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letigre · 22nd February 2008, 10:15 PM

i used to use that setup with the cmi mouse pulley (two holes) and the distel, but found my figure 8 would loosen the top of the prussick, hence an unexpected decent. i found the only way you could get that set up to work was with a splice, as it doesnt interfere. however, recently i went to an arborcamp in brissy aus and a young arborist from perth botanic gardens named jordan, showed me a far superior set up. it consists of a petzel fixe pulley, spliced posion hi-vy, 8mm beeline prussick and a carabiner of your fancy. what he showed me was that you could feed one end of your prussick rope through the back of the fixe pulley and tie a stopper knot to prevent it from coming out. this allows you to have one end of the prussick attached to the carabiner, making room for your splice! very neat indeed! i also found that clipping on a throwbag with a one (or two) stage carabiner to your splice when relocating high points, saves heaps of time, and my carabiners which i do tend to bash around a bit much!

also i do use the vt now which i find to be marvelously slippery and responsive!

22nd February 2008, 10:15 PM	#10 (permalink)
letigre Sappling Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 48	Re: Valdotain Tresse problems i used to use that setup with the cmi mouse pulley (two holes) and the distel, but found my figure 8 would loosen the top of the prussick, hence an unexpected decent. i found the only way you could get that set up to work was with a splice, as it doesnt interfere. however, recently i went to an arborcamp in brissy aus and a young arborist from perth botanic gardens named jordan, showed me a far superior set up. it consists of a petzel fixe pulley, spliced posion hi-vy, 8mm beeline prussick and a carabiner of your fancy. what he showed me was that you could feed one end of your prussick rope through the back of the fixe pulley and tie a stopper knot to prevent it from coming out. this allows you to have one end of the prussick attached to the carabiner, making room for your splice! very neat indeed! i also found that clipping on a throwbag with a one (or two) stage carabiner to your splice when relocating high points, saves heaps of time, and my carabiners which i do tend to bash around a bit much! also i do use the vt now which i find to be marvelously slippery and responsive!