Friction hitches

[telhol]

Pete its alot less distance than it looks my hand can spread one end to the other just tried to see.

 

its perfect distance including my d rope on my treemotion for accending you need a little longer length to lessen the amount of thrusting needed

[Pete Mctree]

Ah your still working the trad way as opposed to pulling above the hitch and then tending slack. Bit too much like hard work for me

[telhol]

What im doing is pulling under the pulley and it slides the hitch up on its own so i just tug the rope under the hitch.

 

Well normally i get the ladder and climb back up its hard work thrusting im bolloxed every time i react the top lol.

[Lancstree]

I've played around quite a bit with setups like this and I also find the main limitation is the gap between the pulley and the hitch. Do you use it with a cambium saver?

 

I do like the icicle though. I tried it recently and couldn't fault it. The one I've liked the best however is the knut and I've climbed on it in all situations. I'll try and find a link to a page where these knots are pictured and described.

[DrewB]

its all personal preference but it def looks a bit too long for me. but whatever works man.....

[Lancstree]

http://www.treebuzz.com/articles.php

 

You'll find plenty of knots here

[telhol]

I have decided to try a much shorter friction length now my hitch climber is touching the icicle hitch tested it for 5 mins and its quicker i still pull from the bottom and it sends the hitch along the rope.

 

see how i get on

[bill]

ive just started climbing with the hitchclimber and a vt. i love the hitchclimber but i think that the vt is too long and im finding it a ball ache when i want to make smaller adjustments when climbing. a smaller hitch must make this easier.

[Steve Bullman]

how many wraps and braids are you using?

[bill]

i started with 3 turns and 4 wraps(thats 2 on each side) now im on 4 turns as 3 was slipping.regardless of that i still think its a long hitch.