Hitchclimber alternative...

[elliott EGD]

As tommy b mentioned the o rig. Worth watching 2:35 in deminstrates it wel lHitch Climbers' Guide to the Canopy part 1:

[broadsword]

Personal preference and all that but you can just put an extension between the hitchclimber/micro pulley and the bridge of your harness to achieve a the same thing. A short sling or something. When you have made your ascent just lanyard in and take out the extension. I actually do prefer to pull down and then pull slack through when using DDRT though.

[elliott EGD]

I dont personly use it rilly have done a on odd ocations but hitch climber can cover what his prefrance and beond just a bit more exspensive thn a micro pully

[DrewB]

Can you reach that if you need to descend quickly or if it's not grabbing? Great outside the box thinking but looks a tad dodgy to me bro..

[Gray git]

In your 1st pictures I take it both cheeks of the pully are held by the clip, if so how can you detach your rope to re anchor when climbing?

Hitch climber on a orig system or just go full on and get a zigzag, check out some good threads on that on here.

 

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[JLA Arborists]

I don't use that system just a self tending idea. I have a zigzag. In the ideal situation you throwline in high so no need to change. Otherwise it a case of untying the clip every time. Then again would you need a self tending system in short assents with lots of readjustment?

[Gray git]

Simply up yes. Anything to save the pull push of prussic or split tail climbing systems even if your only progressing 3ft something that tends easily can only be a energy saving thing.

As said before having a small pulley tending the slack has been around in 1 form or another for a long time, think I started doing something similar in 2000 ish but with a small prussic loop and tool clip holding the pulley but was never an efficient system due to get binding nature of the blakes hitch and prussic knot . Then came the vt, knut, etc which changed everything as they opened out when progressed so took a ot less effort to tend.

Good to know people are still thinking because without it we'd not progress but il be sticking to my zz till something better comes along.

 

 

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[DrewB]

all the self tending systems a re just made 100% better if using a pantin or similar. no slack generated, no elbow issues, using your leg muscles etc....

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

if it aint broke dont fix it, Hitchclimber rules!