current setup... lets see yours! RW

[broadsword]

new'un

[Garsi]

Does anyone still use just a plain old loop wrapped round your rope a couple of times method or am I the only one?? I look at your fancy thingmabobs with different length whatdyoucallems and I'm lost in the nicest possible way!!??

 

I'm with you on this one, am a newbie on the forum but have comfortably managed every tree thrown at me in a 20 year career with a self-tied prussik loop. Looking at these setups, I would suggest I've also saved myself a fortune.........

[timtree81]

I agree with you about what ou say but would you trade your 4x4 for a cheap wheel barrow ?

 

 

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[DrewB]

It's like telling a builder he doesn't need a nail gun when he's got a perfectly good hammer.

[Stephen Blair]

It's not that black and white imo.

If you have had a go with the nail gun and you only do small fences here and there, the simplicity of a hammer is great.

If you have tendinitis and can't work because you regularly do 500 m fences, then it's time to wake up.

Some builders build sheds, some build skyscrapers.

I've tried the other setups and if I ever get something big and open, out comes the ascender and pantin and grippy boots.

I don't trust SRT, so won't even go there!

Most of the time it's spikes and a strop to half something for a view.

 

 

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[DrewB]

Agreed bro- I was saying that industries have to evolve and new equipment is what let's that happen.

[kevin bingham]

It's not that black and white imo.

If you have had a go with the nail gun and you only do small fences here and there, the simplicity of a hammer is great.

If you have tendinitis and can't work because you regularly do 500 m fences, then it's time to wake up.

Some builders build sheds, some build skyscrapers.

I've tried the other setups and if I ever get something big and open, out comes the ascender and pantin and grippy boots.

I don't trust SRT, so won't even go there!

Most of the time it's spikes and a strop to half something for a view.

 

 

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You don't trust single rope technique? Not enough ropes for you? Have you been using two ropes? I can see that going from two ropes to one would be nerve racking.

[Marc]

You don't trust single rope technique? Not enough ropes for you? Have you been using two ropes? I can see that going from two ropes to one would be nerve racking.

 

now now Kevin, your taking it out of context or maybe I am taking you out if context.

This is not about Steve not trusting a single line, more to do with being so familiar with doubled rope.

 

I to am trying to get to grips with srt working I have been using srt techniques for several years, but have always worked the tree with my hitchclimber and a doubled rope system. I have never found my climbing to be difficult, so do not trust srt work positioning to actually make my life easier!

Though nothing ventured nothing gained.

 

I remember when I harked on about srt back in the day, I used to get shot down by the why not use a ladder brigade. Now i feel past it for not using srt to work off.

[kevin bingham]

Marc, I totally understand not trusting a single line. Rope access guys don't. It sas on petzl equipment and rock exotica gear to not trust a single line. Most work related rules state we must be tied in twice when making cuts. I think it makes perfect sense, we use sharp tools in trees. Why trusts a single rope or anchor especially while operating equipment. I don't think it makes much sense honestly. I have been really working on using two ropes instead of just a single rope and I do think my safety has very much improved. Its just not often that you find tree climbers that don't trust themselves with a single line.

[scotspine1]

Kevin,

 

Why the big change from working off a single line to two separate lines?

 

In all your vids your working from a single line.

 

What is it that's happened to make you change your system in such a big way?