My first go on SRT

[GraffenArb]

Remember when ascending that your legs are doing the work not your arms. So the hand ascender is just something to hold to keep your body upright. Small steps are more efficient too, you may have to take twice as many steps but man are they easier when they are small.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Remember when ascending that your legs are doing the work not your arms. So the hand ascender is just something to hold to keep your body upright. Small steps are more efficient too, you may have to take twice as many steps but man are they easier when they are small.

 

 

Top tips. 👍

 

 

 

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[Rich Rule]

The HAAS style ascent can be pretty efficient. Personally when you have it dialled in I prefer to take larger steps and maximise the strides.

 

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[James Atkinson]

The HAAS style ascent can be pretty efficient. Personally when you have it dialled in I prefer to take larger steps and maximise the strides.

 

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You make your own haas mate?

 

 

 

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[Rich Rule]

Yes I did mate. Knocked one up with bits I had. Petzl croll, accessory bina, some accessory elastic from a tree motion and some tenex.

 

Took about 20 mins. The elastic doesn't go I to the footloop though and it is soft rather than stiff, but it all bundles up and can fit in the cargo pocket of my stretch airs.

[Charles Hey Arborist]

Yes I did mate. Knocked one up with bits I had. Petzl croll, accessory bina, some accessory elastic from a tree motion and some tenex.

 

Took about 20 mins. The elastic doesn't go I to the footloop though and it is soft rather than stiff, but it all bundles up and can fit in the cargo pocket of my stretch airs.

 

Looks good!

Doesn't look too tricky to make. Going to use the 2xhand ascenders with footloop and panting for a while see how I get on- at least then I can know what is easier if I have something to compare to.

 

 

Hope this thread is useful for anything thinking of trying SRT- do it!

[James Atkinson]

Yes I did mate. Knocked one up with bits I had. Petzl croll, accessory bina, some accessory elastic from a tree motion and some tenex.

 

 

 

Took about 20 mins. The elastic doesn't go I to the footloop though and it is soft rather than stiff, but it all bundles up and can fit in the cargo pocket of my stretch airs.

 

 

Cool mate do the measurements need to be acurate? I.e elastic length? And what you connect it to?

 

 

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[Rich Rule]

I just had a length of elastic tied with two fishermans. I run it through or between the bridge on the tree motion and clip it to a Lyon selling and bina I use as a chest harness. There wasn't enough recoil so I doubled it and it works fine. You just have to be careful not to have your legs close to the line as sometimes the croll catches in your pants. Not dangerous but just puts you outta rhythm.

[Rich Rule]

As for the measurements I spliced it up one night as we were having a few beers at the Norfolk cutters and climbers. It worked in prrinciple so I just fine tuned and neatn'd the whole thing up when I got home.

[Negundo]

The wrench is ok off to one side, but I would look into a stiff tether that has legs so it goes on either side of the hitchclimber beckets. Its going to keep the wrench a lot more stationary. I know honey bros just started selling one.

 

I climb on tachyon and imori with an 8 mil. armor prus eye to eye. I tie a seven wrap michoacan. I weigh around 200 lb, sorry don't know what that is in stones.

Edited July 17, 2014 by Negundo