I have been out in the woods setting pre-sets for hunting season this year. I can see that this is a better way to be able to hunt out of multiple trees and wind directions. Lots of fun so far. I have been up as far as 40 ft. Thanks again for the videos and instructions.
I tried every hitch and cord type / size I could come up with to find one that works well on the 8mm Sterling I use for tether/rappel. Finally settled on the 6mm eye to eye that came with my saddle, tied in a Felicitous hitch. I rappel w a carabiner, but to test this hitch combo, I rappelled down using it, stopping multiple times, it never slipped or jammed. No mechanical devices needed.
Yes, intrigued me so I tried it and had the same problem as you did in the video when the top and the bottom got too close together. This does not happen with my schwabisch hitch so I will stay where I’m at. Thanks for the video.
I usually use a Michoacon hitch but I will be getting that Virgo & the system to go with it from u in the next month. I take the month of January off so I can focus on gear. Then February & March I do all my late season scouting (weather permitted). I'm going to break in that new system with that gear then. Something I wasn't able to do with my gear I got last January due to the horrific MN winter we had last year. That Knut hitch is like a VT or the other variations of the VT with the stability of the Michoacon. Love the tending of the CT with this system ❤. Still hunting here & the patches of white shit r gone now after the nice rain we had last night. So 2 weeks left & I'm hitting it hard. All gun seasons r now over in MN. Thanks Scott for the tips. They aren't falling on deaf ears.
Joseph , Thankyou much ! I appreciate all the yrs of support . Yes the Knut is similar to a few . Closely related to the Michoacán and how I came upon it . The 2.0 is exactly where this journey needed to land in safety and versatility. Can’t wait for you to experience it I know you’re gonna be stoked .
Thank you so much for all your videos. I repailed with my Gregory plus gold this year for the first time. And I love it is so easy to get down now. And I will add this new secondary immediate. Thank you again
Thanks a bunch. I'm a 68 year old arborist. I like using the GriGri on my safety line that's chocked around the tree trunk I'm spuring up with my flipline. Adding the knut hitch above my GriGri will make me feel a lot safer, and I can trust the 1/2" safety line to be life support. Excellent explanation.
The proper orientation would be to install one eye on either side of your Gri Gri but then you sandwich the brake operation. Install both to opposite side of brake and go with a minimum of 30” hitchcord
Thanks a bunch. I ordered a Sterling Flex 30" hitch cord. If it's too short, I'll order a longer one and use the 30" with my rope wrench. I shared this video with another solo tree guy, and he also loved it and will incorporate it.
I am just getting into saddle hunting - I’m NYSH’s newest/biggest fan! Thanks for the multitude of videos and info like this. The reason I like this knut hitch - super strong and its one less carabiner to make noise in the woods! I will still prob tie a stopper knot below the device though. Can’t be too safe!
Can you tie the knut hitch with the first tail on the left side and tie it the same way. the vergo that I got is a left hand . It looks like yours is a right hand vergo.
Yes you can tie it reverse. I tie everything as a lefty . I think you meant left hand CT Quick roll. You can use either left or right for the hand ascender . The Vergo is your belay / ascending device
Have been working with the Knut and my GriGri, that Clicking noise is getting to me. Can't seem to find the Trango Vergo here in Oz do you have any experience with the CAMP Matik in regard to noice when using it, no moving side plates and I like the fact it has the Panic function of a GriGri +
No experience with the Camp One of the many reasons I like the Vergo no clicking noise . The supply is dwindling down for the yr . I’ve got a few more coming in then it’s going to be hard to find till restocking in 24
Can this be used on a tether instead of a prusik knot? I have a rope tender for my prusik but after putting heavy weight on it it doesn't work so well.
Are you opening the vergo up and controlling the speed of decent with the hitch? I recently started one sticking and have used hollow block as well as just controlling the speed with my brake hand behind my back. I already purchased the madrock safeguard but plan to use this hitch with it
If you had to in a pinch yes , slowly . Friction hitches build a tremendous amount of heat . I climbed and descended on a Blake’s hitch for decades . It works exceptionally smooth when paired with a mechanical plus offer each other redundancy
Let me just had what I’ve been doing. I haven’t actually killed anything. I’ve been trying to hunt for a couple years and I’ve never even seen a deer. That being said, I want stick up the tree I want to get into SRT and stuff but I thought I gotta say I just don’t have a time so until I can efficiently once they can come out of the tree in the dark without becoming tangled mess I’m gonna be sticking to one sticking And the problem I’m trying to solve is that I repel down and it be nice to go hands-free on the way down and I’m trying to stay away from devices want to keep the minimalistic approach
That’s the JRB Agile hitch?! NO i see the difference, very similar though, the Agile hitch has one end going through the other so you hook up to only one eye or, use a carabiner as a handle, the Agile can be tied with a cord without eyes, but the ends terminate in a bend like Hunter’s Bend. But essentially a variation of the Kleimheist hitch. Cool Ascender friction hitch that will push up but latch on your rope with weight. I like the 5-2-3 JRB Ascender even better, same sort of ascender hitch. Nice yes easy to tie, dependable, versatile. I use these in SRT with a foot loop on a second friction hitch of the same type, my preference is the JRB compact 5-2-3 on my bridge, and the jrb 5-2-3 in soft bridge mode as that is easy to tend upward by just pulling my rope up as I raise my leg to step on up .
I have an easier time pulling downward with a longer bridge than tending upward. When u use self tending u have less movement & it's just more practical in a hunting situation. My 🌳 trimming saddle has 2 bridges on it. So I have a climbing line & a safety line. That 2nd bridge is a double 8mm Ollux that is adjustable. Just lengthen the loop to make the bridge shorter if needed. It's pretty simple but redundant & self tending whether I'm working on one side of the 🌳 or another. If u wanted to use it in a hunting situation u could install it into a 🌳 that would never work with a climber, hang-on or ladder stand. Those kind of 🌳 r gold when bow-hunting out if a saddle.
The question is why wouldn't you do it? All it takes is once and you're gone, granted the failure you're preventing is rare....just once, you lose. Otherwise, this is almost not even an annoyance.
You should never be that much in a hurry that you omit a step that could potentially save your life . Your right , they work so well together there’s not one thing annoying about tying it
