Fast Descending?

[Arran Turner]

What are peoples thoughts of descending on a figure of eight?

I was descending on prussik and blakes hitch and they are not partically quick and when It does get quick they get really hot and i dont want to ruin my rope/ pre tied knots. I was only climbing a small tree in my local woods and would like to have some fun descending, what are people opinions

 

Thank you very much

 

Arran

[atree]

Get a SpiderJack and descend as fast as you want,And yo dont burn hitches.

Edited December 23, 2011 by atree

[SAM66S]

Get a SpiderJack and descend as fast as you want,And yo dont burn hitches.

 

Thats what i did!

[Pedroski]

Get one of the Petzl "square" figure 8. I've rapped on them over ledges, and the nice thing is you don't twist on the way down. Just need to make sure you clip into the 8 properly and back it up for safety before removing the friction hitch. Good back up is an autolock hitch on the brake side of the rope, attached to krab on leg loop. If you let go of the brake line for some reason, this'll save you.

 

What I don't like seeing is was my mate does..... he rapps down on nothing but his ISC rope grab, and I always think something's going to go wrong.

[WorcsWuss]

I run down on a straight forward Mammut 8.... much less effort than controlling a hitch and way more fun.... and cost about 12 quid.... an SJ is about £180 isn't it...?

[Pedroski]

£189 I think!

[SAM66S]

Depends where u get it from!

[welshclimber]

I want a spider jack they look awsome to use but iv heared they take a bit of practice to get smooth. And their pritty pricey too.

[VEG]

Is there anywhere apart from one of the shows where you can try them out?

[Arran Turner]

bought a fig of eight today and in the manual it shows a fig of eight backed up with a prussik attached to the leg loop by krab, its called 'dead mans hand', i guess u descend by controlling the prussik? Im going to go out tomorrow and have a go

 

arran