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Nice technique!!

Just back from a dead madrone removal using the Hitch Hiker. F%*$ Ya. Seamless transition from SRT to DdRT was sweeeet.

That hangup was something I experienced on the prototype. Erik and I should get a chance to see how it works with the production model, today. He's probably 180-190. I'm 190. We'll use PI, arbormaster, and/ or HTP for a variety pack.

If I can avoid banyan sap today, I think I"ll be stoked on the trial run of the new HH!

I like not having more stuff around my neck (already have a whistle on cord) when its time to work. I like to be able to put the whole set-up on the back of my saddle. A person could attach the end of the cordage to the top of the floating ascender and have a key-gate/ smooth gate microbiner...

Good one, Bob. Simpler yet, I think I'll try what I have on the footloop for the hand elastic cord...a tie-off on the ascender for one end, and prussic/ friction hitch tied back to itself to form a hand loop, on the other end, skipping both 'biners. I already have extra biners on my harness...

How do I get the vcr to stop flashing 12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00?

Its late. D and A are sleeping. I should be, too. Some of us have to get up at 5am, but felt compelled to check in. :) Pictures rotate easily on a laptop...pick up laptop, rotate laptop.:lol:

This is Erik. Some pics may be redundant. Hope these show well what's what. Left hand has elastic attached to ascender (petzl hand ascender cut off). Right foot pantin. RW and hitch advanced by flipline attached with adjuster on left hip D, over right collarbone to hitchclimber. Extra...

Remember to bounce test your rope with remotely set TIPs/ Redi(rection) points before committing.

Randy, Looked really good. I've been intending to upload the pics of my set-up, but the uploader hasn't been working for me. You have all the components of my set-up except for a cheap piece of elastic cord. As you can see, with non-elastic cordage, you have to syncronize the hand and...

I figured that the flattening was not a big deal. I worked the rope in my hands a bit, and it re-rounded. I noticed from Donny's pictures that the lower slot on production HH is just that, a slot, whereas on the prototype it is more of a scalene triangular cut-out, which I think accounts for...

Jack, was it you who video'ed the footloop to bridge ring with the HHRW?

My stuff is all locked in the truck, requiring lifting the dump bed to pull the security bars, and I am on daddy-duty at the moment. hopefully, one hand typing can suffice for now. Disconnect rope lanyard from D's. Connect lanyard hitch biner to bridge ring. Form a foot loop by simply clove...

I suspect that it was worked out in the production models. I'm around 195, btw, which I believe is a noticeable amount more than you, IIRC from previous discussion. Are you able to distinguish between loading among the biner, dogbone, and hitch? I have one of the earlier prototypes and...

Another thing to mention as a distinction between the HH and RW is that since the RW has to be pushed up and engaged, then the hitch loaded in order to not lock up the hitch, the HH can be used to sit full weight on, and then break free more easily. I was using the hitch to rest between lifting/...

I hung christmas lights in my tree this morning. I am climbing on a prototype HH with Poison Hyvee. I noticed a distinct flattening of the rope after several up and down runs. Anybody else find this? I think that the slots on the prototype may have had most of the pressure on the biner...

I like the cobra spreader idea. Looking forward to getting a production HH, once I get some spare coin. Dang, babies are expensive.

I have a prototype HH, NOT a production one. I emphasize this as a preface to having used it DdRT for the first time yesterday. I rarely climb DdRT, like 10 times in the last year. I had a bit of trouble with it on DdRT with a leather cambium saver over a 3" diameter top branch, which is under...