What is THE BEST Ascender For Saddle Hunting in 2023??? 

You're applying the Kong to the rope in a much more difficult way than necessary. All you need to do is open it and swing it the opposite way from the one you did and it will pull the cam out of the way and leave it perfectly clear for the rope. You also should be passing the rope through the carabiner to adjust position. The whole point of that silver drum is for the rope to run along it so that you don't damage the rope or knock the cam by accident.

To climb, I use a Madrock Safeguard for progress capture; and a 5.5mm Beal Jammy with a DMM revolver carabiner to create a crude 2:1 mechanical advantage. Tie a figure-eight knot in a Beal Jammy creating two loops; one large, one small. With the large loop, tie a three-pass Prussik friction hitch on the mainline. Position the Jammy figure-eight knot near the Prussik. Clip a DMM wire-gate revolver-carabiner into the Jammy; between the Prussik and the figure-eight knot. Install the Madrock Safeguard to the mainline about 16-inches below the Prussik. Route the tag end of the mainline (that exits upward from the Safeguard) up thru the revolver carabiner; resulting in the tag end exiting downward from the revolver carabiner creating a crude 2:1 mechanical advantage with a favorable (downward) direction of pull as a climbing assist. To rappel, I remove the Jammy & revolver carabiner.

Looking at your products they seem very interesting

Very pleased with my hangFree one stick kit. Wish I would have bought it earlier in the season!

I’m a fan of the HangFree sewn Beastee tenders , work terrific with my 8mm and 10mm ropes, no backup needed

Well I had posted that you should back up the mad rock above the device, but I saw you mentioned it so thanks. I think I might use my lineman to backup above it, though I have always used an auto block below it on my repel hand. I guess that is unsafe though with the mad rock, though I am not sure why. I would love to see a video of how you one stick since I pretty much use the same set up as you. Great stuff as always!

Love it, best gear avail

I much prefer the ropeman's for their size and quietness. Ascenders are not for one sticking! They can cut or de-sheath the rope if you climb above your attachment point and fall! They are for positioning or ascending a rope only. The Safeguard is a belay device. It is much better to fall on it, but again with the way so many one stick, if you fall on it from above your anchor point you could still cut your rope. The smaller the diameter of the rope the easier it is to cut it with a mechanical device. You couldn't pay me to one stick with 8mm rope.

ALSO you should tell your viewers that are NEW to climbing ,, they should always back any type of Ascender with a Figure 8 knot / Jam knot ..

Great video. Any reason why your kits do not have a sewn eye option? I noticed all the kits have tied eyes on the ropes.

I would not suggest the ropeman2 as those teeth over time will eat in your ropes...sharp or not over time will damage your rope...speaking from experience

The CT Ascender Simple + has a machining flaw ( razor edge) and picked my new rope jacket. I'm disappointed, and even worse, the seller won't take it back. Not happy. Ropeman 1 looks right for me.

I use the Kong Duck and I don't believe you configured it the way that Kong recommends. The rope should be through the carabiner so that it uses the round part almost like a pulley. Love mine.

Hang Free make a roll pouch. Please 😂

What friction know are you using in that video?

Where are you located ? And do you have a web site ?

What tether was the first one called??

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