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My problem is that I have not fully embraced the new stuff myself so we are trying it all as a group a bit at a time.

Perhaps my cord is too long but I have been using a vt with a hitch climber for a bit now and I like it better ascending but not when climbing out the side of a branch, leaning against my climb line. There are things it does better and things it doesn't IMO.

We do a lot of smaller trees where modern hitches are just a waste of time.

I prefer that everyone on my crew knows how to climb to some degree or another. I start them out with a Blake's and split tail. I usually work them in on simple deadwooding jobs with just a hand saw. For spurs I let them chunk down the last 30' of easy spars to start getting the feel of it...