Fast decents on 1/2" rope

[treemandan]

Just the sheer amount of slack-tending makes it harder, right out of the blocks.


2:1 does not lend itself well to footlocking, which in 1:1 twin is your best friend. The advantage is strong.


I will climb on your system, but I have to adapt to suit it, and accept the limitations it imposes and not do a lot of the things I take for granted like redirects and climbing line snaking through the canopy wherever it best suits me.

There are moves that because of where the rope laces and drapes, are just not possible on a 2:1 system. That's fine you guys may not need to bust that particular move, but I'm serious, I can not be limited based on the configuration of my rope system and 2:1 all the time sort of boxes you into doing things the way that the system allows. There's nothing wrong at all with that, I just got really bored with 2:1 after about a year, went back to it for awhile when the VT came around and then the high-tech, high-temp eye-eyes, yummm, but it is still 2:1 and you assume a lot of efficiency penalty using it.

But it works. Always has, always will. Nothing simpler than a Blakes's.

I'll go back to my little world now and play with my imaginary climbing setup. ha ha.

I thought we were talking about just decending.

 

[Tree Machine]

From a practical standpoint, regarding tree climbing, ascent can't really be discussed outside of descent as they are both part of the job of the aerial technician, tree or otherwise.

The point I make is that most tree climbers want one item to do two jobs. I don't mind having separate items, each specializing in doing what it is that it does.

As far as descent, and going as fast as you want with complete control, that's one of the many prerequisites of a good descent device. I can sizzle down a rope, 1:1 doubled or SRT, blistering fast & I'm tellin ya, though, I'll take good slack tending efficiency any day over a fast abseil. Rock solid, pinpoint work positioning, mmmmm.

Fast abseil is easy. Complete friction dominance is more the goal.