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Nah, that's fine.

I'm sure the dealers involved with selling the rope wrench in this country are bright enough to know that it's not PPE.

More wraps or a shorter more compact hitch is necessary when using the RW, the whole point of the RW is to lessen the load on the hitch so a single line can be used something that's not possible without the RW. You wouldn't NORMALLY climb on a single line using a rope hitch and I don't think I have ever heard of anybody using just a rope hitch on a single line. I myself have taken the RW off my line and sat back and the hitch just locked up. The RW is not PPE same as a Pantin is not PPE. Why are UK arb dealers selling a non CE Marked product which falls into the PPE category? Give HSE a call Tim.

I spliced a new one out of Beeline inner core.

Just don't mention you have done this on a internet forum as it's illegal:sneaky2:

I've eye spliced four Tachyon ropes yesterday, it is pretty easy once you've got the knack.

Treeworker sells them.

Try beating the throat with a rubber mallet, milk towards the eye then take off the rope and milk the opposite way away from the eye, beat the throat then repeat.

Mostly cash.

Matt made a good point, blame the government, blame the banks, don't blame the ordinary working man.

Thankyou David;) Rich yes cord came with RW needs replacing, must do that this weekend, don't know the name of the cord HB supplies, sorry.

From Tuesday.

Nice pic.

Interesting times!

Nice but I think I would lose it pretty quick with the release pin.

Yeah that's what I got but the heavy duty ISC ones look good.

I agree with Paul, please keep the gutter talk to the pub.

I was under the impression that it was required.

Please take no offence from my post for I mean no malice.

Pantin, I have used for years, rope, ditto, lanyard, hitch and hitchclimber, the same, Cmi ascender, shhh, no ce mark, the only new thing is the RW.

I can't and have little interest in persuading you, I just know that it's saving me effort and that's what interests me, you will have to try yourself to see if it suits you. I purchased my RW last summer ish with my own money just to see what it was like, I wasn't expecting it to change my climbing style but it has, much to my annoyance, I was expecting it to fail.

No, you are entitled to your opinion, it's just different and will not suit all.

It all becomes routine after only a short while, seconds saved means nothing when you're all ready a speedy climber, it's all about the effort you expend and SRT is all about less effort.

Nicely put oldmills.

OK, I am perhaps one of the biggest cynics when it comes to new claims of climbing greatness and cynical I indeed was when it first came to trying out the RW. I had exactly the same struggles as you Rupe and the reason I think is that after years of climbing Ddrt our brains are hardwired to climb that way. It took me maybe six weeks or more to really get it, rather than pulling in the tail of your rope as in Ddrt to slightly adjust your position you instead move your whole body and quickly adjust by pulling in the slack by moving your rope from below and forward pushing your hitch towards your TIP. If you are advancing up the rope when you are close to the tree stick your spare leg out against the trunk to steady yourself, as for advancing up the rope with a Pantin it's all about the rhythm, you push off with your leg, grab then lock your arms, then raise your climbing leg and push down and then repeat, you shouldn't need to pull up with your arms, just use them to lock on. Use your legs to push up and let them do the hard work. I don't want to tell any of you very experienced climbers how to suck eggs I just hope I can help in any little way I can.