Prusik/Blake's and pully set up.

[treequip]

i've looked at a hitch climber but i want this mainly because i have 90% of the parts so it will be cheap to upgrade until i get the petzl Zig zag in Feb!

 

The hichclimber set up is a pulley, a friction cord and 2 biners, you should already have the biners and a bit of chord and the hitch climber is cheap as chips, its all tax deductable you know?

[Frankie Lawrence]

i've looked at a hitch climber but i want this mainly because i have 90% of the parts so it will be cheap to upgrade until i get the petzl Zig zag in Feb!

 

You obviously have to make your own mind up but if you want to advance slightly and buy minimal kit the hicth climber is definatly the way... Cost is 50 quid there abouts with 2 Krabs pulley and cord... And I think you'll find it easier to get used to than anything mechanical as the knots still similar to the prusick....

[kierangurney]

true true. im gonna have a browse around for a hitch climber pully now.

[alex_m]

Get the cheaper red hitch climber, the fancy polished bearings on the 'rapide' won't make a difference for slack tending.

[Coletti]

If you want to make the setup in that video even cheaper you could replace the petzl tiblock with a boot lace tied like a prussic loop, not home at the moment but when I am I shall set it up and take a picture

[DrewB]

I'd definelty tie a small prussic rather than using a tibloc- those things are pretty Nast on rope.

Have a look at the "o-rig" if you want easy ascending...

[WeeDee]

I've used Tiblocs in rock climbing situations and they are not kind to ropes. They're are also best suited to ropes of smaller diameter and the smaller type of snaplink krabs. Some of the thicker arb ropes and I-beam krabs don't suit the slot of the Tibloc.

I would only use them now for crevasse rescue where speed outweighs gear longevity.

[scotspine1]

The Petzl Tibloc was designed to be used in emergency situations, more specifically rock climbing, caving and rope rescue.

 

To use it for advancing a hitch as part of a treeclimbing system would be a mistake that could cost you your life.

 

If you can't see the obvious flaw in that system then you should really try to keep your system as simple as possible, possibly even forget about the hitchclimber as well.

[Paulfreebury]

The Petzl Tibloc was designed to be used in emergency situations, more specifically rock climbing, caving and rope rescue.

 

To use it for advancing a hitch as part of a treeclimbing system would be a mistake that could cost you your life.

 

If you can't see the obvious flaw in that system then you should really try to keep your system as simple as possible, possibly even forget about the hitchclimber as well.

 

But in that system the Tibloc isn't life support it's just a way of holding the pulley under the hitch isn't it and the Tibloc isn't advancing the hitch the pulley is.

[pinches2412]

instead of a tibloc, would a micro grab be more suitable??? No wear on the rope does a similar job !!?!?!?!?!??!