@dalton916, and anyone else following along...
Why can’t you make the Garda footloop with the 8ft section?
too short for a best friends length garda,unless he is really really short
As long as the Bull Hitch variant is tied as described in the video, you have options for the lower part of the footloop. I climb with one foot, and I believe just about anybody can, and so you just might want a single Loop. Thats what I hunt with every day. Tie the bull on the biners in the middle of one of the 8ft sections, then put a water knot on each side, connecting the other strand, and cutting it wherever appropriate. As per the attached video on optimal system geometry, you just want to make sure that the finished product comes to about waist height when your foot is in the loop.
Looking for 14' total.
I am 6'1"
How long did yours end up being to work well?
I am in a tree right now and that's a 9, not a 6... I used 9ft to create a one loop footloop for me, and I am 5'11". 8ft is going to be a little short.
I think mine was 12 as per John's instructions. I am 6'2
Do you mind sharing which ropes are pictured?This is my preferred Carabiner orientation. Specifically with the small end of the pair upwards. I am flexible on whether the gate is on the near side or the far side. I usually have it the other way, but is pretty insignificant. Whatever feels good in your hand given the shape of the beaner. What is important is that when we grab them, we are only grabbing the Carabiner and not squeezing any strands of rope that are going inside of it. We don't want to add any extra resistance when we advance them up.
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As a newbie, gems like this are extremely helpful, and keep me interested and optimistic. I’m hoping you all who are developing and blazing this trail have even more practical beginner suggestions. I’m a bit overwhelmed with the amount of info in this thread and on the yet-to-be-viewed videos. I’m already hoping I can make some tangible progress before watching all of the videos to figure out if this works and is doable for me.
I am a list keeper ... i have hundreds and hundreds of lists ... I use an app on my phone and computer for this: Microsoft ToDo. Among other things, I have lists of knots, organized by types of knots. For example, bends, friction hitches, hitches, loops, etc. I have a few spreadsheets for different stuff too, but nothing that is published or ready to be... but if I understand what your specifically looking for, I can try to help. What kind of knot are you looking for? And for what application?
I like to think that even 20 yrs from now, climbing historians will be able to watch the playlist from start to finish and watch how the method has evolved. But for somebody who is just trying to make sense of it all as quickly as possible, I am using my website for that purpose.
Thanks so much. I’m a complete novice. I thought I had made progress to learn to tie a Prusik with my newly acquired 20” eye to eye hitch. From this thread I learned that that knot isn’t used in the system, and I’m still early enough to know that there is back and forth about the DM vs the JRBAH, but that’s the limit of my knowledge.
