Hi emr, o.k one thing i'd like to ask is why are french prussiks and the like called advanced hitches? they are not more advanced just new, I think we can be mislead by that term.
I like either a blakes or VT, the beauty of a blakes or similar is you can adjust the bridge so you can make it longer which is better for footlocking or thrusting up the tree.
Climbing with a so called advanced hitch will not advance your climbing, but i do reccomend playing with as many types of hitch as you can to find what makes your climbing more effcient and easier.
I've worked with dozens of climbers with over 10 year experience each, no one system stands out, some use an english prussik, some use a blakes others use a variation of french prussik others use a lockjack.
Some of us find a system and stick with it, it does'nt mean to say we/they are stagnant and not keeping up with modern techniques. Me I love to play, i love all the toys and different hitches.
I have all the latest modern kit, and use modern techniques, but i still get shown by guys climbing on a tautline using both ends of there rope, climbing in fixed point harnesses. |