Hitch Hiker thread.

[Adam Bourne]

Sounds good Adam! I've just been given some AP and does seem good on that!

 

 

Amour prus is nice but still liking the beeline best

[James Atkinson]

I'm on hrc cord and love it but not tried beeline so I can't compare

[Adam Bourne]

Did you not get beeline with your hitchhiker?

[James Atkinson]

Sorry for some reason I was talking about rope wrench, ignore the last comment lol

[Gerbutt]

I'll have to try a new bit of beeline sometime. I was on some a couple of weeks ago but it was stuff I got with the HH, so a year or two old.....it didn't work that well haha! It's a bonus you only have to buy one metre of cord isn't it, cheap for trying types!

[Old Mill Tree Care]

So I'm climbing on Cougar Blue and today used HRC (aka Therma Shield) and for an hour it was great.

Then it was awful. As soon as I descended it bit so tight I would be stuck. Is have to then stand on my foot ascender and loosen the hitch. Then descend 10" and repeat.

 

I had been on the usual hitch knot then tried another wrap, then another. No luck!

Eventually I had a VT, 5 wraps and 2 braids.

That worked for two hours then started getting tight.

 

HELP!

[broadsword]

Ive found 8mm of any friction cord is just too small for me. Bites too hard as im 15 stone. used to get that all the time with armor prus. Really like the beeline as at 9mm (ish) it seems to distribute the heat better. I always got the same problem climbing on a pulley saver. 'No friction' isn't necessarily a good thing for a chubster like me. What diameter is the HRC stuff?

[Gerbutt]

I found it a little with the hrc, especially if it was wet. Maybe try three wraps and a couple of braids but have it short.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Broadsword, the HRC is 8mm.

 

Gerbutt, I'm determined to find a way of making this HRC work on my C Blue rope cos the HRC is pricey.

 

However, if it doesn't work (cos I'm so inept) I'll have two choices:

 

1. Use a bit of the 5m of Beeline that I forgot I had.

 

2. Kill myself.

[Gerbutt]

In one of the vids on the tube there's a chap who says to give it seven wraps, but then break it into a four wrap, three braid vt. Keep having a play because there's to many folk in the US using the HH with it who love it, so it must be good.