

 

For shorter accents (under 30ft) I just climb hand over hand above my VT whislt body thrusting, with good technic this is fairly effcient. I usually go for 3-5 big pulls then hold myself in position with my left arm locked straight! to tend the slack.

 

Where as body thrusting with a blakes/prussik your pulling below the hitch and holding your weight below the hitch which I find uses more energy and puts more pressure on my elbows.

 

I have'nt really used a extender yet with my VT might play around with that 2moro