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In the last 12 years of training climbers I have changed the way I start an individual. Spur climbing is a fundamental aspect of climbing. I used to break climbers in on spurs, pruning conifers,Now all pruning is done spurless. I now start a new climber out on a rope doing easy prunes, handsaw...

Your missing something. The traditional closed system causes the climber to advance the knot manually vs. a open system with slack tending pulley. Once in the canopy a climber has to constantly untie everything to pass structure instead of just unclipping the sharp end. You guys are clinging...

Blink, footlocking is about as "old school" as you can get. Again the traditional, "old school" drt technique was employed using a tautline first, then a Blake. Both knots being tied on a closed system, Which is the huge, gaping flaw in teaching a climber how to use a rope in working a tree...

Willie set a line at 25'. Tie a "traditional" closed system with a Blakes. Ascend the line to 20'. Now tie an open system with a VT, Knut, Swabisch, whatever. Tell me if 1. it was easier or harder, and 2. if the body movements were the same for ascending. Descent is only half the issue in...

It's not an issue of NOT teaching the old drt methods. It's what gets taught first. New age drt is way better than the Blake/Tautline closed system. If you teach a climber on the old stuff first you are wasting time. Muscle memory will have to be rebuilt on the new method in the line of...

:thumbup: I share that thought.

Difficulty that a student has is the instructors problem to solve. If they ain't getting it, that means you ain't getting it across properly.:)

I notice a lot of fellas are saying "old school". The reason I don't teach that first is cause it's old. The traditional rope climb methods are slower and more difficult, that equals more fatigue, safety issue. Production, a guy climbing on a split tail with a vt, Knut, icicle, etc is going to...

You know me Greg. Split tail for sure, often a VT right away, SRT, MA basics, throwline usage, Blah, blah, blah.:evil: