woodchux
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Does this setup look ok to yall?
climb020 does not meet standardsClimb020 said:Though it looks good from what I have been told, the top holes do not meet standards. I run a second line from my backup to the krab from the ascender.
TreeCo said:It looks pretty good to me but I'm surprised to see you using a blakes drt after backing up your ascender with a Vt. There is a general opinion that the vt is much better than the blake for drt.
Climb020 said:Though it looks good from what I have been told, the top holes do not meet standards. I run a second line from my backup to the krab from the ascender.
Tree Machine said:It looks grossly overcomplicated, slow to set up, relatively expensive, too many parts and slow to get you to what you need to do. Other than that, its gorgeous.
Tree Machine said:Don't confuse 'new school' with 'advanced hitches.'
Hey- Absolutely no offense taken here. I only ask how you would improve on this because "You da man" and i know you have great ideas!Tree Machine said:I hesitate to get into that. This thread is about your system, which I find quite interesting. Derailing would be a disrespect. I hope you don't think I was dissing your system with my comments. I'm actually fascinated with it. Personally would never use it, but I still think it's cool. Also, I appreciate all your consistent and quality contributions, Woodchux.
TreeCo said:Here is a photo of the system Mark Chisholm used and won with at an ISA TCC.
I don't have anything to offer. I only climb on 1:1 systems, whether single or doubled, and I prefer the simplest, most boiled-down systems.woodchux said:I only ask how you would improve on this because "You da man" and i know you have great ideas!
woodchux said:I'm still not real sure where the line between the two schools is drawn.
Tree Machine said:Your system has the advantage that you can be lowered out of the tree from the ground. That's a big advantage if you get knocked unconscious in the tree or have a seizure or get electrocuted or something.
You mean from escaping the ascender shell.020 said:The holes in the top are for a krab but the krab is to prevent the rope from coming off of the cam.
TM said:Your system has the advantage that you can be lowered out of the tree from the ground.
'Best' is difficult to impossible to say as there are a lot of different ways to approach it. First, it depends if you are using 11 mm or 13 mm rope. Then it entirely depends what friction device or friction hitch arrangement you would choose. If they all perform the same task (allowing a man to be lowered out of the tree from the ground) then who is to say what is the 'best'?OTG BOSTON said:what kind of anchor is best for this?
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