11mm rope questions

[Arran Turner]

Do people climb on friction hitches on smaller diametre rope and is there problems with doing so?

 

The main thing i can think of being a problem is gripping the rope with your hands.

 

Are there any other pro's and con's just wondering

Thank you!

 

Arran

[Pedroski]

8mm hitch on 11mm rope works proper.

[WorcsWuss]

I climb on 11mm Aeris. I have been using a 13mm split tail on it which does work, although it's a bugger to set properly. I'm trying 9mm cord VT & a hitchclimber tomorrow....

 

To get round the problem of gripping the rope, I keep a Petzl Croll with a 60cm prusik loop choked onto it on my harness to use as a footloop, that way when I've had enough thrusting I can clip it on and either just stand up in the footloop and don't have to worry about pulling on the rope at all, or hold the rope in place with your foot loop and pull the climbing line outwards to advance it through the hitch. It's all very lazy but works well, advances very easily....

 

[Croll is a handy widget to have... it's actually a chest ascender but the same mechanics as a pantin, so unlike mini rope grabs has a krab hole at the top as well as the bottom, and it can be mounted mid line without taking it apart... ideal for a footloop becase you can take it off easily to descend, and can be used for other things as well, unlike a pantin]

[brothergrim]

Dosent a kroll use spikes to bite the rope?

[Pedroski]

Dosent a kroll use spikes to bite the rope?

 

Nowt wrong with that. Same as a Pantin.

[CTS]

Do people climb on friction hitches on smaller diametre rope and is there problems with doing so?

 

The main thing i can think of being a problem is gripping the rope with your hands.

 

Are there any other pro's and con's just wondering

Thank you!

 

Arran

 

Hi. I was told to watch smaller rope with larger hands as it can create ligament probs in the elbows. Might be worth checking.

 

Cheers

 

 

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