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Sean Freeman · 13th February 2008, 09:00 PM

Hello and welcome oldsouth, I think DMc is correct that the VT is a hitch to be tried after developing your wider climbing skills, it is at times in ceertain configurations very unforgiving, not a characteristic suitable to the steep learning curve we have al faced and continue to face in tree climbing.

I climb on a VT sometimes, on an auto block or "loose french prussik" 90% of the time....I think the distal is a great hitch, also one to practice with is the schwabisch prussik if your beeline is short and has two eyes. Always remember when changing to a new friction hitch practice climbing with the new knot in a low tree with care and no work or $$ pressures.

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Sean Freeman PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,671	Re: Valdotain Tresse problems Hello and welcome oldsouth, I think DMc is correct that the VT is a hitch to be tried after developing your wider climbing skills, it is at times in ceertain configurations very unforgiving, not a characteristic suitable to the steep learning curve we have al faced and continue to face in tree climbing. I climb on a VT sometimes, on an auto block or "loose french prussik" 90% of the time....I think the distal is a great hitch, also one to practice with is the schwabisch prussik if your beeline is short and has two eyes. Always remember when changing to a new friction hitch practice climbing with the new knot in a low tree with care and no work or $$ pressures. __________________ Sean Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. - Kahlil Gibran