I see... I will look into it this weekend. I tried to just copy the text out of my Facebook post and paste it in WORD then save as an HTML page. It was opening in my browser yesterday, but now I'm seeing the same thing you are. Stay tuned...
Awesome! I am not the biggest fan of facebook so this is great. I appreciate all of your efforts!
2x it ain’t broke don’t fix it. I have yet to try the double Michoacan but I’ve heard good stuff about it as well. I was not pleased with the JRB ascender hitch.
I like the rings for a couple reasons:
I haven't even tried it,but the double mich works so well for me that I don't see any reason to switch. I feel the double mich is so smooth that I can't imagine gaining more with the jrb ascended hitch. Maybe there would be advantages,I won't know until I tried but I am just not motivated to try.
Ok, so your judgment is solid. You have tried meech vs double meech. You would agree double meech is smoother and more breakable for a jrb doubled rope climb. Here's how i would say the JRBAH compares:
Hitch climbing is on my radar for those occasions where I can't use a throwball. I find a double mich works great for that as well. It doesn't bind yet holds me well.
I was using 8.0 mammut and 5500 coppa and 5.5 beal cord. Both would tighten up so much that it made it very difficult to ascend. The beal did little better but both would almost be unbearable half way up the climb.
Thx. Great input. Do u mind sharing if u are a bigger dude or a smaller dude? U can message me directly if you prefer. For example, i weigh about 185 and so its reasonable test for me to rig up that same stuff and strap on some extra weight just to see if I get the same results. In fact, i recently executed a JRB climb while wearing 70lbs.
205-210 lbs
Well, i am here to help and so if you ever wind up retying a JRBAH, please send a pic, either as a reply or direct message. Because, in my experience, the meech is much more prone to jamming... and so i simply would need a picture to make a better assessment about what might be going on.
We’re you using either of the variants such as the 423 or the original hitch? I had the original basically lock up on me in the back yard but when I used the 423 variant and captured two turns instead of one I haven’t had that happen. Granted, I’m a rookie at this as well as I wasn’t using a carabiner or ring, just the hitch.
