Best friction hitch to use with hitch climber?

[Mark James]

Don't like tight I prefer things to stay the same when tied correctly.

[Mark James]

The VT is like a rocket and I haven't a great deal of climbing experience but would like to stick at to get better and better. As I said I like the knot to stay the same can't be done with them nipping up or coming loose.

[RobArb]

to be honest i don't think there is the "perfect hitch"

 

i started out (on my HC) with the distel and afetr a while, even after undoing and re-tying, in wet conditions it was ridiculously tight, moved on to the knut and enjoyed that for a while before i kind of invented my own michochan hybrid hitch knot thing that worked till my kit got lolered and everything was untied and i could never re-tie it the same again

 

moved onto a VT and like that fact it was loose but gripped when needed, I use OP at the moment and again my kit has been lolered and i can;t get the VT to sit right at the mo?? proper nervy sometimes when it doesn't grip

 

I want a lockjack sport now:blush:

[WeeDee]

to be honest i don't think there is the "perfect hitch"

 

i started out (on my HC) with the distel and afetr a while, even after undoing and re-tying, in wet conditions it was ridiculously tight, moved on to the knut and enjoyed that for a while before i kind of invented my own michochan hybrid hitch knot thing that worked till my kit got lolered and everything was untied and i could never re-tie it the same again

 

moved onto a VT and like that fact it was loose but gripped when needed, I use OP at the moment and again my kit has been lolered and i can;t get the VT to sit right at the mo?? proper nervy sometimes when it doesn't grip

 

I want a lockjack sport now

 

Ahaah! I should've seen where this was going from the very start!

[Mark James]

I fancy a lockjack or sportjack but it's the whole walk before you can thing, as for blakes and prussic I just found them a nightmare when out on a limb.

[pault]

All very valid points. Guess ill just have to play around with different ones before i find the right one for me. oh well, hi ho hi ho its off to climb we go!

[arnoldbuchsassinger]

Tried various options, VT, XT, distel, knut and the michocoan. Love the VT but it takes time to get a good combo, running on imori, with 8mm spliced eye amor prus. Really good combo.

[brothergrim]

I prefer the distel to the vt, does anyone else find thar when using a vt it twists the rope up??

[Marc]

I prefer the distel to the vt, does anyone else find thar when using a vt it twists the rope up??

 

It can do, sometimes I think the rope needs to bed in to using a VT, but I am a lazy one so use a Knute with stiff 10mm cord. OP used to be good but they,ve changed now it seems to wears quicker and is more supple so no good for me sigh. Stiff large diameter cord seems to stop it binding tight on 11-12mm lines it also does not seem to get as hot on those quick descents/jumps and works better in the wet.

This is why I love the hitch climber so much it's tunabilty and versatility beats anything art has at present but the spider jack is closing the gap.

[Joe Loggs]

What length of cord are you using for your v.t?