Rope wrench + pulley combinations?

[James Atkinson]

what rope is tht worcswuss?

[Sean.S]

I run a hitchclimber with a mongoose carabiner - from gate to spine I have:

Wrench tether, left leg of hitch, hitchclimber, right leg of hitch.

Mongoose goes into bottom hole of the HC, chest harness crab (120mm lyon sling with a sentinel) clips onto middle hole of HC.

 

If I want to switch to DDRT all I have to do is lanyard in, take my weight off main line, take wrench off rope, open gate and wrench comes off without having to remove anything else, spliced eye goes on next to gate. Done.

 

I don't bother with a second crab for the spliced eye/wrench - really don't see the point in having two oval crabs on the hitchclimber. Just adds slop and more potential for side-loaded crabs (unless you use the rubber pinch things, but they're a faff).

 

Yeah the wrench sits off to the side - but it doesn't make a blind bit of difference to how it runs.

 

I tried it with a pinto, with the wrench in the middle of the setup - but if you want to switch to DDRT you have to take everything off - and risk dropping / losing the pulley unless you clip your lanyard onto the becket or something. Then the legs of your VT unravel and you have to re-set it. Seems more hassle than it's worth.

[WorcsWuss]

what rope is tht worcswuss?

 

Edelrid Superstatic James. Think it's 11mm