UK/I TCC Photos

[Craig Johnson]

do a 6x stich knot to back up, so it can be pulled out from the ground.

[Rupe]

I only got round to filming one clip, and its of the speed climb, or slow climb in my case!!

 

Self belaying this year. I understand the complication of having groundbelayers taking in the slack, but I think a good compromise would be to have your slack taken in for you for the first 20 foot or so, and after a certain point (and well before first bell) you are left to tend your own slack from there on.

 

That would be very realistic to a work situation, but this climb in general was quite realistic, especially as it wound round the tree. I think JT did this is half the time that I took!!

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glnrB3uGFyU]Rupe speedclimb at UKTCC 2012.wmv - YouTube[/ame]

[Ross Smith]

Why don't they belay the speed climb as in NZ?

Much more fun

[Rupe]

Do you mean seperate belay with the climber just climbing the tree? i.e. the old way of doing it?

 

If thats what you mean then, yes it is fun, but it has no industry relevance.

[ben lightfoot]

Nice vid rupe, this is where i feel my spiderjack really helped me out (think i came first out of the novice on speed climb). Really enjoyed it despite some how losing one of the bells, seems easy on the ground lol

[Rupe]

Where you allowed to use the spiderjack then? I had one in my bag I could've used.

[Tommy_B]

Where you allowed to use the spiderjack then? I had one in my bag I could've used.

 

You could use whatever friction hitch etc you wanted mate. It was only the rope that had to be the same for everyone.

[Rupe]

Yes, I suppose so, didnt think of it at the time, but wouldnt have made a lot of difference in my case anyway.

[Peter]

Wraptor might have sped things up a tad!

[Stuart Witt]

You could use whatever friction hitch etc you wanted mate. It was only the rope that had to be the same for everyone.

 

I never thought the Spider jack or lock jack have ever looked like a friction hitch.