Hitch climber with murderous intentions?

[Chainsaw wielding monkey]

Hi all,

 

Having a bit of an issue with my newly acquired hitch climber, maybe someone can help?

 

When pulling down on the tail of the rope to take in slack when body thrusting, I often find the VT gets jammed under the splice of the rope end (big red arrow in pic) and jams open rather than gripping the rope.

 

This seems less than desirable as it will surely be only a matter of time before I plummet to a painful death far below...

 

I can't imagine this is how it is intended to work??

 

Edit - The pic is off google, not my actual setup but of course it is pretty much identical.

[Clark]

Try putting the Karibiner on the Middle hole to keep it that bit more away from the hitch. Worked for me, although I'm now back to the basic prussik haha

[treequip]

That's not the ideal friction cord, I would go with something a good bit smaller

[mike83]

Use the middle hole if you ain't gonna use it for a lanyard or second line. Or change the hitch length.

[RichieR]

Your friction cord looks a bit long to me. I been using a swabisch on mine and and you get no slipping with it

[Fredward]

I never used a hitch climber but with a VT and micro pulley I mostly found myself setting the hitch by hand. I think however the diameter of rope and friction cord in the picture might be an influential factor.

[bumble B]

Twist the legs to stiffen them before you put the eyes in the biner. As others have said use the middle hole and try a longer length of cord. Experiment with some different knots. Have fun:thumbup:

[born2trot]

Agree with all the above , hitch cord is too long , too thick and in the wrong hole .

[5 shires]

Agree with all the above , hitch cord is too long , too thick and in the wrong hole .

 

He did say he got the pic of Google and it's not he's actual set up.he needs to put pic up or describe his own set up. But yes middle hole on PULLY in any case.

[Ian Flatters]

Pulley looks fine to me but I think most things have been covered, just play around with length and configurations.