 Re: Friction hitches for climbing lines
I was using a gibbs ascender is a similar configuration in the late eighties! It's a great idea and it self advances the hitch. It's even better with someone pulling on the tail of your rope. We would sometimes tie a redirect pulley to the base of the tree and put a couple of men on it to help the climber ascend. If the climbers rope happens to be in a pulley ascention rates can be really rapid......like 50ft. in ten seconds or less. |