woodslinger
TreeHouser
I've read the basic tricks for rope tending with a foot ascender:
Set someting heavy on the rope
Tie something (rope bag) to the rope
Have someone hold it
Has anyone tried clipping to a carabiner on the rope bag and clipping the tail back to your saddle? Just to clarify, the tail from your climbing system would go to a biner on your rope bag, back to your saddle, then dangle/in the bag/in a pile.
Seems to me that this should provide enough line tension for the foot ascender to self tend without requiring an extra person, an extra knot to untie, or a tricky weight setting while you tension the line to start your climb.
Has anyone tried this?
Any thoughts?
Set someting heavy on the rope
Tie something (rope bag) to the rope
Have someone hold it
Has anyone tried clipping to a carabiner on the rope bag and clipping the tail back to your saddle? Just to clarify, the tail from your climbing system would go to a biner on your rope bag, back to your saddle, then dangle/in the bag/in a pile.
Seems to me that this should provide enough line tension for the foot ascender to self tend without requiring an extra person, an extra knot to untie, or a tricky weight setting while you tension the line to start your climb.
Has anyone tried this?
Any thoughts?