Ian Flatters
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I guess the hitch tip should be set at shoulder height to reduce the risk of the line being cut above the belay system.
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Well i wire cord might lack the bite abitlity on a smooth stemed tree in the wet. But what the point is im getting at is one strop around the tree = no back up, no matter how many decenders/knots. It only need one point ant the whole system fails. Two strops = 50% safety margin.
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There is a reason behind that it lines the rope up with the AB. But, in the most basic form 2 prussiks would do the trick. Also with how do you propose to lower the climber quickly if required? Touching a hitch will allow movement from the off rather than un-tieing a knot. But basically 'you should' have two points attachment for the base anchor in case of system failure i.e some one cuts the lowest strop or highest strop or the AB has a catastrophic component failure. I can go massively into it just yet but hope this gives some indications into why as set out as safe practice it needs to be investigated.
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Very good point, maybe leaving an access line from the ground in a central point of the tree to give approximatly the same time access to any point. But this is the same with a DRT tip rescue.
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Yeah, its just trying to see how many situations one rescue system will cover. Although in 12 years of climbing i've only had to do 2 rescues of which one was severing the rope below their prussik on an ivy clad pine and one was a trainee getting the wobbly legs. Although i think climbing SRT rescue would be very simple just bomb the throw bag near them and zoom, zoom, zoom.
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Then i guess we enter the area of aerial rescue. I've been looking at stuff from a best practice point of view (i cant go into it too much at the moment for reasons)(no not a fall or anything).
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After a bit of discussion with higher powers as a rope work base anchor system there must be a back up. Its good and if you have more bods on the ground then this problem is passed but if you have a 2 man site then you could have some issues. But then again if there out cold or seriously injured im thinking being lowered onto the floor rather than being held by someone is the least of their worries.
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R5 gives the best quality i use r5 on my Hero and Hero2
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A quick couple of shots. 1 being me out on a limb with a redirect off a lower limb and the other a base anchor setup i use with a back up for safety/in case the groundy sends you full chaff with no control in a rescue senario.
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Yep, im using Samson 11.3m velocity low stretch line = Awesome! Using Stein eye to eye beeline kermantle stuff the same as Ocean polly but seems to have a bit more suppleness. The LJ combo is great and very, very fast but im just using it as the HC and seem happy with that. The Stein Skywalker pulley works pretty good as i never used the middle attachment on the HC as i have a DMM thimble on the tether which i clip into.
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Aint they called Kerf Cuts? Always cut straight through on crane jobs.
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Yeah, i use the smaller pin and could move tacyon and PI through it. This week i've been testing Samson Velocity with it and prefer it over all the others. I've been working with a double base anchor system recently too, checking back ups so its ground safe.....
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Most importantly, enjoy it. I've been foot locking only recently no ascenders or aids and its still really quick up a line.
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Approach it as a new climber would, there are a lot of things you will transfer straight across tho. Take a couple of slings with crabs in for either high re-directs or close stem anchors.
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You forget your going to have much more energy in the evenings........... because legs beat arms
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It is classed as a figure 8 device by the way. Plus the hitch is classed as the control and the system, its a complete system but your life isnt at risk if it fails (RW) so no requirement for it to be classed as PPE or a CE mark. Its just a figure 8 turned the other way, unlike the unicender if one of its components fail the you fail. I've been looking into this and how a base anchor should be which turns out 2 points of attachment at the base and 2 points on the line in case of strop or component failure. So these would be required to pass PPE/CE guidelines. Like i've said since looking into SRT climbing i have for the past week been scouring the net reading articles and finding what is applicable to our industry in the UK.
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So how do figure 8's fit into this as the Ropewrench is a figure 8 braking device. On the flip side the has opened up pantins and hand ascender into this equasion. My Petzl hand ascender and pantin are not PPE rated in our industry they are for caving tho.
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Hi Danavan, It can be a PITA from time to time, it is a 3way crab I'm sure some stein beeline eye to eye would do the trick. Base anchors are great but i use PPE rated kit and a back up so two separate strops and 2 connections to the line. Keeping in line with safety and all that.
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Hi Mark, I switch to art for the final descent if needs be, but after using the alpine butterfly retrieval system i rarely need to now. Although i am playing with and anchor rescue setup at the moment with a few things I've just bought.
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I use clean warm water in a sink and a rope brush.
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very true,
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loved the thumbs up at the end.
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He did really well, although i thought him and jack were going to have a lovers tiff over 1st and 2nd at one point:lol:
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Its how the attachment works, LJ connects straight to the RW via the top connection the SJ has to sit very close. Apparently it slips down but thats what i've been told by a few who have tried it. But personally the hitch is still keeping me busy with testing all the knots on it to see how each performs and how well they work. top at the moment is a vt 3/3 setup.
