New climber & the spiderjack 3

[ShorterTrees]

Yes I have heard this hence why you tie safety knot but really appreciate the advice will get a prussick mastered before playing about with other systems

[Mesterh]

Just dont get stuck in only using a prussik, too many people do and pay the price when time marches on a bit.

[ShorterTrees]

Well everyone swears by it but I'm

The youngest on the firm & people don't like change, my personal opinion was don't knock what you don't know ie what get used to the prussick that everyone is used to & knows (learnt to know) when I can start with a system that I can master & stick with?

[Mesterh]

Well it takes no skill or thought on how to use a prussik, a spiderjack is the opposite end of the spectrum, a good device but you need to learn how to use it.

[TTP]

If you come into trouble in a tree with a mechanical device and you don't know how to tie a prussic then your in trouble. Most mechanical devices can't be added mid line as a rescue device.

[Steve Bullman]

Personally if I was a trainer i'd skip straight past using a prussik for climbing and go straight onto the distel or knut, followed by the vt. Sure I would include teaching a prussik in the sylabus, but using it for day to day production work? No way.

[ShorterTrees]

Personally if I was a trainer i'd skip straight past using a prussik for climbing and go straight onto the distel or knut, followed by the vt. Sure I would include teaching a prussik in the sylabus, but using it for day to day production work? No way.

 

That's what I'm saying, I'd learn to you prussick although I wouldn't be alone anyway but I'd learn it for a decent on a mechanical failure but why master a prussick when I want to you a spider? I appreciate all opinions as I know nothing tbh lol but I think most old school well knowledged stick with what they know as they don't know any different or feel the need to change but to me the spiderjack looks like a whole new ball game for accent & decent & also branch changes etc????

[Mat]

That's what I'm saying, I'd learn to you prussick although I wouldn't be alone anyway but I'd learn it for a decent on a mechanical failure but why master a prussick when I want to you a spider? I appreciate all opinions as I know nothing tbh lol but I think most old school well knowledged stick with what they know as they don't know any different or feel the need to change but to me the spiderjack looks like a whole new ball game for accent & decent & also branch changes etc????

 

How very rude!

 

I will have you know I dabbled with a Blake's hitch this very week.

[Stubby]

how very rude!

 

I will have you know i dabbled with a blake's hitch this very week.

 

speak up !

[morten]

If you come into trouble in a tree with a mechanical device and you don't know how to tie a prussic then your in trouble. Most mechanical devices can't be added mid line as a rescue device.

 

LockJack can, though