Good to hear your ok. When I'm going up a single line, I tie a slip knot (as a stopper) 10' from the ground, and every 10'-15' after that, it's a bit redundant but it's good piece of mind, and it will jamb a fall if something fails (vt)
it was a combination of some things, clipping the lanyard under the tether pulled it out as I fell, not allowing it to engage, a VT that was allowed to become too loose and therefore not grabbing right away, not having the over-the-shoulder lanyard tight enough to allow the RW/hitch to tend in easier reach...it was a combo of complacency and bravado that caused the fall ;) if it had of been in easy reach when the pantin popped out, i could have just sat on the hitch, re-engaged and went up again
Do you think it is possible that the tether became tangled in some manner so that the wrench was on top of the hitch knot, with the tether too short, and unable to engage because it was not torquing properly? I am also having trouble trying to understand this failure. I am the maker of the "Dogbone" rope wrench which is midline attachable and has a set gap between the friction points. It is shorter than the ZK-1, and so engages with less sitback.
I really appreciate what you are trying to convey and I think it is very important, unfortunately having to film it by yourself has meant that some of the critically important points you made were not illustrateed very clearly...you certainly stated your concerns well, its just that the vid did not manage to show what you were saying.
yep, you are 100% right, complacency could have ended worse ;)
ontarioclimber 2 months ago
Good to hear your ok. When I'm going up a single line, I tie a slip knot (as a stopper) 10' from the ground, and every 10'-15' after that, it's a bit redundant but it's good piece of mind, and it will jamb a fall if something fails (vt)
westernclimber 2 months ago
it was a combination of some things, clipping the lanyard under the tether pulled it out as I fell, not allowing it to engage, a VT that was allowed to become too loose and therefore not grabbing right away, not having the over-the-shoulder lanyard tight enough to allow the RW/hitch to tend in easier reach...it was a combo of complacency and bravado that caused the fall ;) if it had of been in easy reach when the pantin popped out, i could have just sat on the hitch, re-engaged and went up again
ontarioclimber 4 months ago
Do you think it is possible that the tether became tangled in some manner so that the wrench was on top of the hitch knot, with the tether too short, and unable to engage because it was not torquing properly? I am also having trouble trying to understand this failure. I am the maker of the "Dogbone" rope wrench which is midline attachable and has a set gap between the friction points. It is shorter than the ZK-1, and so engages with less sitback.
gdsandkes 4 months ago
I know :(, hard though without someone to film it. Hopefully, I got the point across though.
ontarioclimber 4 months ago
I really appreciate what you are trying to convey and I think it is very important, unfortunately having to film it by yourself has meant that some of the critically important points you made were not illustrateed very clearly...you certainly stated your concerns well, its just that the vid did not manage to show what you were saying.
VeteranTreeGroup 4 months ago