Pre Prussik days.

[Mick Stockbridge]

We've all climbed on prussiks at some stage and I'm assuming that everyone knows of Dr. Karl Prussik who developed the knot during the war due to lack of piano wire, thus enabling him to tune his piano on broken strings.

 

So was there a system before or was it all free climbing?

[Jamie]

lanyard hitches and spikes

 

i've looked through some books but can't find an example

 

 

Jamie

Edited September 3, 2009 by Jamie

[White Noise]

We've all climbed on prussiks at some stage and I'm assuming that everyone knows of Dr. Karl Prussik who developed the knot during the war due to lack of piano wire, thus enabling him to tune his piano on broken strings.

 

So was there a system before or was it all free climbing?

 

Hell fire Im still on my prussik . If it aint broke and all that . Well I have tried blakes , VT GOTTA KEEP YOUR EYE ON THIS LITTLE BUGGER . I always seem to go back to what I know best . Mechanical devices for me are a no no . You no when your friction hitch needs changing . Keep it simple guys .

[skyhuck]

Standing in a skip suspended from a crane.

[Mesterh]

You mean you havent seen this thread.

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/video-forum/9478-japanese-1600-century-edo-period-climbing.html

 

Think I might give it a go, the retro look is all the rage nowadays

[plippy]

Hell fire Im still on my prussik . If it aint broke and all that . Well I have tried blakes , VT GOTTA KEEP YOUR EYE ON THIS LITTLE BUGGER . I always seem to go back to what I know best . Mechanical devices for me are a no no . You no when your friction hitch needs changing . Keep it simple guys .

 

i agree, if it aint broke dont fix it, i was taught to tie my own prussik knot and still do, i av tried one of them mechanical one's but couldnt get on with it

 

im not knocking the new stuff, am a gadget freak so i welcome new tecniques