Rope Wrench feedback

[DrewB]

Hi gibbon, the fork issue is exactly where the pin becomes a godsend, it enables you to remove the wrench and even your whole hitch if it a real tight crotch.

Glad we don't have insurance issues like that here in nz:)

[Peter]

Also I would like to find out more about implications of and techniques for rescue using the wrench.

 

Do you mean rescuing a climber who is on the wrench, or rescuing a climber using the wrench?

 

If the former, can't see it making much difference. You could either transfer them to your system or just descend on both fairly easily.

 

The one scenario that might cause problems is bringing two climbers down on one wrench.

[DrewB]

Fig 8 below it Peter?

[gibbon]

Both Peter. I was wandering how it would perform with 2 guys hanging on it.

[Peter]

2 wrenches one above the other?!

 

Only one way to find out Gibbon!

[DrewB]

The nz national champs, the aerial rescue was pick off rescue and I'm

Pretty sure the top 3 places were done by climbers running srt work systems.

[Paul Smith]

 

When you tie off at the top it can be very hard to pull out from the ground if you di not have a straight pull. Never had a problem with a trunk tie off.

[gibbon]

When you tie off at the top it can be very hard to pull out from the ground if you di not have a straight pull. Never had a problem with a trunk tie off.

 

I can retreive the rope with a top or bottom tie off easily, if its a straight pull. The trouble I have is that because its srt I am not always coming down straight. Kind of defeats the object of using all these re directs when the rope gets stuck at the very end. I guess picking the routes that work well and allow easy return of the rope is all part of the learning curve.

[Cary Gibson]

I can retreive the rope with a top or bottom tie off easily, if its a straight pull. The trouble I have is that because its srt I am not always coming down straight. Kind of defeats the object of using all these re directs when the rope gets stuck at the very end. I guess picking the routes that work well and allow easy return of the rope is all part of the learning curve.

 

Really? I have had mine thru 8 redirects and can still pull it out:thumbup1:

 

maybe you just need a big girl pulling seriously though, sometimes it takes a bit of a tug to get in going, but once on the go, it just keeps going.

[High Scale]

That last bit sounds a little wrong Cary