DRT setup on Petzl Sequoia

[DrSteeeve]

Hi Everyone

 

I am fairly new to climbing and am unsure about how to organise the equipment on my bridge, I am running DRT on a sequoia std with the free end of the rope and my Petzl ID clipped to the bridge on separate carabiners, I find that they snuggle up to each other too much and I have now used a second carabiner on the ID to give it a bit of room.

 

My ideas so far have been to use a ring instead of the carabiner, use a rigging plate of some kind or the one I'm not sure about, clip the free rope end to the left ring and the ID either to the bridge or the right ring.

 

It seems sensible that using the ring and the bridge might increase the load on the left ring, anyone know if this is the case or have the same problem and any other suggestions?

 

Steve

[nz paul]

Is a petzl id not just for decent?I had a zigzag and now back to a hitch climber all just run off one biner secured to a ring on the sequoia?

[DrSteeeve]

Nope it can do progress capture for accent too.

[Mr. Squirrel]

It may be able to, but I don't think this is really it's intended purpose. A knot would be alot tidier.

[DrSteeeve]

It can and it is, it's in the manual.

But that's not really my question, does anyone with and kind of progress capture device use any method of keeping the free end of the rope away from the device?

[nz paul]

It may be able to, but I don't think this is really it's intended purpose. A knot would be alot tidier.

 

Agree, i haven't seen this device in person but looked at a ton of pics and info on it and it doesn't seem very fit for arb purpose,ive never seen anyone on one in my time,looks like it would be good for rope access work though.

 

Be good to see some pictures of your setup Drsteeve im intrigued?.

[Rupe]

Its not meant for DRT.

[Alex Buiter]

Hello there, I'm pretty new to arborist work and come from a background of 15+ years of rope access work. The I'd is far from ideal for DRT. With the I'd taking only half the body weight and part of your weightt on your feet/limb, you'll be engaging the "emergency" brake all the time. Even using it single rope in a tree is a hassle because you're hardly every truly hanging full weight in it. Like working on a slightly inclined roof. Just get a prussik and a pulley and you'll be set.

 

Good luck

 

 

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[DrSteeeve]

This is my current setup, I appreciate its not a traditional setup but I can't get on with hitchclimber at the moment, mostly due to not having enough upper body strength, and find the option of having a 4 to1 advantage really useful especially when there are no lower limbs.

I've had no problems getting slack with the ID, you have the option of using the button for temporarily overriding the safety as you would on slopes and I find it works fine, for a newbie I find this to be a easy and reassuring rig to work with.

Anyway as you can see it wild benefit from having a spacer in between the two crabs on the bridge, I'm thinking of going with a rigging plate and attaching the crabs to that and the bridge so the plate just holds the crabs apart, also will give a few more attachment points for a bag line or maybe a gopro

Thoughts?

[WorcsWuss]

Steve. How did you come to be using the I'd for tree climbing? Is it something you have from other aerial work or an impulse buy?

A brief read of Petzl's technical notice goes along with what Rupe says.

You almost have a conventional SRT system there, just add a foot pro onto the hand ascender and a pantin on your other foot and you're away.

That would get you round your limited upper body strength...

It's very much IRATA kit by the looks of things and not something I'd really like to use in a tree (but then I have a thing for cord...)

Where in the country are you?