Hitch Hiker thread.

[nifty]

hey adam and gerbutt,

 

this is a really obvious and stupid question! but, did you guys use a machine or just hand stitch your tending loops?

 

basically I don't have a machine and am not gonna get one for stitching one little loop!!

[Adam Bourne]

Hand stitched mate, they serve no purpose as safety goes there just for tending slack mate

[Gerbutt]

Can I feel another rec climb coming on gerb?

 

Now that would be awesome Adam, I'll be in contact 😃👍

[Gerbutt]

A couple of questions, I'm on a 13mm, little bit fluffy xtc rope, will it make as much difference to how it flows getting a thinner rope as I imagine it will? And, I was going to get some kernmaster but I think if like something I can use drt too, what would be best? Thanks all 😃

 

hey bud,

 

I've been using my hh on yale blue tongue which is 11.7mm, I've just ordered kernmaster as I wanted a second rope for access and something I can use for srtwp, and ordered it over hedera purely because its orange not green! but the hh works lovely on my blue tongue, it does have a fair bit of stretch in it but I find i'm able to pull most of it out before I head upwards and feels almost like a static rope once you've a bit of weight under you...I had a few climbs on velocity as I was gonna buy it as my first 'thin' rope, which I did like but it killed my hands, 11.7 rope is a nice medium, I should be easier to get to grips (scuse the pun!) with the 11mm kern now, hope this helps:001_smile:

 

Thanks for the info nifty. I think I am tempted with the kern, if I keep on relying on having something I can use Drt then it'll take long to full transverse across to srt. I remember Adam saying to me the only way he became at one with srt after a lot of swapping between the two, was to leave his drt kit at home. I certainly can't afford to buy two ropes so I think the hand killers going to be the one, hopefully it'll push me in the right direction 😀.

 

It'll be interesting to hear how you get on so keep us posted!

 

Regarding the stitched eyes, like Adam I just do the by hand. I use 70lb fish braid so they don't fall apart to quickly.

 

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Thanks for the stitching photos Gerbutt. Just what I needed to see.

[Gerbutt]

Thanks for the stitching photos Gerbutt. Just what I needed to see.

 

Excellent. If you pm me your address Al I'll send you the one in the pic, it's a spare!

[High Scale]

I just used hitch cord but used hollow braid splices then pulled the cover back over and stitched it on.

[nifty]

Cheers for the info Adam and the pics gerbutt, I'll make one up for myself this weekend:)

 

srt is moving slow for me, the boss doesn't understand why i don't use a prussic to the first branch and free climb up to my anchor! Just the sight of the throwbag sends him mental! He's all good though pure sound despite his ***** ways, and he's lettin me do my thing more now that he sees the works gettin done all the same:)

[Gerbutt]

Could someone put a link up to the 6mm Liros please? I've looked all I've and can't find it!

 

No worries nifty, stick a pic up once you've made one 😃

[Old Mill Tree Care]

I think Treeworker sell it.

 

 

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