Beginners climbing guide, hints, tips and general climbing techniques

[arbmansam]

I have always had a binder and throw bag on the end of my line, yes you will get it stuck once in a blue moon, usually Lime but it's no reason to NEVER use it Imo but very rarely as the bag gives you weight to flick it down.

With a throwbag you can throw round corners, boomerang it around a trunk and back to you, jump the bag from limb to limb working your way up and down.

Bundle ing up is slow and monotonous to me.

 

Thats actually quite a fair point didnt also mention when it did go on the stub when i got stuck i also pulled the line quite hard first which then jammed it so shaking it and doing my nut up a tree didnt make things better i think i took alot from that experiance 1.Be careful when throwing a biner into the canopy 2.Dont be so quick to just yank the line out if you miss the shot just be graceful

[WorcsWuss]

Ok i think i see now. Thanks for advice. just had a look around and found this on climbing arborist Advanced climbing techniques | Setting up a false crotch system

I like the look of that system. Ill give it a go me thinks!

Has anyone tried/use this system? good/bad..?

 

I use this system when I take my kids climbing. Works well.

Be aware of forces on anchor points though... There's some good explanation on here somewhere from Ewan and old mill, could be in the rope wrench thread....

Edited January 28, 2013 by WorcsWuss

[Tommy_B]

On a side note. If you're desperate to isolate limbs from the ground, buy a second throwbag for the other end of your line. Much easier to ping it through and get a straight route

[Ewan Murray]

Double bagging is good, its really useful and sounds rude whats not to like?

[Oak Oracle]

Double bagging is good, its really useful and sounds rude whats not to like?

 

[paddyvero]

The lower D's on the TreeAustria 2, the Treemotion and I think the Sequoia are rated for life support, so you can hang from them if you so wish.

[silky fox]

You betcha! I've just been hanging off my lower D's moments ago:cool:

[SteveT1989]

Welcome to the forum Steve.

 

Yes a pulley would aid in returning from limb walks. The picture shows the kind of thing you'd be after, though there are almost inexhaustable options for pulley/hitch combinations.

 

A prussik knot has a tendancy to bind, which makes it difficult for the pulley to do its job correctly, so maybe look at changing hitch. If you're happy climbing underhand with the knot above, I'd suggest trying either a blakes (in the photo) or a klemheist.

 

Personally for a hitch with a slack tending pulley, I'd go for something more compact, which you can pull overhand. Perhaps look at the treemagineers hitchclimber, though other pulleys can be used in the same configuration.

 

Try to keep the hitch as compact as possible in this situation to minimise sitback and maximise efficiency.

 

For further reading on hitchclimber type setups have a look at the hitchclimbers guide to the canopy

 

http://treemagineers.com/downloads/hitch_climbers_guide.pdf

 

 

Cheers man, after a lot of thought I bit the bullet and bought the hitch climber set up. It looked really nice to use

[WorcsWuss]

Cheers man, after a lot of thought I bit the bullet and bought the hitch climber set up. It looked really nice to use

 

You will come to love it

[SteveT1989]

I do have one issue that think I may have with it ( once it arrives). The hitch climber set up looks quite close to the bridge so I'm assuming i'll have ascend pulling on the rope above the hitch then tend the slack each time?

 

Or possibly moving the whole system further away, temporarily on ascent?

 

maybe attach my spare prussic loop with another biner to bottom biner of the HC so I can pull on the tail end of my rope instead?

 

That makes sence in my head haha