Rope Wrench feedback

[Tommy_B]

How are you guys stopping the wrench inverting back down on ascent? It's starting to annoy me

 

 

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Bit of big shot rubber rolled over the end of my tether to act as a buffer

[matt.p]

can i ask what do you do if you did not get your TIP first go? how do you mover the main TIP up? and how easy is it to swap mail TIPS say to over stems?…i do a lot of xl pollards in london some very wide so have to pull my TIP out and mover it to other stem..at the mo I'm using SRT to assent only then put my rope guide in..thanks matt

[Gerbutt]

Hiya Matt, hope you're well?

 

If I have a base tie to get into the tree quickly on a busy crown, I'll scoot up, get groundy to untie and then just chuck and cinch to the top. I'll then either top tie or send the tail back down(must trust groundy for that one!).

 

On a wide tree where a tip's needed the other side, I'll either redirect for a tip or with the amount of time you save with srt it's sometimes worth coming down and treating the other side as a separate tree. Also, you can set your line through both sides of the tree with your bag before you start.

 

I think it's worth mucking around for 10 mins getting things set up and then saving half an hour and energy srting the whole climb.

 

 

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[matt.p]

ayup Gerbutt hows things? I'm working in london now have been for a few years…i have been using SRT for access for a few years too but looking to work off it it mite not be for me but like to give it a go.

[Gerbutt]

All's good here in Sheffield bud. Pleased things are going well for you in the big smoke! I've been using srt for about a year. To start with it was mainly for access and i didn't get on with it for working off. Now I'd say 95% is srt, just drt for something real small I'll only be in for a couple of minutes. Because I didn't stick with it to start with, the transitional period was quite long, but now I think you'd be mad to choose drt. Redirects are ace and so is no added friction, some of the positions I've been in with ease recently would have been bloody hard work drt. I'd say go for it and stick with it, worth the learning curve in the end 😀

 

 

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[Ian Flatters]

I sometimes use a redirect and an alpine if the tip is only a few feet higher. Other than that it's always a base tie, groundy untie, ascend, tip tie and work. Although now I seem to be isolating it with and alpine onto a locked crab and sling. Backs up the what if he cuts my base anchor. Although they know not to cut near it and 90% of the time I can drop branches to avoid it.

 

 

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[matt.p]

hmm think ill bring my kit home at the weekend and go play in the park..

[matt.p]

can i ask what rope you are using for working off SRT? at the mo i use globe 5000 for access and the fly for DRT…ta

[Ian Flatters]

Cougar blue, kernmaster or velocity.

 

 

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[James Atkinson]

I'm really struggling to find a knot that doesn't bind, I think it's the cord I'm using, it's only 60cm and ocean isn't the most supple, and advice ropewrenchers?

 

 

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