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The thing about the HH is that it will tend to mirror whatever rope and hitch combination you are using. If they are smooth, the HH will be smooth. Allgear ropes work well, but I found that I prefer a larger and softer rope.

That's a bummer and a little surprising, too. One of the attributes of the new sloping upper edge is that things tend to slip off of it more easily when the carabiner is weighted.

I will for short movements but it is so much better to keep your hands free and to allow your legs to do as much work as possible. It may seem that having a shoulder strap or neck bungee along with a self -advancing knee ascender is just adding more stuff but it truly is minimal and oh so worth it.

Nope, it is way stronger than that. Paul always has a reason for what he does but the 25KN rating on the new HH2 is, imho, very conservative.

Give yourself some time to get to know it. The HH2 can be setup to preform on a par with the original HH while still being smaller, lighter and stronger than any other part of your climbing system. My old HH just sits on a shelf gathering dust.

Yes! Doing so makes everything work so much better.

God, I miss large spreading Oaks. We each have to find what works best for our individual climbing styles and setups and I'm glad you found yours, Fiona. But I am curious to know if you ever tried out the system I mentioned, where the fixed side plate pulley grips the bridge ring after...

Yes it will. It is much more about technique than it is about strength.

The back lighting and busy background make this picture less clear than I had hoped. It is showing the HH2 clipped into my chest harness for a rope walker ascent. Use of a pulley in that location makes slack tending as smooth as any system I have ever used while maintaining all the compact and...

I have tried lots of different sheaves and rollers in that location and though some of them did give some improvement they were never as good as a pulley attached below.

I have also not found a better hitch than the HH hitch, just some that could equal the release and grab but had more setback. And it is so simple that even I can remember how to tie it.

Interesting. Before going to Arb Pro 9mm I was using 8mm Armor-Prus on Vortex and it ran smooth as glass.

Double check that that the carabiner is not bottoming out in the lower slot when fully weighed. Even the HH can wear out, especially when ropes get wet and gritty. The other thing to try is less wraps tied short. Those are all good hitch cords that should at least work for you even if not...

When using a pulley under the HH, clip your chest harness directly to the bridge ring not the advancing tether. The only thing my tether is used for now is as a corner trap so I made it much smaller.

Fiona, if you are using a slack tending pulley with a knee ascender try clipping into your bridge ring instead of the tending tether. It actually works much better to use a short corner trap for the carabiner/HH interface and it will stay put if you are not pulling on it.

Bermy, I have climbed on the RW as well as all the other tools available for SRWP. They are all good. Some are better at certain specific aspects so climbers will be drawn to those that are important to them. With that said, for me the Hitch Hiker still has more checks in the plus column...

Ha! Busted! You know us too well B.

Tim, I am constantly assessing what is happening around me as I move through a tree. It didn't take me long to notice that the HH carabiner did not need to move as much as the slot allowed. Tried the tail and it worked great.

Yes, that sounds like it should work well Ray. We each need to find what it is about something that makes it work for us. I like simple to but for me that means a bridge ring. I just like what I see when I look at that setup.

Ray, putting on the pulley while on the ground can be a challenge for me because I have lost a lot of dexterity with my hands. Putting it on in the tree was almost impossible. And I don't like to fumble with something as important as clipping on my climbing system. I made a custom swing gate...