marbar ascenders

[coolie]

I asked the boss for a couple of cmi ultrascenders for sit stand srt and he more than delivered with a marbar system.Ive assembled them, but have yet to try them out, any regular users here or any tips. The only complaint I have so far is that the instructions are written so small that Im considering buying my first pair of glasses. oh by the way the avatar is a c/saw carving I found on a japanese site, its a man about to cook his eggs for brekkie, cool eh:thumbup1:

[minty]

Tipstye off dubble rope with alpine butterfly. weight off the feet assender with a small weight to get started. when in position and tyed off,open 1 cam on both and lower to groundhog. enjoy.

[coolie]

Thanks for that Michelle,they sure are easy to ascend on,only drawback is changing over for work & descent,say hello to Dad from me.

[atree]

welcome minty,good to see more kiwis,may be a dumb question but what is the marbar system,never heard of it.is it a kiwi thing..again?

[coolie]

The marbars start with a pair of cmi ultra ascenders.A steel rod goes thru the upper holes and another longer one(300mm) goes thru the lower holes,the rest is webbing and tubing.There is an upper(hands) and lower(feet) ascender.They are used on a doubled rope,you could use just the upper for footlocking etc.They are my new toys and I find them embarressingly easy to climb on,but they are for ascending only. Edited May 3, 2009 by coolie
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[minty]

atree pic is 4u.James{coolie}, Dad says he seen u climbing the big ole mac spar on SH52 on Friday,on ya Marsbar; ya taking er doon??Dad dosent use em, he says theyre 4 old men like u and 4 girls like me.

[coolie]

atree pic is 4u.James{coolie}, Dad says he seen u climbing the big ole mac spar on SH52 on Friday,on ya Marsbar; ya taking er doon??

Dad dosent use em, he says theyre 4 old men like u and 4 girls like me.

Yes they make it easy for the long hauls,the thing I am enjoying is that Ive also got four ultra ascenders now for srt,tensioning rigging ropes etc,so now Im srt ,Drt ,Ddrt ,as I feel fit.Tell Mike "he knows who his Daddy is":star:Yeah that spar is firewood now before it toppled onto the road.

[atree]

never seen those before,they look real old skool.

[DrewB]

never seen those before,they look real old skool.

 

They are:001_tongue:

[dannyT]

They look like they would make access easy.....................but i bet they get in the way (cumbersome). This maybe a daft question but what do you do with it once you start work.....................just lower it down and transfer to a secondary working rope Sorry not much experience srt/big access climbs.