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Edd
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13 years ago

Interesting principal :)[youtube]pgEIJuZLjSg&sns[/youtube]

'I started reading it with full intention to read it all and then got bored and went and got beer instead!'

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stuey
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13 years ago

Looks like a bit of a lash up to me.

....and coming from me, that means it's a very big lash up.

gNick
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13 years ago

Would be a hoot when you wet hand slips off the ascender since he is pulling with his hands as well as stepping up...

Don't look so embarrassed, it's a family trait...

christwigg
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13 years ago

Interesting, shame there's no footage showing how you would get off the rope at the top.

Can't see in my mind how it would be possible if it was for example a rope rigged off a rail immediately over a sump.

gNick
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13 years ago

No sumps in trees...

Don't look so embarrassed, it's a family trait...

sparty_lea
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13 years ago

"christwigg" wrote:
Interesting, shame there's no footage showing how you would get off the rope at the top.

Can't see in my mind how it would be possible if it was for example a rope rigged off a rail immediately over a sump.

It does seem more difficult to get up close to your anchors but i suppose there is always etriers if you cant find a foothold on the side somewhere
He sure makes the climbing part look easy but I cant see it catching on for professional rope access.

There are 10 types of people in the world.

Those that understand binary and those that do not!

Edd
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13 years ago

From what I can see it pretty much relies on both hammers being attached as well. He talks of a fall arrester but it looks like the tape just runs through the centre crab

'I started reading it with full intention to read it all and then got bored and went and got beer instead!'

Morrisey
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13 years ago

Thats your wedding present sorted then Ed. :lol:

stuey
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13 years ago

Let's have a big dose of sensible here.

Cavers have been mucking about with this problem since the dawn of SRT. The reason they have not come up with this method is that it is dangerous and crap.

However, it does look very effective. It's still not something I'd remotely consider on a 300ft+ hole.

RJV
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13 years ago

#10

Not much good if there are stemples, overhangs or other obstructions either. Most importantly though, I really don't want to have to grow a mullet like that, my hair's bad enough as it is...

simonrl
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13 years ago

#11

He appears to have a can of beer hanging on the end of the other rope...

:offtopic: :lol:

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

Wormster
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13 years ago

#12

HMMMMM, where's the 3'rd point of attachment? (croll) its gunna be carp without - suspension trauma and all that, plus those tapes will wear out very quickly!!

Better to regret something you have done - than to regret something you have not done.

christwigg
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13 years ago

#13

"simonrl" wrote:
He appears to have a can of beer hanging on the end of the other rope...

Well it's not all bad then.

exspelio
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13 years ago

#14

Do you REALLY want to take a telescopic clothes prop with you every time you go underground?

Always remember, nature is in charge, get it wrong and it is you who suffers!.

simonrl
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13 years ago

#15

"exspelio" wrote:
Do you REALLY want to take a telescopic clothes prop with you every time you go underground?

I have seen one put to very good effect 😉 Well actually it was a window cleaner's pole...

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

stuey
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13 years ago

#16

There is a very good american book called "On Rope"

It has lots of these arrangements. Not this one though.

exspelio
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13 years ago

#17

"simonrl" wrote:

"exspelio" wrote:
Do you REALLY want to take a telescopic clothes prop with you every time you go underground?

I have seen one put to very good effect 😉 Well actually it was a window cleaner's pole...

OK, I've done a fair amount if maypoling and monkey on a stick work, but every srt trip?

Always remember, nature is in charge, get it wrong and it is you who suffers!.

Strangely Brown
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13 years ago

#18

Looks good but I'd want a chest ascender too just in case hands or feet slip, you may well need it too when you get to the top, it's nice to have you're whole torso level with the top knot / krab. Don't think I would have made it up at Glynrhonwy Isaf with all that vegetation jamming everything up if I could only get my hands to the edge. Also it looks best for people with both their legs in a fully functioning state rather than an iffy one like me.

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.

simonrl
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13 years ago

#19

"exspelio" wrote:

"simonrl" wrote:

"exspelio" wrote:
Do you REALLY want to take a telescopic clothes prop with you every time you go underground?

I have seen one put to very good effect 😉 Well actually it was a window cleaner's pole...

OK, I've done a fair amount if maypoling and monkey on a stick work, but every srt trip?

:) No, just on one trip! Used for a very specific purpose, nothing to do with ascending!

my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by

Monty Stubble
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13 years ago

#20

I'm sure I had one of those when I was a kid. It had a ducks head on it and kept leaning over to take a sip of water...

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
Henry David Thoreau