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Get as little slack in the wraps as possible, then it'll tend better and have less sit back IMO. I retie it after using it for a little while, to get the last bit of slack out.

Thanks. Martin, my apprentice is off to forestry school for a two week class in treeclimbing tecniques etc. Since we have already taught him more than the teachers at school know, we figured he could use the time to get real good with the Hitch hiker.

Someone posted a Hitchhiker setup that involved a pinto pulley in another thread. I wanted to try it out, but can't find the pictures. Help, anyone?

Ah, now I get it. Simply attach it by carabiner to the bridge of my saddle next to the HH, or a D-ring if I'm using my climbline as lanyard.

Same as you would use any other friction knot. On those trees that had a branch sticking out, we'd simply naked crotch it, otherwise we'd use an adjustable friction saver. But I just happened to have the Hh set up on my shortest climb line, so being a lazy bugger, I used that instead of the VT...

When we topped that Linden alley last week, we used the HH, but in DRT mode. It has the sweetest control of all the DRT devices I've used.

That was REALLY good, Nick. Thanks a lot for posting it. About the helmet on a rec climb thing. We did a ninja climb on the biggest conifer in Denmark a couple of years back. On the hike back, we passed a huge burl on a larch treee. I wanted a picture of myself sitting on it for the woodturning...