I learned how to climb by watching your videos. I've never climbed double-rope, I started SRT. I use an ascender with a foot loop and a Grigri. I made a lanyard by watching a "Bino H" video. I run a redundant life line for the initial ascent with a friction hitch to my harness because I'm a noob and I want an additional emergency life line in case my primary line breaks. It's been challenging to learn how to climb safely. Your videos have helped. Retrieving the rope was a learning curve for me, as it really needs to be planned out before getting up the tree. To secure my ascent line, I toss the rope over, tie an alpine knot, feed the end of the rope through and pull it secure on a branch. I end up with a climbing end and a retrieval end. That's the simplest way for me. Thank you for your videos and I'm happy to see you publishing SRT content.
Yes good point, what I meant was, if you have a go-to hitch cord and hitch that you like in doubled rope, you can use those just the same with the Rope Wrench, it's not at all like starting from scratch....
I would value a video on the carabiner. How to position the gate, why the various shapes, how many actions are required to open. Nuances for climbing and rigging. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Maybe check out the drum for the uni made from richard mumford @ climbing innovations if in stock then maybe check out mathys rope capture.drum goes on top making the rope travel smoother around the top in a rounded groove,the rope capture attaches on the bottom “cutting the L part off is required”which makes tending so much easier.at 1st wasn’t thrilled about drilling 3 holes up top & cutting the bottom L part off but it makes for much better tending the rope.plus the rope capture has a piece made to keep the rope in.also has two ball bearing’s for smooth tending.
Thank you. This is the first and only video that clearly showed and then explained how to and why use a rope wrench. I sincerely appreciate your instruction. WELL DONE.
It's always nice to find a new video by EducatedClimber. I'm surprised you like the single pulley, instead of the hitchclimber style with an extra hole to hook a chest harness into. It's a little harder to find that extra middle loop in tethers sold today.
great explanation. i have used to loops of rope with prusiks (one on my waist one acting as a foot ascender) since I was a kid for climbing sail boat masts... thinking about upgrading my system to something like this and this was the clearest explanation/demo I have seen. thanks.
Why doesn't the rope wrench engage when you are pressing on the hitch to descend? I found out the hard way that you can't descend on just a friction hitch.
I use the rope wrench so i can have a srt system as my entrance (just a quality of life thing due to the 1:1 climbing ratio) and then switch to a drt system while in the tree without worrying about relaying on expensive mechanical equipment. Been playing around with different friction knots and found two favourites ( Distel knot on my lifeline and Schwabisch on my flipline ) Didn't really catch the name of the knot you used in your video? What makes it one of your favourites ? Really appreciate your well made and educational videos on here. Thanks.
Great video as always, Clear, concise, well explained to take care of assumed knowledge etc, keep them coming, thanks for the time and effort you put into things like this, and also bringing back the book The Fundamentals of General Tree Work too. Legend !
Had the nationals a couple of years ago here in Memphis! Very exciting to watch SRT in action. Asked around to my local competitors employee base and did not find a single firm here that utilizes a single rope setup. Not even the arborist board guys! In fact - nobody uses a second short hitch line to prussik to main line? Seriously watching the top champs at the nationals was like us cavemen watching the moon landing. I would like my guys to transition to single line SRT and maybe it will catch on here in the south!! Thanks for the explanation
Just the info I was looking for! Thank You for the vid. Trying single rope and discovered the prusik would hang up until I took some weight off it. Not ideal when you're trying to get out of the way!
Great explanation of the weight distribution and the load on the hitch between SRS and DRS. I have been enrolled in a Climbing 101 at RU-vid University, but I missed that key point somehow. That explains how out of the many hitches I've tried, all of them are too tight due to the fact that I don't have a Rope Wrench type device installed. Very educational. One question though is does the rope wrench involve any adjustment of the tether to wrench point? You mentioned and demonstrated that as you increase the weight on the Rope Wrench, and with the hitch released, the wrench gradually assumes all of the weight. If this is the case, how does it allow you to descend? You don't physically manipulate the angle of the Rope Wrench do you? I get the fact that the Rope Wrench 'shares' the weight to allow easier operation of the hitch under load, but....Just a curious point which I'm confident I'm simply misunderstanding. I've seen several of your videos concerning hitches, but do you have a favorite to recommend for a beginner. I am about 200 lbs with all of my gear on. Thank you in advance for your help.
Patrick, greetings from the redwoods of Northern California. Just a thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge in such a great way. Have enjoyed your videos and picked up quite a number of valuable tips and tricks that I've been using. Cheers!
I'm having a hard time with my row French going up the rope smoothly. It seems like there is a lot of friction. I checked out the pulley mechanism inside the rope wrench and it works fine but it's almost as if that rope is not meant for this rope wrench.
These SRT guide videos are very clear and easy to comprehend. My only question so far is where would you recommend connecting a chest harness for the pinto pulley set-up?
Would you recommend the hitch hiker 2? I have been leaning towards getting it over the rope wrench because of how compact it is. I don't understand though why It's not for sale through any of the Canadian outlets, that I have seen anyways.
Great video! Why does the one single leg tether have a grommet on-top of the eye at the Wrench and the ropelogic stiff tether doesn't? I have a ropelogic one and have been curious about it
I only know what I read here about that, but the rubber grommet is to prevent the wrench from falling into a negative angle which I assume would decrease the transition to assuming a load - or even prevent it at all. From what I see, if the wrench is allowed to flop downward, there will be zero friction on the rope for it to grab and assume the load. Just my logic based guess.
