swampdonkey
Well-Known Member
Anyone have issues with the 6.8 mm V Tac Prusik Knot slipping with the 8 mm Sterling Oplux? I used the 8 mm Sterling Oplux from Wild Edge last year with a Ropeman 2 Ascender for my lineman's rope and liked it so much I decided to get another to use as my Tether.
I never liked the Ropemans that much and wasn't thrilled about paying $63 for the Kong Duck so figured id go the simple route and use the 6.8 mm V Tac Prusik with the Poor Mans Ascender Wild Edge sells as I used Prusiks for at least a decade prior to getting into the Ropemans. Problem is that while using the Sterling Oplux Tether today while trying out my new Trophyline Mission Platform, which is awesome, the V Tac Prusik would bite for a bit then slowly start to slide down the Tether? I have NEVER had a prusik do this to me ever so I started to test it and it would continually start to slip to the point it would slide all the way down to my stopper knot when i would apply my full weight to it or try to move around to the other side of the tree.
Needless to say, not very confidence inspiring for a tether you are relying on to keep you from falling 20 ft in the dark. Just wondering if anyone else has noted this same issue or if for whatever reason I have an anomaly? My only thought is the 1.2 mm difference isn't significant enough to bite as hard as it needs to? I always used like 7 or 8 mm Prusik with 12-13 mm climbing rope in the past.
Thoughts?
I never liked the Ropemans that much and wasn't thrilled about paying $63 for the Kong Duck so figured id go the simple route and use the 6.8 mm V Tac Prusik with the Poor Mans Ascender Wild Edge sells as I used Prusiks for at least a decade prior to getting into the Ropemans. Problem is that while using the Sterling Oplux Tether today while trying out my new Trophyline Mission Platform, which is awesome, the V Tac Prusik would bite for a bit then slowly start to slide down the Tether? I have NEVER had a prusik do this to me ever so I started to test it and it would continually start to slip to the point it would slide all the way down to my stopper knot when i would apply my full weight to it or try to move around to the other side of the tree.
Needless to say, not very confidence inspiring for a tether you are relying on to keep you from falling 20 ft in the dark. Just wondering if anyone else has noted this same issue or if for whatever reason I have an anomaly? My only thought is the 1.2 mm difference isn't significant enough to bite as hard as it needs to? I always used like 7 or 8 mm Prusik with 12-13 mm climbing rope in the past.
Thoughts?