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I now use a HAAS Velux. I gave the older one to a friend. Imagine some 6mm Tennex in Silver (Probably not exactly tenet but Hollow braid), spliced with a thimble at one end and foot loop at the other. Small DMM crab to croll and a length of 8mm elastic from a boat chandlers doubled over. I...

That was about 8 years ago. It did change over time.

Here is a pic of the first one I knocked up. I did change up a few things. Smaller tennex and different elastic. That elastic in the picture was from the tree motion accessory stuff. There was a whole thread dedicated to the Homemade knee ascenders...

When using a non locking foot ascender imagine you are pedalling a bike backwards. The rope has less of a tendency to kick out. When you want it out you just flick your foot forward. The ease of the rope coming out is influenced by how worn the ascender is.

I never understood why anyone would leave the knee ascender in place when not in use? It is just something else to snag when moving around. Take it off and clip it somewhere and it definitely won’t hit the knee. As for small or big steps. If it recoils enough then take large steps. I made...