Hitch climber

[Tom10]

It's quite normal with a vt/distel to have to physically set the knot for it to grip when you want to just sit back into it.

 

Did I see someone mention on here a while back that you should use 8mm prussik cord on small diameter ropes and 10mm on 13mm rope? Not meaning to hijack the thread but it is kind of linked and its too small a topic really to create a new post. I use 8mm beeline on 13mm xtc so would just be interested to know really.

 

You can use any diameter hitch cord as long as it has a smaller diameter that the its host (the climbing line) but these 2 variables will effect how the system operates.

 

10mm hitch cord on 11mm host will work but not as nice, and smooth as 8mm on 13mm host, for example.

 

It also depends on the make of hitch cord. Different stuff takes longer to bed in but usually tying a knot differently will cure this to a degree.

 

Tom.

[teresa green]

Does it matter much on your hitch if the braids are uneven of each eye?

[WeeDee]

Does it matter much on your hitch if the braids are uneven of each eye?

 

Do you mean if the two tails of the hitch are of different lengths so that the climber is effectively hanging on one tail of the hitch?

[samarb]

Sorry folks! I know there must be a million posts on here regarding hitch climber set ups!

Newish to the forum and just purchased a hc setup , oval krabs, 10 mill ocean polyester and dmm pulley on 13mm climbing rope

Tried it today but having difficulty getting the hitch to grip tried distel and vt ,

Any advice would be gratefully appreciated

Cheers

Paul

 

Hi Paul, hitch climber will get better in time, you may find that you are mistrusting of the system (which I was at the start), which may be causing most your problems. I personally found distel good at start as feels lot like prussik. But when you move on to VT and remember to check dressing then you'll never go back.

[Arran Turner]

Another hitchclimber quesition whats the best knot for the least amount of sitback, i understand length of cord makes a difference, just really want to minimalise

[Charlie Fells]

Another hitchclimber quesition whats the best knot for the least amount of sitback, i understand length of cord makes a difference, just really want to minimalise

 

A Knut Mate

[Arran Turner]

A Knut Mate

 

used it today is the nuts

[Charlie Fells]

used it today is the nuts

 

You know ahah!

[Rich2484]

I have a small question on the hitch climber. Bear with me on this as it may sound dumb but I'm wanting to know.

 

When I first saw the set up it was at jonsies show. It showed the bottom carab joined to the eye end of the rope. And the top carab joined accross to the rope. However on a few vids I've seen the bottom carab is joind to nothing, and the top carab is joined to the eye end of rope.

 

If this makes sence to anyone I'm interested to know if this is right. I've been using it so the pulley is not load supporting but only there to move the prussik up the line.

 

I've got the eye end through my harness and onto the bottom carab so I can adjust the hight of the hc so when climbing I can move it away from me and when decending I can move it clos to me.

[Ewan Murray]

This is the usual set up for a hitch climber.

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&sa=N&biw=1366&bih=667&tbm=isch&tbnid=9QoW1yjgtrR8iM:&imgrefurl=http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/climbers-talk/6673-hitch-climber-progress.html&docid=EXHaycinERITDM&imgurl=http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/attachments/climbers-talk/13185d1238429845-hitch-climber-progress-003.jpg&w=600&h=800&ei=IHBMUPr-GKqViAePrIDIBg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=441&vpy=4&dur=1524&hovh=259&hovw=194&tx=129&ty=96&sig=108989822045854703004&page=1&tbnh=146&tbnw=120&start=0&ndsp=22&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0,i:79

 

this is usung the pulley as a standard slack tender

 

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/6317/p1010509b.jpg