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letigre · 23rd February 2008, 03:19 PM

haha yeah pretty exciting that unexpected decent!

another thing to try treemonkey, is a shoelace prussick set up (this is the only name i can think of). again its with one carabiner (or two if you prefer but not necessary), and you tie a shoelace in a prussick knot(any will do but normally english) on the figure 8 end of your rope and attach a carabiner to it with a micro pulley crossing onto the 'real' prussick end of your rope. if you can visualise this your doing well!

basically it allows you to have a lengthy prussick and to ascend without pulling slack through (as you pull from underneith the pulley you are tending the slack). the shoelace prussick, allows you to adjust your 'throw' sliding the micro pulley up and down the 'real' prussick end of the rope. for ascension, i think this system is superior, but when your branch walking or in a strange position, it is near impossible to grab the prussick to loosen it because of the length it is required to be. therefore i have stuck to my vt and use the 600mm rule, only have 600mm of slack max before you tend your slack, or else footlock the tail if your away from the trunk which tends the slack anyway!

23rd February 2008, 03:19 PM	#12 (permalink)
letigre Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 54	Re: Valdotain Tresse problems haha yeah pretty exciting that unexpected decent! another thing to try treemonkey, is a shoelace prussick set up (this is the only name i can think of). again its with one carabiner (or two if you prefer but not necessary), and you tie a shoelace in a prussick knot(any will do but normally english) on the figure 8 end of your rope and attach a carabiner to it with a micro pulley crossing onto the 'real' prussick end of your rope. if you can visualise this your doing well! basically it allows you to have a lengthy prussick and to ascend without pulling slack through (as you pull from underneith the pulley you are tending the slack). the shoelace prussick, allows you to adjust your 'throw' sliding the micro pulley up and down the 'real' prussick end of the rope. for ascension, i think this system is superior, but when your branch walking or in a strange position, it is near impossible to grab the prussick to loosen it because of the length it is required to be. therefore i have stuck to my vt and use the 600mm rule, only have 600mm of slack max before you tend your slack, or else footlock the tail if your away from the trunk which tends the slack anyway!