Ascending with a Grigri

[gameflogger]

For you guys that ascend with a grigri or Ascension device. Do y'all always roll your line up when you are hunting, or do y'all use it as a tether?

 

[DIYSaddler]

For you guys that ascend with a grigri or Ascension device. Do y'all always roll your line up when you are hunting, or do y'all use it as a tether?

Use it as a tether. I'll usually wind the tag end and hang it off the tree. Lately I've been using tail as my equipment holder. Only problem with that is if you need to bail out you have to in hook all your gear first.

 

[alukban]

Might work but ideally you have 3 things connected to the ascender: a foot strap, connection to the harness as a second life support point, and the free end of the climbing rope routed back up through the carabiner or pulley (I don't use a pulley with RADS for short ascents because it's quieter, but this system is more efficient with one). The hand ascender also gives you a good hand hold to grip so you're using both arms and one leg with every lift of your body. You can grab the rope but I find the ascender easier.

Try it low and see how it goes though. You might have enough room for the attachments, as well as a good grip if you use a petzl William carabiner for your top connection. This is on my list to try but it's way down in priorities!

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I do connect it to my foot. It's just accessory line with a loop at either end.

 

[gameflogger]

Thanks for all of the input guys. I just got in an order of Yale bandit rope and the ropeman 2 . Next rope I will have to try is the New England rope that Looyvillelarry suggested. The Yale bandit rope is much more flexible than the PMI I have been dabbling with.

 

[DIYSaddler]

Thanks for all of the input guys. I just got in an order of Yale bandit rope and the ropeman 2 . Next rope I will have to try is the New England rope that Looyvillelarry suggested. The Yale bandit rope is much more flexible than the PMI I have been dabbling with.

Before you cut it down you should do at least one drt ascent.

 

[gameflogger]

Before you cut it down you should do at least one drt ascent.

Drt is easier, but it takes longer doesn't it?

 

[DIYSaddler]

Drt is easier, but it takes longer doesn't it?

Yeah. But everyone should do it at least once. All you need is your rope, a locking biner and a footloop prusik.
Just throw the rope over the tree. Attach your biner to the blake's hitch side with a clove hitch leaving enough room that it's easy to advance up the rope. Then attach your foot loops under the blakes hitch. When you're ready to come down you just pull down on the blake's. Here's a picture of my daughter using the drt system.