Ropeguide installation

[Rupe]

Yes it could do. The micro pulley/prussik is for lifting the main prussik and as such does not contribute anything towards load carrying.

 

Use of a cambium saver increases the load at the prussik, the more friction you lose at the tie in point the more load you put on the friction hitch and prussiks tend to bind up more than newer hitches. Adding a pulley at the CS reduces friction and a ropeguide even more so, therefore the prussik will bind more and more.

 

Try it one stage at a time and see how it feels. A binding prussik will remove any advantages that a ropeguide might add.

[Tommy_B]

Ok Rupe. I'll have a try. Thanks for advice!!

[ecolojim]

is it more advisable to use a micropulley to convert a CS than a rescue pulley?

 

The way Im seeing it, the rescue pulley obviously has a far larger bend radius so should run more smoothly, but then ive never actually seen a cocoon in real life and would imagine its radius to be similar to a micro pulley

[Buzz]

I converted to a VT before i bought my rope guide on impulse. Probably the best bit of my personal climbing kit, it makes life alot easier.

 

HOWEVER retrival is a right PITA most of the time. You musn't cinch it up to tight against your anchor point and avoid tight forks like the plague even ones that you think a tradtional cambium saver would come through will catch out the RG.

 

When blocking down i would reset to move down several times in descent and it was brilliant for this. Makes coming down for a brew when the clients made one just after you've got BACK up the tree much easier as well

[Will Hinchliffe]

I have as my cambium saver a webbing sling with a big ring girth hitched on one end and a pulley and oval maillon on the other. Really cheep and very light. When I am going to be re visiting my anchor point or want a supper slick anchor point I choke the sling around the limb. Ive been using this for the last 4 months and there are no signs of ware on the sling.

Deffinatly cheeper than a rope guide.

[Rupe]

A cocoon is similar to a micro pulley but its very smooth and of course there is no additionla ring to go through.

 

A rescue pulley would be smoother but the second ring still adds friction. You would want to pull a CS/rescue pulley out of the tree in one go, it could be painful.

 

Either a small gold ISC pulley or a petzl fixe are ideal.