BenR

Nice work the second is spot on. It would be interesting to see what they break at with a standard class 1. Ive never got any of mine break tested but I would like to, just don't know where.

Did you use a standard class 1 double braid?

That GCRS really is great

The uni is not too bad doubled rope, will self tend beautifully if you pull into the device like with a spiderjack. Can run a revolver off your bridge ring to give a pulley option to make it easier to use with the tail deflected.

From what Ian said, there may be a CE/EN version sorted out in the future with some change to it to make the wear reduced. Whether that is steel caps for the top and bottom bars and then re camming the middle cams or something else I'm not sure... I think I'm going to get my current one re cammed and see if there is a new version out in the near future.

Saves carrying extra gear, less links in the system and means you can crank limbs up a bit and still redirect with only single force Plus you know the limb can support your weight as you have to slack your line out to tie it rather than just dropping through a fork and potentially loading it at a bad angle

Cheers for the vote of confidence U! I have seen a few strange bits of cougar blue. I had on bit where one strand of the cover was all fluffed up.. Weird..

HAHA Ian you do make me laugh!! Yes its sensitive, caring, sexy, slightly bouncy rope. TIP tied on short hauls its not too bad though! Nice to have a bit of stretch sometimes.. (rarely, especially for top secret ninja climbs)!

Yea, its pretty simple. I usually just tie 3 half hitches if I dont have a spare biner. Alteratively use less rope, one half hitch to back off and a biner in the bight clipped back to one leg of line..

Tie a clove hitch around the redirect with a bight of rope, backed off with two half hitches and a biner. It can be tensioned slightly to support the redirect and reduce slack. Much better than using an ascender in a life support situation on double braid lines and less gear intensive Marc, I mentioned the situation you explained to Drew Bristow when he asked if there was anything I suggested needed to talking about at a 2 day srt summit in the states he is at. This meeting is apparently with everyone from up top in the industry, ISA, TCIA, treemagineers, itcc, arb assoc etc. My response was two topics. Separate specific SRT training for access techniques and work positioning techniques, aimed at arbs. The second stopping, the use of toothed ascenders on double braid and 16 strand ropes in life support situations in case people get themselves into shockload situations in ascent. Obviously that should never happen anyway, but not everyone is that switched on and mistakes happen sometimes.

Ive using a clove hitch on a bight after Dmc mentioned it. Its great, you can tension it up a bit too. Backed up with 2 half hitches and if you are feeling twitchy you can slap a biner in the bight after the two half hitches are tied. I tie the half hitches around both legs of rope even though they exit the clove at different angles. Cheers Dave!

Have to agree with the other guys that went on the trip. It was an amazing experience and I was never worried about the kids at all. They were all just having fun and happy.

Bit of everything It depends on the trees and the job I am doing up them as to what gear or techniques I use. Mostly SRT though.

I try to leave an access line in on pruning but on removals I just choke my line on a super rock solid anchor point. Someone can then access me via my tail if they have ascenders and a separate system to rescue me from once they are up. There are very few companies I work for who I think have anyone capable of rescuing me quickly enough if I really needed it. Self rescue or a ground based rescue system. Get as many up the tree as it will allow

Classy.. I didn't use heat resistant cord on mine. Because im cool...

Cheeky tenex microfrog Nice!

Good on you Paul, I nearly put my name down but I just don't have enough doh floating around at the moment. Look forward to hearing your thoughts. When is yours arriving?

Nice video Jack! Brings back good memories. Japan next year?

I have no idea what HAAS stands for but its a knee ascender with a bungee. same as my rope rocket type setup Got some calamine last night Ewan, splices so easily. Lovely rope to work with. Hope it climbs well too

YEA buddy!! Nice porty anchor!

Pretty rare that I will ever use this unless climbing with beginners, but here is a rescue anchor that passes the whistle test and the flop test. In reality I normally just tie a running bowline with circus bowline above it if I base anchor:confused1:

you could just run a dynamic cowstail to tether yourself to the hand ascender. If the cam goes on the croll, there should be stretch in the cowtail to lessen the load onto the hand ascender.. OR just get your act together and setup your access line and climb so you can't shockload the ascenders.

Interesting video Paul.. I'm impressed with the 16 strands ability to hold up that well against an ascender.

Don't shockload ascenders, simple. In a rope wrench setup, I don't attach to any ascenders. Find something else to drag your wrench up. webbing sling chest harness neck elastic anything.. Less clutter Plus you can then do small ascents on just a pantin without needing a hand ascender/footloop. Paul what ascender are you using for the rocket? Im using a croll or a ropeman but obviously not tethering it to myself.

That little loop is clean as fork mate! Tidy work. I look forward to having a play with it at some point. We need to sort out a rec climb soon. Are you running the standard VT on your hitch hiker adam?