Thank you sir. Just to clarify, I am climbing DRT with a RCH. Trying to incorporate the SitDrag for the ride up so it’s close to being in position at hunting height so I won’t have a lot of fanagling to do once I get up there. I’ve put a friction hitch and Viber on the line just above my RCH tie-in, then clipped my SitDrag bridge into it, then Tightened it up. Works ok...just seeing if anyone’s built a better mouse trap.Here was a post I made on my early experience with climbing SRT with a sit drag. I have posted about it in many other threads since until people are sick of hearing it.
Sitdrag rope climbing with NO leg loops
I was up a tree this afternoon using RADS with my rock climbing harness and I found the foot ascender worked fine to pull on the tag end of the rope after passing through the GriGri and pulley. I later decided to try my sitdrag to do the same thing. I felt myself slowly slipping from the...saddlehunter.com
I think you are doing it as I did when I started. Having 2 devices to manage was not optimum, IMHO. I used the sit drag with belt all last fall to shoot a deer. I have tried DRT and SRT and needed a foot ascender to climb DRT. Hip thrust was not easy hanging in free air. I never tried it with my feet on the tree trunk since my backyard tree was not configured to do it. If you can DRT, you can SRT. SRT has many advantages. Joe on NY Saddlehunter is finding that out if you've ever watched their videos.
