Why don't yall 2TC?

[phatkaw]

For what reasons, sir?

1 - I really like C-IV for tethers and this one is 'souped-up' C-IV
2 - I like sewn loops better than knots on the end of my ropes
3 - it's from Brocky
4 - my current favorite foot tether is in really rough shape

 

[NMSbowhunter]

That looks really clever. And if you used Pocono hitches you could bypass branches without having to pass anything through the loops.

Thanks. I was playing around a lot with Drt trying to make it work. I really liked it and it is a fun way to climb but the trees I have are just not conducive to it. Very few trees have load bearing limbs low enough. So, I was thinking if I had my Drt setup and got to the area and realized the tree I wanted to get in was a no go, then what? Make a 2TC out of 75 feet of Samson. I decided it probably wasn't too practical for me, but it was a fun experiment.

 

[NMSbowhunter]

1 - I really like C-IV for tethers and this one is 'souped-up' C-IV
2 - I like sewn loops better than knots on the end of my ropes
3 - it's from Brocky
4 - my current favorite foot tether is in really rough shape

How was the Blake's to tie on C-IV? How does it hold?

 

[dalton916]

Made a quick video where I try to slow down some of the moves in 2TC for beginners like @BackSpasm who are 2TC curious. I also try and show how a longer fixed bridge and top tether can be used to minimize your effort and be a little more efficient. I had a fun slip while describing what would occur if you slipped around the half way mark.

Gonna be interesting if you slip with fingers from both hands between your top tether and the tree.

 

[gcr0003]

1 - I really like C-IV for tethers and this one is 'souped-up' C-IV
2 - I like sewn loops better than knots on the end of my ropes
3 - it's from Brocky
4 - my current favorite foot tether is in really rough shape

If it’s the stiff stuff we need to see a vid of it in action

 

[HoneyBadger53]

This one just might become my new favorite foot tether???

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Where did you add the pex

 

[gcr0003]

Gonna be interesting if you slip with fingers from both hands between your top tether and the tree.

I don’t hold my the tether like that on a normal climb. I was simply demonstrating that it’s part of my points of contact while moving it up. Feel free to use tether handles.

 

[phatkaw]

If it’s the stiff stuff we need to see a vid of it in action

Maybe I'll take one using that new tether and doing the '2TC Crooked Tree Challenge'???



Yee Haw

 

[phatkaw]

How was the Blake's to tie on C-IV? How does it hold?

The rope is brand new AND supercharged so I actually had to add a wrap on the Blake’s...


Zoom in on the picture and you can count the wraps.

 

[Crcusmonky]

My footloop is made from simple nylon webbing. 2 loops because I had enough webbing. I ran them through 18" or so of PEX, and ran both PEX segments thru a vinyl hose. Wrapped the whole mess with vet wrap. Now it's very comfortable to climb on.

Loop is girth hitched to the terminal loops of a Longhorn Agile and permanently lives at the end of my tether. I find thay it doesn't get in the way when I'm 1-sticking or whatever. It does help thay my tether ws probably 15' long before I started tying knots in it.

I think the pex question should be directed here.


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[NMSbowhunter]

The rope is brand new AND supercharged so I actually had to add a wrap on the Blake’s...


Zoom in on the picture and you can count the wraps.

Ah, I see that now. By supercharged you mean it has a stiffener in the core?

 

[Red Beard]

When is @Brocky going to start producing tethers with @Samcirrus's wire mod inside?

 

[Brocky]

Thinking the softer method is stiff enough?

 

[Red Beard]

Thinking the softer method is stiff enough?
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Please, oh please market that rope as the snake charmer or spaghetti charmer or something

 

[gcr0003]

Thinking the softer method is stiff enough?
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Got much to stiffen my rope? Is that HTP?

 

[Brocky]

Retro fitting would probably be possible, with Predator being a double braid, it might have to expand a lot to become stiff.

The orange rope is 8mm Deus, made by Pelican Ropes.

 

[Samcirrus]

Thinking the softer method is stiff enough?
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Gonna try the amsteel stiffener on my 7.9mm ultratech and the C-IV to compare, but that certainly looks stiff enough!
Do you put jut enough to cover the circumference of a large tree?
Also since I use John's maverick hitch to girth hitch the tree I leave a 30" tail at the beginning that isn't stiffened.
Plus everyone has amsteel laying around to try...
Also 1 major disadvantage i just thought of would be that Steel wire can rust after time especially if the rope ever gets wet!

 

[Samcirrus]

When is @Brocky going to start producing tethers with @Samcirrus's wire mod inside?

Now we need some break tests...

 

[phatkaw]

Now we need some break tests...

I can't speak for Brocky but he's told me that he's waiting on break test results on stuff that's headed to me.

Then I put it through my own 'real life' test...

 

[gcr0003]

I can't speak for Brocky but he's told me that he's waiting on break test results on stuff that's headed to me.

Then I put it through my own 'real life' test...

I only want it for the foot tether at this time so I’ll risk it

Now we need some break tests...