I’d like to have more precision on Doubled Rope technique. I’m almost a beginner but not completely. I used to climb tree for pruning mission (with karabiners and slings).
Since I’ve heard about rope climbing, I’ve experience it a couple of time.
In order not damage the tree (and the rope) i climb on a doubled rope passed over a large limb.
To ascend I used a prussic hitch linked to my saddle and a second prussic hitch with a foot loop (both include the two bights of the rope).
I often climb with my son who is too young to descend with the rappel technique.
When descending I tell him to use the same method by descending first the prussic with footloop to put his weight on it to free the top prussic and descend the prussic (for saddle).
He sits down on the saddle and descend again the foot loop,… continuing till he reaches the ground.
Is it a SAFE method? As the prussik is a symmetric hitch I feel it safe. !
Is the DbRT more a SRT or a DRT ? I've read in "Recreational Tree Climbing" book that with SRT it is necessary to switch from an ascending to a desceding (rappel) method.
Thank you for your help.
Since I’ve heard about rope climbing, I’ve experience it a couple of time.
In order not damage the tree (and the rope) i climb on a doubled rope passed over a large limb.
To ascend I used a prussic hitch linked to my saddle and a second prussic hitch with a foot loop (both include the two bights of the rope).
I often climb with my son who is too young to descend with the rappel technique.
When descending I tell him to use the same method by descending first the prussic with footloop to put his weight on it to free the top prussic and descend the prussic (for saddle).
He sits down on the saddle and descend again the foot loop,… continuing till he reaches the ground.
Is it a SAFE method? As the prussik is a symmetric hitch I feel it safe. !
Is the DbRT more a SRT or a DRT ? I've read in "Recreational Tree Climbing" book that with SRT it is necessary to switch from an ascending to a desceding (rappel) method.
Thank you for your help.