soup-n-sandwich
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Hi guys,
I'm hoping some of you have the same gear and can maybe point me in a direction that works.
Ok the gear list:
I recently added the Hitch Climber pulley and biner below the HH for a much better limb walking experience (and 3 to 1 mech. advantage) as well as a third becket on the bottom is used to connect the bungee cord from the HAAS. Since this edition I'm struggling to get the tending, bridge length and sit-back correct.
I made a HH tending device that was modelled after this: https://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?item=15839 but made from steel. This worked great until the extra spacing from the pulley and biner.
I feel that if the bridge ring and newly added biner was replacing with something shorter (or replacing the biner on the HH with something smaller) would at least get me close the overall length of the HH biner connected directly to the bridge ring...but I'm sure that is not a recommended way to go.
The first issue is my rope bridge is MUCH shorter than I like it but it was necessary to reduce the height of the HH while sitting it the saddle.
When ascending the HH is too low which causes issue with the HAAS knee ascender not having the proper "travel". Also now when I sit back in the saddle the tending connection between my Weaver chest harness and the HH is too tight as I'm actually slightly below the HH so there is a lot of tension on the chest harness/HH tending device.
I'm a small guy at about 5'5" so there isn't much room for a setup that isn't dialed in. It appears that most of my issues are related to where the HH sits during my ascent. If I disconnected the tending from the chest harness and manually grabbed the top of the HH biner, keeping it about neck level everything seems to work better but my climbs are to the top, usually over 100 feet so having a tending device is a must. Maybe another method of tending is necessary? Also, since the knee ascender is not connected to the HC pully and the pulley height is dictated by the height of the HH, the HH must stay high on me during the ascent otherwise nothing seems to work correct.
I'm sure I can work through this and get something to work, as I'm doing this I'm curious if anybody else wit the same gear has gone though this already.
Thanks guys,
Soup
I'm hoping some of you have the same gear and can maybe point me in a direction that works.
Ok the gear list:
- TreeMotion saddle
- Self made Hitch Hiker tending device for SRT
- Hitch Climber pulley
- HAAS knee ascender
- CT Right foot ascender
- Weaver chest tending harness
I recently added the Hitch Climber pulley and biner below the HH for a much better limb walking experience (and 3 to 1 mech. advantage) as well as a third becket on the bottom is used to connect the bungee cord from the HAAS. Since this edition I'm struggling to get the tending, bridge length and sit-back correct.
I made a HH tending device that was modelled after this: https://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?item=15839 but made from steel. This worked great until the extra spacing from the pulley and biner.
I feel that if the bridge ring and newly added biner was replacing with something shorter (or replacing the biner on the HH with something smaller) would at least get me close the overall length of the HH biner connected directly to the bridge ring...but I'm sure that is not a recommended way to go.
The first issue is my rope bridge is MUCH shorter than I like it but it was necessary to reduce the height of the HH while sitting it the saddle.
When ascending the HH is too low which causes issue with the HAAS knee ascender not having the proper "travel". Also now when I sit back in the saddle the tending connection between my Weaver chest harness and the HH is too tight as I'm actually slightly below the HH so there is a lot of tension on the chest harness/HH tending device.
I'm a small guy at about 5'5" so there isn't much room for a setup that isn't dialed in. It appears that most of my issues are related to where the HH sits during my ascent. If I disconnected the tending from the chest harness and manually grabbed the top of the HH biner, keeping it about neck level everything seems to work better but my climbs are to the top, usually over 100 feet so having a tending device is a must. Maybe another method of tending is necessary? Also, since the knee ascender is not connected to the HC pully and the pulley height is dictated by the height of the HH, the HH must stay high on me during the ascent otherwise nothing seems to work correct.
I'm sure I can work through this and get something to work, as I'm doing this I'm curious if anybody else wit the same gear has gone though this already.
Thanks guys,
Soup
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