prusik on flip line???

[swinny]

Why is everyone complicating things?

 

i use my wire core flip line with prussic loop thats it... i use both hands to shorten the line and one to make it longer lol i even have a crab at the other end of the flip line so i can use that end aswell if i want

 

i realise there are mechanical devices out there but i'm happy as i am i was even given a petzl grillion and don't really use it

[Grandad]

I don't see the big advantage of being able to tend with one hand, what is wrong with using both hands?

[Steve Bullman]

nothings wrong with it apart from being not as efficient. Till you've tried a one handed set up its not really possible to judge to be fair

[David Goss]

i use a prussic on my flipline and will always use it like that. Also a good bonus of the prussic is it can be used in both directions so if you need to move the flipline a short distance but feel a bit wobbly taking it off first then you can simply just put the free end round your target and attach it to your harness, then take the old end off. Prussic rules for fliplines!

[Grandad]

nothings wrong with it apart from being not as efficient. Till you've tried a one handed set up its not really possible to judge to be fair

 

I didn't say "wrong" I said, "what's the advantage?" Efficient? You mean it saves time or what? True enough, I haven't tried a one handed set up, I'm just struggling to see what advantage it gives the climber? In a climbing competition I can see the advantage of being quicker, but for a working tree surgeon I just can't see the complication and the expense being sufficient advantage.

[Grandad]

I didn't say "wrong" I said, "what's the advantage?" Efficient? You mean it saves time or what? True enough, I haven't tried a one handed set up, I'm just struggling to see what advantage it gives the climber? In a climbing competition I can see the advantage of being quicker, but for a working tree surgeon I just can't see the complication and the expense being sufficient advantage.

 

Oh yes I did say wrong!! Sorry, senior moment there but I hope you see what I'm getting at.

[slasherscot]

all ill say is.....prussic on flipline is ok.........change to 1 handed u wont change back...its takes a bit of getting use to first few climbs

[Steve Bullman]

Oh yes I did say wrong!! Sorry, senior moment there but I hope you see what I'm getting at.

 

 

It just makes everything flow smoother in many different scenarios. Picture this, you our anchored in to a main anchor point and out on a secondary stem at a 45degree angle. You have your flipine round the tree to stabilize yourself, cut a branch off and proceed to spike another couple of feet to the next branch that you want to cut. You then need to adjust your flipline a touch. With a self tending flipline you would in essence be able to do this without needing to stow your saw inbetween cuts to slide your prussik up.

 

As said, thats just one scenario. Overall it creates a far more fluid climbing style

[butler]

i use a prusik....only reason being i trust it

[Steve Bullman]

Why is everyone complicating things?

 

 

Its not complicating anything!