I'm sure you've posted pics of your ascent system before, but I'm curious what setup would allow mechanical ascent and body thrusting in the same setup?
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This is a CMI, double handed ascender. The catalog says it works on 1/2" lines, didn't grab reliably on the ascent however.
I tried this method tioday on a 80' ascent and noticed that the action of forcing the ascender into the microcender dings up the top portion of the ascender. Have you...
I normally use the ascender on blaze or velocity, but we had a 1/2 inch blue streak installed in the tree when I showed up, so tried it out. The ascender did not grip the rope correctly, it would grab sometimes but then slip in small increments down the line or not grab altogether. :O
I'm going...
Yesterday we had set a 1/2" rope at the top of a tree we were removing and I decided to try out the ascender on this rope. Needless to say, it didn't work out too well, kept slipping and the distel wasn't grabbing either as it was held open by the action of moving up the rope.
Maybe the...
Burnham, first of all thanks for posting the pics. I've been thinking about this issue ever since I saw that photo from the ISA site of the punctured TM on the fence.
I've been using a slightly difference ascent system. Since I don't have the double kong ascender, I footlock the single rope...
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