Bridge lengths

[Wwallace52590]

So I’m pretty new to climbing don’t have a year of experience yet, I’ve only climbed DRT/Mrs so far, next big job I do I plan on buying a rope wrench tho. Also don’t have much experience working on a spar.

So I run a short bridge because I like having room over my system to take long pulls if that make sense, also seems like a short bridge would be important for accessing SRS/SRT as well as for spar work, I see a couple of harnesses eve have dedicated SRT bridges. Are there any options like that for other harnesses? I run a monkey beaver OG harness, and would like an even tighter bridge specifically for accending sometimes but it I make my rope bridge any shorter I’ll have a hard time getting into it. Right now I have 2 bridges but they are the same length. What are advantages to a longer bridge? I feel like most guys I see online have very long bridges which on a spar doesn’t seem like would be doing anything until your tie in is basically above their head.

 

[SeanKroll]

You might like the O-rig system ( maybe O-Ring) It moves your climbing system away a bit, while being in reach.

I've never used it. I'm almost all Srt.


The first Rope Wrench was a box- end wrench fir a minute, then a piece of wood. My first Wrench was a hickory hammer handle with a 45⁰ hole in one end for the rope, with a tether on the other end. 16-17 years ago.

There are many DIY Wrench designs, some midline attachable, fwiw.

 

[friedrich]

a longer bridge will be more comfortable, maybe try oe longer and one shorter bridge?

 

[Burnham]

I'm with @friedrich...a very short bridge will squeeze you like a toothpaste tube.

Long pulls are overrated...especially by short peeps like me .

 

[Wwallace52590]

a longer bridge will be more comfortable, maybe try oe longer and one shorter bridge?

yea thats what i think im going to do, i might get the adjustable bridge setup from monkey beaver so i can make it super short for ascending without having to fight to fit into it when putting my harness on. Although it kind of freaks me out so ill probably keep a fixed one and put a ring through both of them for peace of mind.

 

[Wwallace52590]

I'm with @friedrich...a very short bridge will squeeze you like a toothpaste tube.

Long pulls are overrated...especially by short peeps like me .

i can deal with the shorter pulls im more so concerned about having my system tight when working on a spar, or is that more of just a backup that doesnt really stay taught its just there in the event you gaff out or something.

 

[Burnham]

I'll tell you, my friend...in more than 40 years of professional tree work, I so seldom set an overhead climbline for a spur climb as to make it something less than 5 percent of the time. You work in a very different forest type than I, so there should be caveats .

Gaffing out is a non-issue, with proper technique. It happens regularly, nothing to get inside your head. Unless you are climbing a small diameter slippery as hell and hard species like madrone or sycamore...which is a good time to put in that overhead line.

You will only be taking out slack from time to time, not hanging on the rope.