Burnham
Woods walker
Pete McTree and I have been trading some communications regarding backing up Kong double rope ascenders off and on for a while now. Recently we revisited the subject, prompted by his bringing to my attention a thread at Arbtalk reporting a fall by a climber using these ascenders.
I'll include the link, for those who might be interested...WARNING: the photo included while not specifically graphic, is likely to make any climber squirm.
http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=2360&highlight=kong
This all prompted me to do a bit of experimentation, exploring an idea I have had rattleing around my head. I came up with what I think is a viable method to backup the Kong ascender when footlocking, using a pair of Petzl Microcenders. I used some of that stick-on hook and loop stuff to hold them together back to back, to reduce the clang-bang.
The last pic shows what happened when I opened one cam and loaded the ascender.
Here's the pics. Comments of course welcomed!
I'll include the link, for those who might be interested...WARNING: the photo included while not specifically graphic, is likely to make any climber squirm.
http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=2360&highlight=kong
This all prompted me to do a bit of experimentation, exploring an idea I have had rattleing around my head. I came up with what I think is a viable method to backup the Kong ascender when footlocking, using a pair of Petzl Microcenders. I used some of that stick-on hook and loop stuff to hold them together back to back, to reduce the clang-bang.
The last pic shows what happened when I opened one cam and loaded the ascender.
Here's the pics. Comments of course welcomed!