First climbing kit

[ryan lewis]

hey guys,

 

looking for a bit of advice, am looking at getting my own climbing kit when im back from working in vienna, have been looking at getting

 

Petzl sequoia SRT harness

45m orange tacheon, one splice

hitch climber rapide with 8mm ocean polyester cord -- any better cords for tacheon rope?

5 x oval Krabs

rope bag

throw line, cube and bags

ART ropeguide with cocoon -- any better alternatives?

lanyard kit - 3m

 

just wondering if anybody would change anything, add or remove anything, also any useful hits would be great! going to start regualarly practicing my climbing before moving into a work climbing role

 

Cheers Ryan

[edwood]

not 100% but i dont think a srt harness will be good for someone climbing drt.

[gand]

the petzl srt is good for both systems

[Tyz05]

I assume you've already done a bit of climbing?? Best thing to do if possible is try before you buy,I tried about every harness before deciding.

[ryan lewis]

yeah have all tickets up to CS40, have been in a petzl so am happy with how they feel, still need to try a tree motion though

[colemanjessenz]

caritools , Retriever balls , maybe a pantin they always come in handy

[ryan lewis]

got a retreval ball sorted, was planning on all the small bits such as carrytools ect at a later date, just need a kit to start placticing moving around a tree more, becoming more confident and skilled aswell

[Seedi]

Maybe a bit of technora for the friction cord? Or a mix of polyester and technora. Should be much more heat-resistant then. I'm pretty new to tree climbing myself - so far I'm using a lockjack but sometimes I find it locks up too much - maybe because of my weight (205 lb). At first I used a standard friction saver with rings - I've switched to a selfmade pulleysaver now with a Petzl "Fixe" - works better now with the LJ but I also bought a DMM hitch climber rapide to try out - I also wanna try the o-rig system - didn't have the time so far however. I bought a friction cord with 50% technora. Will try it next weekend.

What are you using for the lanyard? I used the ART positioner first (my boss gave me his for some time) but IMO it releases too easily - it happened to me that it snagged on things and released by itself - so now I'm using a prussic and Petlz "Fixe" for positioning - the prussic does bind up too much sometimes - so I'll probably change to a swabish or distel for the lanyard. And I just love the petzl oval krabs - really nice.

 

cheers, Philipp

[Seedi]

Forgot to add - I think I'd go with a slightly longer lanyard - mine is 4m.

 

cheers, Philipp

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Get a 37m rope instead of 45m.

Get a Pantin.

Pulleysaver instead of the ART as its cheaper and does the same.

Get a Hitch Hiker instead of a HC as it does the same job but better, will last a lot lot longer and if you ever decide to try SRT a HH will do it without modification.