prusik on flip line???

[straight fell]

well some interesting there lads and i must admit that the distel is a new one on me, im self trained lol, and after finding it on here and tying it on i do agree it seems a better knot but guess ill find out more on monday at work

 

is the distel only meant to go one way when tight??? and does it look like ive done it right in pics?? thanks for replying and advice

[morten]

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

 

And you wouldn't trust a schwabisch prusik or distel with a tending pulley?

[morten]

well some interesting there lads and i must admit that the distel is a new one on me, im self trained lol, and after finding it on here and tying it on i do agree it seems a better knot but guess ill find out more on monday at work

 

is the distel only meant to go one way when tight??? and does it look like ive done it right in pics?? thanks for replying and advice

 

Yes, the distel (as you've tied it) is only meant to work in one direction. So no double-ended flipline usage with a distel. You should consider adding a small tending pulley to the setup. Eases one'handed usage.

[Mark J]

I use a distel and a micro pulley. I've seen people use a prussik with a micro pulley and it seems to do the job.

[Grandad]

 

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

 

Flow is good, we've all had days when everything flows and we'll come down feeling pretty damn good... Then we have days when things don't flow and we feel lousy and frustrated. I suppose I'll never understand these new gadgets until I get to try them. For the life of me though I can't figure out how they tend themselves; how can you pull the tail end through with one hand and not need to hold some sort of gate/cam open with the other hand? Has it got a motor in it?

Another thing: "Tend", I've got used to this word but we never had such a word, when did it become common currency?

[butler]

And you wouldn't trust a schwabisch prusik or distel with a tending pulley?

no but only because i have never used on:blushing:

[morten]

Another thing: "Tend", I've got used to this word but we never had such a word, when did it become common currency?

 

Straight out of the dictionary:

 

Tend (verb) 

tended, past participle; tended, past tense; tending, present participle; tends, 3rd person singular present

 

1. Care for or look after; give one's attention to

- Viola tended plants on the roof

- for two or three months he tended to business

 

2. Direct or manage; work in

- I've been tending bar at the airport lounge

 

3. Wait on as an attendant or servant

[Grandad]

Straight out of the dictionary:

 

Tend (verb) 

tended, past participle; tended, past tense; tending, present participle; tends, 3rd person singular present

 

1. Care for or look after; give one's attention to

- Viola tended plants on the roof

- for two or three months he tended to business

 

2. Direct or manage; work in

- I've been tending bar at the airport lounge

 

3. Wait on as an attendant or servant

 

Yes... Thank you Morten... I was meaning in the tree climbing context.

[morten]

Yes... Thank you Morten... I was meaning in the tree climbing context.

 

The pulley is tending the friction hitch, so you don't have to

 

(sorry for the derail of the thread)

[Steve Bullman]

Grandad....watch this video...i have a similar set up that we are describing but on my main climbing line. the pulley tends the hitch so you just pull the slack through

 

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