MarcM
TreeHouser
- Joined
- Jan 14, 2014
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Haven't turned up anything in search, apologies in advance if this is a dead horse but... I'm using a hitch climber with samson arbormaster and bee line i2i as my main setup. I bought the arbormaster before I had the hitch climber and I was still on a blake's with a knot tending pulley, so no eyes spliced or sewn in either end of my climb line. The only thing I've used that was semi successful in not having my anchor/biner interfere with my climbing hitch is using a double figure 8 with a looong loop to attach the biner. It's not optimal, I'd prefer a cinching not just to avoid cross loading, but I haven't noticed much tendency for that when clipped into the hitch climber.
But still, I've tried about ALL the friction knots, from simple prussiks, to the knut to the distel, the schwabisch... and I keep coming back to the vt. I've got the turns and braids tuned just right and it works great, aside from having to baby sit it getting hung up on my biner and termination knot. I clip the biner in the middle hole and I've tried with the hitch through the bottom and top. I always have troubles.
Is the real solution just to pony up and buy a new climb line with tight eye splice? I probably should. The arbormaster has served me well, but it's well used and I could probably use another light rigging line...
But still, I've tried about ALL the friction knots, from simple prussiks, to the knut to the distel, the schwabisch... and I keep coming back to the vt. I've got the turns and braids tuned just right and it works great, aside from having to baby sit it getting hung up on my biner and termination knot. I clip the biner in the middle hole and I've tried with the hitch through the bottom and top. I always have troubles.
Is the real solution just to pony up and buy a new climb line with tight eye splice? I probably should. The arbormaster has served me well, but it's well used and I could probably use another light rigging line...