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The Assaultline is great for long ascents - absolutely no bounce at all. I remember when first getting into the whole SRT thing a few years ago thinking how great it was not having to worry about isolating a limb. Now I try really hard to isolate a branch to tie into from the ground. Mainly to...

All this talk of Vortex–which I don't have–has made me jealous so thought I'd try out some fat rope namely NE Hi-Vee. Normally reserve this for Ddrt jobs but had a Eucalyptus scoparia to prune last week that had a good crown spread and no central leader. Time for two ropes and two SRT devices...

It's most likely related to the climbing rope I'm using - Blue Water Assault Line - 11.7mm. I'll get some Vortex with my next Treestuff order–looks like nice rope. Definitely prefer SRWP but will still pull out my 30' rope and simple prussik for short DdRT climbing.

Had that happen for the first time a few days ago and wondered why the HH locked up. Not having much luck with 8mm Armor-Prus with either a 6 wrap or 5 wrap hitch. Back to HRC for me.

Heading out soon to prune a couple of branches off an English Oak so I'll see how it performs. I did remember shortening the hitch to reduce the amount of sit back so maybe that was causing the dog bone to rotate and get stuck on the ascent. Will get a picture if it happens again today. The...

Had some trouble on Friday with a sticky Hitch Hiker. A foggy day so everything a bit wet and the 6 wrap Valdotain was jerky on descent. But the worst part–during ascent when I sat back on the hitch–noticed the dog bone getting stuck 90º from normal hence the hitch cord too was being bent 90º...

The distel is next on the list although it was old school prussik and hi-vee today.

Yeah, there was a lot of sit-back which didn't matter so much when spiking up or ascending directly up the rope but definitely a pain when moving along branches. So I tried out the recommended 6 wrap Valdotain with some new HRC yesterday and discovered the joys of little or no sit-back...

Actually, I thinks it's a VT not an XT. All I do is make sure that the cord from the top wrap goes UNDER the first braid. There is only just enough of the original beeline to do this. I'll try out the 'standard' HH hitch today with some new HRC and also throw a pinto pulley underneath–mainly to...

Hi Butch. Steve here, thanks for the welcome

Phew. Just spent three days getting through 99 pages of HH and RW great info - thanks Treehousers. Now time to write my first Treehouse post... I've been a long time RW user starting on the ZK-1 in Nov 2011 followed by the ZK-2 with a stiff tether which made things even better. Purchased a HH...