Hitch Hiker thread.

[Ian Flatters]

 

*comment is banned under 16 different countries laws* and thats how babies are made. So im not doing that ever again.

[Gerbutt]

I made a little loop of 6mm cord for the chest harness to clip to.

 

It works really......... badly!

 

The problem is that both the chest biner and loop are horizontal so the biner twists the loop when I clip it.

This in turn causes one side of the loop to move down the spine of the biner and rotate it. If I then sit down, the biner is cross loaded.

Also, because it's all twisted, the HH won't advance up the rope.

 

The loop that I lovingly created is now in the damn bin.

 

Any suggestions?

 

 

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Try making the eyes quite tight and I also put a little rubber stopper thing on the spline side of the biner to help the loop keep it's position. It's very rare I have any trouble at all now.

[D Mc]

I made a little loop of 6mm cord for the chest harness to clip to. It works really......... badly!

The problem is that both the chest biner and loop are horizontal so the biner twists the loop when I clip it. Any suggestions?

 

Al, the snap I use on my chest harness is a small brass hook that has a swivel on it. This keeps everything fair and tending as it should.

 

If you need or just want to stay with the horizontal biner, you could try using something like a twisted metal clothes hanger. This gets bent into a u shape with an extra half twist on the top so everything stays fair with the chest biner.

 

What are you using as a chest harness? For what you are trying to do, one that can be quickly changed in length will be the most useful but is not mandatory.

 

David

[High Scale]

This works.

 

Stitched eyes and shrink wrap to keep it all tight.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Gerbutt, loops are tight. I too thought if a rubber grommet thingy but saw a rubbish bin first.

 

DMc, I'm using a loop sling fig8 over the shoulders.

I like the swivelling brass snap idea.

 

High Scale, mine looks like yours and I can see the left side of yours moving along the spine of the biner.

 

Conclusion: I'll try a swivelling biner or snap and a rubber grommet thingy.

However, I'll keep the bin close by!

 

 

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[Gerbutt]

 

That's what I have I mine and it very rarely slips down.

 

I do like the idea of the swivel snap!

[Gerbutt]

[Dan Curtis]

Pretty much You coming with me and ben to climb down his way over christmas? You can have a good bash on the HH

 

Maybe, depends when you're going. Ben has a good tree his way.....

[Old Mill Tree Care]

The thing with the swivel snap is that it won't just clip to my loop sling like a snap gate carabiner does.

DMc has his snap on a proper Petzl chest harness.

 

I realise that some time, patience and stitching will produce a perfect product but I can't be arced.

[High Scale]

Switched to 6mm Liros today, loads better.