Foot accender with spurs

[Wwallace52590]

so im not very good at climbing on my spurs, I most of the time do this goofy thing where i have my hands on my TIP rope while stepping up and taking in the slack vs normal fliplining up. I need to practice normal flip lining. but for the time being i was wondering if anyone ever uses a foot accender while having spurs on and how to go about it. That way i could just ropewalk up to where i want to be then use my spurs from there lol. i feel like i should say that im only using spurs on removals, cause im sure someone is going to say something about that.

 

[SeanKroll]

Spurring is undoubtedly a necessary skill.

A foot ascender to tend slack, yes.

A ropewalker needs gaff guards or put gaffs on in the tree.

A preset climbing rope with a ladder is another way to get past a large butt or crotch.

 

[Burnham]

A subject with much coverage here over the years. I think it's about the best possible way to gaff yourself, but others disagree .

 

[Burnham]

Here is one thread...

Thread 'World's Best (Most Expensive!) Tree Climbing Spurs'

Jul 5, 2014

Dreams really do come true...

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RiJ786Q88I0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

kiwiklimbers

• Bixler
• Replies: 95
• Forum: Climbing Forum

 

[SeanKroll]

A subject with much coverage here over the years. I think it's about the best possible way to gaff yourself, but others disagree .

I thought it was from wearing tree gaffs instead of pole gaffs.

For about 5 minutes today, I wanted longer gaffs. Just standing in a funny regrown ash crotch with funky angles.

 

[Wwallace52590]

Spurring is undoubtedly a necessary skill.

A foot ascender to tend slack, yes.

A ropewalker needs gaff guards or put gaffs on in the tree.

A preset climbing rope with a ladder is another way to get past a large butt or crotch.

i got little magnetic gaff guards that i have on a piece of bungee cord with a micro biner.... but i guess i need to just practice huh lol, cause i see a few brands of spurs offer a way to attach a ascender, but my spurs are the only piece of kit that i havent replaced with a reputable brand, they are Vevor brand off amazon lol, basically gecko clones, the ones with the green plastic. actually ended up getting them for free cause amazon kept messing up.

 

[Wwallace52590]

Spurring is undoubtedly a necessary skill.

A foot ascender to tend slack, yes.

A ropewalker needs gaff guards or put gaffs on in the tree.

A preset climbing rope with a ladder is another way to get past a large butt or crotch.

I like using a nice looong double ended rope lanyard, like 25+ ft but for a novice like me the rope lanyard makes spuring up alot harder for me. i guess if i know im going to spur for now ill use my steel core and a second short rope lanyard....

 

[friedrich]

good spurs are important, i like aluminium bashlin with tree gaffs.

i sometimes wear my ascender under them when i need to bridge empty space like in a decurrent tree after i took a redirect.

but at first i think you got it right, practise.

 

[SeanKroll]

I like using a nice looong double ended rope lanyard, like 25+ ft but for a novice like me the rope lanyard makes spuring up alot harder for me. i guess if i know im going to spur for now ill use my steel core and a second short rope

What I like most about my flip line is that it's 5/8" and it's functional with pitch.

I use a rope lanyard a lot. I'm considering a 3/4"x 12ish'. Good for big hands. My rope lanyard are mainly 1/2". One long 11mm for long limb walks.

I'll get a 5/8th on my next order.
I read 1/2" rope hitches can SRT on 5/8th ok.


You can duct tape spur covers on if they aren't secure. I use garden hose remnants to cover my gaffs in the truck, sometimes. They hang with gaffs close to the ceiling of the canopy, so usually I don't.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I still, to this day, love a 5/8ths three strand with gibbs and swivel clip about 18-20 foot long. Just right for my mitts. walks up the stem nicely.

 

[flushcut]

IMO 5/8” is the perfect size for a flip line.

 

[Burnham]

Agreed. I like the Petzl Macrocender adjuster on my cable cored lanyard of that diameter. It handles pitch admirably and otherwise has proven to be pretty much bombproof.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I use them both, the Petzel Macro and the Gibbs. Both are top notch gear.