Hitch Climber.... Am I just a big fairy...?

[WorcsWuss]

It all seems to be pointing to the reason I suspected...! Must try harder....

I think my TIP needs more care, as you say Pete, the harder I pull the tighter it locks... but mostly I just need to yank it harder.... funny, not normally a problem.....

 

I will stick with it, I'm incredibly stubborn like that, but I'd like to be sure I'm not making it hard for myself!

[mistahbenn]

I still dont understand. How did you manage with a blakes hitch/prussick?

[andrew t]

I have had mine for a couple of weeks i find you have to pull a lot of rope down before you pull the slack out and it hurts your arms until you get in the bowl.I am getting used to it now and think a petzl foot acender will help with the first part of the climb i use a distal and it locks nice every time.Guy at fr Jones showed me how if you add another strope you can pull from under the knot.

[Neil Frost]

First time I tried a HC, my line was quite a distance from the main stem, and my footlocking was (and still is...) terrible. I pulled myself about a foot off the ground and gave up! Now I love it, just takes perseverence. Plus I'm less lardy these days!

[WorcsWuss]

Blakes set further away and tended from above on the standing part, pull down from below the hitch, easy peasy.... this pulling from above the hitch then manually tending slack is a bit new to me.....

[mistahbenn]

Oh, well if thats all it is, then you'll get used to it. Man up princess! 'Need a tampon for that?'

[WorcsWuss]

Oh, well if thats all it is, then you'll get used to it. Man up princess! 'Need a tampon for that?'

 

:lol:

[Martyn Amos]

type in hitch climber set up on youtube..

and try the method on there,the setup friction knot is a schwabish prussik,give that a try,see how you go.....

[WorcsWuss]

type in hitch climber set up on youtube..

and try the method on there,the setup friction knot is a schwabish prussik,give that a try,see how you go.....

 

Think I've seen that one, is that the one where he uses Petzl krabs?

[Mick Stockbridge]

Grippy gloves help alot, are you using them?