SRT Tips?

[Alex166]

Any tips for someone just starting out with SRT?

[Rich Rule]

Look for the schultz effect thread on here or google it.

 

for 40$ you will get access to his brain in the for of video clips available for download or stream.

[andrew t]

Go rec climbing with people who climb srt .

That's how I picked it up .

Also what rich said .

[Mark Bolam]

Both great tips.

Don't try it under time pressure at work.

[colemanjessenz]

use it for access to start with and then move onto using it for working on the way up.

soon enough you will be confident using it for what ever application is suitable.

[andrew t]

Remember that SRT can be very simple you don't have to have loads of gear if you climb on a HC double system then you need a Rope wrench stiff tether and a foot ascender and away you go 😀.

[andrew t]

The only knots I use when climbing srt and working srt are timber hitch with stopper knot if I'm using a base anchor .

Or running bowline for top anchor or retrievable I use a alpine butterfly .

Sometimes I do use a secondary rope on the base anchor to shorten my very long climbing line .

[Dilz]

Agree with the Rec climbing and the vids - lets you try new things without the time pressure - but once familiar with basic set ups start using at work - that really pushed me on - ive only been using it a few weeks at work but use it as much as apossible and its made a huge difference! It feels very awkward at first - can be a lot of faff to set up IMOP - and it feels really awkward at first - but then when you realize you have just climbed 40ft straight up and it just feels like you have walked a flight of stairs

 

I found that once i got a few of the basics principles sorted the biggest issue was then streamlining my kit to reduce faffing about time to make it more useful at work - I bought a seperate rope for SRT set up that has the rope wrench and hitch tied on (i use a LJ on DRT) and it also has all the other bits and bobs attached to it - I also recommend a HAAS / knee ascender - pricey but more than worth it. - Get good with a throw line as well! I use a longer lanyard with SRT than DRT as i can use this as a Short DRT system to help to get up to set my top anchor is i haven't already got it

 

One tip is that at first it can be difficult to get off the ground - not enough weight in the rope to pull it through the ascenders which gets annoying - Simple sollutions to this are tie a hank of rope so it hangs off the ground - or I sometimes use a spare throwbag that has a loop tied onit that i can attach it to the rope as a prussik - then if i pull the rope up at some point i just take it off.

 

Also i think the best bit of advice I got was this ' Redirects - SRT in Trees is all about the Redirects!' Also stick with it - it feels wrong, weird and awkward its by no means a quicker way of climbing - but the amount of effort it saves is astonishing.