New harness cant footlock

[Hollands]

Just treated myself and bought a treemotion. Was feeling pleased with myself loving the treemotion, until i tried to footlock with it. I'm not sure what the problem is, it might be that the bridge is too long or my position is slightly different, but i've gone from being OK at footlocking to f*****g useless. Gutted. Any tips?

[atree]

hahahahahahahaa

 

(just thought id say that cos i was the first to reply and that i know who u are)

 

have u shortend the bridge mite make a differeance,apart from that i dunno,u were gettin gd at it,must be cos im not climbin with u

[Hollands]

yea probably cos you're not there to cheer me on bro. Do you think you can footlock in your wheelchair?

 

I've seen guys with a clip on their prussic that goes onto their t-shirt to keep the bridge tight i might give that a go. Climbing comp in a few days, seriously considering getting the old harness out of the bin.

[Steve Bullman]

go with the clip mate....males all the difference

[Ross Smith]

the clip definately makes a difference m8 although im still struggling wit footlooking and havent had the time to practice,they do a body thrust aswell as footlocking in the comp but im not keen on that.

[DrewB]

youll have to wear the petzl full body harness anyway bro so that excuse just wont wash this time!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Frank]

youll have to wear the petzl full body harness anyway bro so that excuse just wont wash this time!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

haha, spent all that money on harness just to use as an excuse:001_tongue:

[bob]

i do not find harness makes any difference

still xan not footlock

though most folk shorten bridge on motion

[Khriss]

Nah-can't footlock fr ****, nice little ascender on me boot, works wonders....Butterfly / Yale / petzl -n porridge fr breakfast-not that any of that matters

 

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[Lancstree]

I found a kolibri more difficult to footlock in than a butterfly. I think its something to do with the way the leg loops slide about more freely in the kolibri making me more unstable hence less balanced. That was just from a little trial so I'm not knocking the kolibri.