Do it! Not only is a good hitch marginally lighter, its quieter and easier to adjust down and up!Man, you guys have me thinking about ditching my ropeman.
Those are Schwabishes, one of the harder hitches to tend with legs coming out the side and getting trapped by the bridge that runs over them.What knots are those? I need something to tend my prussik.
Lightly tape and cut the end off if melted, hold the cover lightly near end and try to push the core out the end, milk cover back, and repeat.Actually its not even sewn. It's just a heat shrink maybe with adhesive on the inside. Works well to make two loops.
How do you extract the core?
Do it! Not only is a good hitch marginally lighter, its quieter and easier to adjust down and up!
What’s the knot and cord used on the little black double ended loop tender near the bottom left? I’ve done similar with paracord and sliding triple fisherman’s, but that looks a little different.Those are Schwabishes, one of the harder hitches to tend with legs coming out the side and getting trapped by the bridge that runs over them.
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Top left ia one of several self tending hitches, the Knut H.
Below it is a Michoacán with the legs going through a small piece of half inch pipe that helps tending.
Next a Schwabish with a small double eye strap that wraps around the rope and both eyes get clipped in between the hitch eyes. A knotted version next to it.
Top right has tied eyes and the long tails are brought together and tied with an overhand knot.
Below it is a Michoacán that uses the overhand knot in back to hold it together on carabiner. If it functions good after testing I tie a second overhand.
A Sticht tied in the back that uses a band with it for better tending.
Is this your everyday biner? I'm seeing a few non locking carabiner's on this thread. Seeing people use Non locking carabiners make me nervous.This is my setup with 8mm Ultra-Tech. I avoid metal wherever possible and the paracord tender provides excellent one-handed operation of my LB. I guess some guys like thicker ropes for the stiffness when throwing around the tree, but I don't climb trees that I can't get my arms around.
I don't use a backup LB; rather pull out slack from my one-stick tether if I have to get around something hairy.
I wish I was a headlight on a north-bound train
Triple like you do then I took the core out of the tails and sewed them down to tidy up and to put a curve in the strap to help keep the eyes together.What’s the knot and cord used on the little black double ended loop tender near the bottom left? I’ve done similar with paracord and sliding triple fisherman’s, but that looks a little different.
Then you should use lockers.Is this your everyday biner? I'm seeing a few non locking carabiner's on this thread. Non locking carabiners make me nervous.
I use auto locking biners. I would never even think about using any type of non locking biner. After watching Nut's video of how easy it is to come out of a non locking biner. That pretty much sealed the deal for me.Then you should use lockers.
Do it! Not only is a good hitch marginally lighter, its quieter and easier to adjust down and up!
It's my everyday biner on my linesman rope for 2 years. Really like the convenience when climbing. I use locking biners for one-sticking, tether & rappel. But I am comfortable with this for short-term linesman connections.Is this your everyday biner? I'm seeing a few non locking carabiner's on this thread. Seeing people use Non locking carabiners make me nervous.
So I used some things a had lying around today and made a tender and swapped out my ropeman for a Scwabisch hitch, never going back, I like the ropeman but it’s not one handed operation like this is.
Don’t ever try any other hitches or you’ll be addicted! Schwabish is the gateway hitch…
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