I (Think/Hope) I Developed A New Hitch Design

[stig]

Now GO AWAY!
Stop with the silly apologising and just GO AWAY!

 

[Knotorious]

Now GO AWAY!
Stop with the silly apologising and just GO AWAY!

lol

 

[stig]

And please answer the question , I put to you in post #718.
What are you adding to this forum?

x'ept the DRAMA QUEEN crap, of course.

 

[Knotorious]

And please answer the question , I put to you in post #718.
What are you adding to this forum?

x'ept the DRAMA QUEEN crap, of course.

Dude, please stop attacking me. Thanks.

 

[stig]

Dude, please stop ruining the forum.

 

[Knotorious]

Here's my latest friction hitch, the INFINITY hitch, which I just posted onto my channel in both long and short form!

Long form:

Short form:


I sometimes (but not often, because my viewers are usually pretty knowledgeable) get comments from individuals, who I assume are probably new to climbing, and who are new to my channel, who ask me to demonstrate every useful application for my friction hitches. While I always respect and appreciate people who view and comment on my videos, it gets a bit frustrating when it seems obvious that they simply haven't done their own research.

I have most definitely made videos where I show myself testing friction hitches and, admittedly, I probably should make more. The viewer associates a successful demonstration of anything with a successful anything. However, there are countless videos all about how friction hitches work and their countless applications. It's really not worth my time or energy to make a video like this for every single hitch I make.

In fact, I would have to make 85+ different videos demonstrating the same exact 20+ applications in order to pull this off, and I'm simply not interested in doing that. While I have countless videos that are tailored to the beginner climber, the vast majority of my videos require intermediate to advanced knowledge of tree climbing. While I fully understand that I might get more views if I make more videos for the beginner, and while I do plan on actually making more videos for the beginner, that type of content doesn't excite me and it doesn't challenge me very much either. Simply put, it's really boring, and so it takes a lot to push me to go in that direction for content creation.

Anyways, just sort of airing out my thoughts publicly for those who care.

This comment just came in after posting one of the above videos. Again, I don't really get them very often because most of my viewers already understand friction hitches.

 

[Knotorious]

New videos on my channel! Here's my latest friction hitch creation, the SNAIL friction hitch, which was named by one of my subscribers who won a contest I held where I gave my viewers the opportunity to pick the name for this friction hitch. After two weeks of receiving entries, I picked the winner using a random number generator!

Long form:

Short form:

 

[Knotorious]

Time lapse of the entire process I go through every time I test a new friction hitch, which usually take anywhere between 20-30 minutes. The video shows one of the days where I was struggling a little bit, which is sort of nice, because it makes everything look very realistic. You can view either my pinned comment or the description for a full breakdown of every step in chronological order. This was shot in 4K on my Nikon DSLR at one shot every 1/2 second. The duration, after being trimmed a bit, is 1m43s, meaning that there are 206 individual frames in this time lapse.

I stupidly uploaded the photos to Premiere Pro without first touching them up in Lightroom, so it could have looked a lot better. But after rendering the video, which took a very long time, I decided I would just leave it as it is. I still think it turned out well and the music goes along very nicely.

 

[Knotorious]

Having some technical difficulties with this video, which is not sending out notifications to my subscribers and doesn't seem to be gaining any new views. It's also out of sequence, showing it posted over a month ago, despite just posting it moments ago today.

Oh well. I hope this video starts to get some exposure over the next day or so...

 

[Knotorious]

I did a collaboration with an arborist named Brian McGovern of Wood Pecker Arborist!

He created a friction hitch he calls the McGovern 3.0, which is his third iteration of his wrench-less friction hitch! Yes, it supposedly works without a rope wrench, but, just as any hitch, performs even better with a rope wrench or with MRS.

As always, I'm giving my friends on this forum early access to my content! Just a bonus of being part of the Tree House that I think is important insofar as my duty to help drive attention to this forum! It's only a small contribution, but I think it might help!

Brian named the hitch after his father!

I've taken on a new shorts format, where I'm using music instead of vocal descriptions of the tying methods. I've analyzed larger channels and this is what they appear to be doing, and understandably why...this new format is more engaging!

Short form:

Long Form:

I hope you enjoyed the videos!

Here's Brian's channel and his video on his friction hitch!



~Knotorious

 

[lxskllr]

 

[Knotorious]

Sorry about that! I had them scheduled! Enjoy!

Short form:

Long form:

 

[lxskllr]

Watched the short form. I like music background. Works well for a video short :^)

 

[Knotorious]

That's what I wanna hear! Thanks, @lxskllr!

 

[Knotorious]

How do you like the clap transitions?

 

[lxskllr]

I didn't watch the long. I'm assuming it's the same as your older videos. I like the clap transition. It's entertaining, and it's become kind of a "trademark" I associate with your videos.

 

[Knotorious]

I didn't watch the long. I'm assuming it's the same as your older videos. I like the clap transition. It's entertaining, and it's become kind of a "trademark" I associate with your videos.

I did a clap early in the short form. I displayed the hitch in the first few seconds and then clapped to transition to the tying method. Best viewed on YouTube shorts. I know you don't have that, @lxskllr.

Glad you like it. It's an underused transition on YouTube, so I'm glad you're learning to associate it with my channel!

 

[lxskllr]

Doh! I see it's in the short now. I was concentrating on the music integration, and didn't pay attention to the clap. I like it there also.

 

[Stelzer]

Sorry about that! I had them scheduled! Enjoy!

Short form:

Long form:

I admire your creativity, but without seeing these in action it gives little credence to your creations, at least if your intent is to create useable hitches for SRS/MRS. I see many shorts on your channel with new hitches, yet I don't actually see any being used at height. I think before the majority of your viewers will trust that your hitches are operable, it'd inspire confidence to watch you working with these hitches in the tree. Being able to see how it grabs, takes up slack, how easy/hard it is to advance, how long you could ascend on it before having to readjust, whether it locks up on descent or runs smooth, how much sitback each has, all the really important things which truly define a useable hitch.

How many of your creations would you say are pragmatic for arborist? I'm certainly not challenging you. Genuinely curious. I love trying out new hitches and putting new (to me) spins on old ones. Nothing as fancy as your stuff, but certainly something which benefits me when I'm using a hitch-based system. I ran a wrench with a Michoacan for years til I rotated the legs 180 degrees, which evidently is called the "Petroacan". Didn't realize there was a name for it. I was just trying to get the hitch to be more responsive. My RRP gets most of the attention now, but I'll still use the wrench when I need 2 climbing systems in decurrent trees.

So my humble suggestion would be to dedicate more time showing the use of these hitches, discuss the nuances, and eventually develop an ongoing dialog between you and your viewers about them. They could then give their feedback and suggestions after trying them out. Just cranking out new shorts of new creations every few days with no real discussion of those creations, much less showing them in action, seems to be much more about the sizzle than the steak. These are just my opinion/s.

 

[Knotorious]

I admire your creativity, but without seeing these in action it gives little credence to your creations, at least if your intent is to create useable hitches for SRS/MRS. I see many shorts on your channel with new hitches, yet I don't actually see any being used at height. I think before the majority of your viewers will trust that your hitches are operable, it'd inspire confidence to watch you working with these hitches in the tree. Being able to see how it grabs, takes up slack, how easy/hard it is to advance, how long you could ascend on it before having to readjust, whether it locks up on descent or runs smooth, how much sitback each has, all the really important things which truly define a useable hitch.

How many of your creations would you say are pragmatic for arborist? I'm certainly not challenging you. Genuinely curious. I love trying out new hitches and putting new (to me) spins on old ones. Nothing as fancy as your stuff, but certainly something which benefits me when I'm using a hitch-based system. I ran a wrench with a Michoacan for years til I rotated the legs 180 degrees, which evidently is called the "Petroacan". Didn't realize there was a name for it. I was just trying to get the hitch to be more responsive. My RRP gets most of the attention now, but I'll still use the wrench when I need 2 climbing systems in decurrent trees.

So my humble suggestion would be to dedicate more time showing the use of these hitches, discuss the nuances, and eventually develop an ongoing dialog between you and your viewers about them. They could then give their feedback and suggestions after trying them out. Just cranking out new shorts of new creations every few days with no real discussion of those creations, much less showing them in action, seems to be much more about the sizzle than the steak. These are just my opinion/s.

Firstly, thanks for reaching out and for your concern and interest!

Almost ALL of my hitches have gone through proper R&D (research and development). I would never post anything to my channel that isn't truly life supporting.

As someone who has created and developed over 85+ friction hitches at this point, it is up to the viewer to determine which hitches are best for their applications and in a low risk environment, dressed and set properly. At least at first.

Additionally, I do post long form videos of each hitch going into great depth about each one's characteristics and possible applications. If I made a demo video for every hitch I made, you can quickly see how that would be quite time consuming and hold my YouTubing career back, and fill my channel with boring minutia.

Here is a hitch I recently posted:

Here is a video of me demo'ing the Synergy hitch on camera:

I understand your concern. Please understand that, in order to appreciate my hitches, it requires due diligence, testing and practice by the end operator (you) in order to be fully enjoyed. I wouldn't want to be spoon fed information as a climber, and so I don't spoon feed information to my followers/subscribers.

 

[Knotorious]

@Stelzer To answer your question, the vast majority of my hitches are intended for use by tree climbers and arborists. I am a recreational tree climber.

 

[Knotorious]

I know I'm sometimes the forum's biggest dick head, but thanks for watching my videos, guys and gals! It's nice to see a decent amount of viewership from the forum.

I'm doing my best to chill and to improve my YouTube skills and abilities. Nice to get support from the home team (Tree House).

 

[Knotorious]

I just posted new content about the Spanish bowline! One is a Short and the other is a demo of TWO separate tying methods, and a deep dive discussion! Posted the long form yesterday and the short form just a moment ago!

One tying method requires access to the ends (as shown in Short form) and the other method does not (both methods shown in long form)!

Short form:

Long form:

Enjoy!

 

[Knotorious]

Just got a $265 payment from YouTube for allowing ads over the last two months. I'm on track to hit $300 or more in the next two month period. Stoked. Trying to decide how to best spend the money. Unfortunately, some of it has to go towards me simply surviving, which, in turn, allows for the development, creation, and filming of new videos. So, no matter how I spend it, it's going towards my channel. Thinking of maybe buying a new piece of hardware to review thoroughly. Always liked the Camp Gyro triple swivel. Think I might buy one and use it for a few months and then review it. It goes on one's bridge.

If anyone has another suggestion for a </= $150 purchase that I can review, let me know.

Camp Gyro Triple Swivel

The Camp Gryo is a compact and versatile rigging system with a unique triple swivel design that allows for orientation in any position. The individually rotating eyes allow for self-orienting

www.treestuff.com

 

[Knotorious]

Just posted a new video about how to create a STATIC redirect using a ring, rope, and carabiner! Enjoy!