Light Rigging

[Mozza]

Mark, just making the point that you don't always need a lowering rope that's more than twice the height of the job. It seems like another handy trick that could sometimes make life easier. Tie a suitable hitch round a light but tricky limb , put a bulky stopper knot in the other end of the rope and hey presto, a 50ft lower with a 55ft rope.

 

I'm with you now :-)

[openboater]

Good, ta. 8mm rope would not give loads of friction in a fig8 but it would give loads of control. Better to put the strain on the tree than on yourself:001_tt2:

[Mark Bolam]

Just testing fellas, I knew that stuff all the time, obviously....

 

Makes perfect sense now, thanks for the explanations.

Another useful little trick in the bag, every little helps!

 

Thanks.

[Marc Lewis]

I still dont get it openboater, can you explain again please for the seriously slow here?

[Marc Lewis]

is the climber controlling the lower?

[Le Sanglier]

Getting back to the original pic, why put friction the one place it cannot be easily adjusted? either the climber can lower with a stub or the groundy with whatever.

If it's too light it'll get hung up. And pulling the rope back through would be a PITA.

Just use a krab and keep it simple.

[Grais]

Getting back to the original pic, why put friction the one place it cannot be easily adjusted? either the climber can lower with a stub or the groundy with whatever.

If it's too light it'll get hung up. And pulling the rope back through would be a PITA.

Just use a krab and keep it simple.

 

Why not just unclip the 8 and pop the rope off ?

You really dont need to pull it all the way through.

[ClimbMIT]

If a couple of stubs are handy I will use this same principal to lower pieces to the ground especially if groundie is busy and less rope to use. Good post darrin and welcome to AT! I can see how this would be handy especially when you don't want your rope to drop off. If I have a few stubs to work with I will tie it off when setting up for my next cut.

 

Mark

[Pete Bannister]

What about using a Super Munter Hitch ( a.k.a Double Munter, or Monster Munter). Tons of friction if you want it and it doesn't twist the rope like the standard munter

[likeitorlumpit]

Interesting

On a high lower, so long as you got the right length of rope and with this climber controlled system, the climber could do a see-saw operation, attaching the tail to the next limb to be lowered while the groundie unties the lowered branch(es). This way the lowering rope doesn't have to be pulled back. Hmmm. This climber will be earning his wonga.