¡Muchas gracias! ¡Definitivamente hago todo lo posible para ayudar a mantener seguros a otros escaladores! ¡Me alegra que valores mi enseñanza! ¡Agradezco tu comentario! ¡Gracias!
Nice presentation as always. Years ago, I researched the term "suislide" and learned two other meanings besides an improperly tied Blake's. 1. Some refer to the Tautline as a suislide. 2. When in rappel on an MRS system, a new climber will sometimes get confused when rappelling too fast: instead of letting go of the friction hitch, they pull on it harder and go into a "suislide". In this context, it's an action, not a knot! Cheers
Hey John! Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for stopping by to leave a comment and for sharing those two other applications for the term "suislide" with my community! As for the second option you listed, I have always known that situation to be referred to as a "death grip," where your body instinctively might collapse a friction hitch harder during a descent while in a panic versus letting go like you should. This "death grip" can also be applied to mechanical devices, as well as other situations such as when rigging. While rigging, a ground guy might lose control of a load and instinctively grab onto the rope harder, sending them flying, or causing serious rope burn, for example. Thanks again! =-D
The tauteline hitch was called that cause you tie two loops up or down the rope then two more in the opposite direction so some guys would tie it two up and one down leaving one loop off and that way is referred to the suislide knot cause it less friction and less control cause it missing a loop and would fail or you go so fast down the rope you loose control I learned on this knot when I first started tree work on a closed system
Ideally, the Tautline hitch should effectively resemble a four-to-six wrap prusik that is loaded by the standing end and which has a stopper knot on the working end. I understand what you're saying about how tying the wraps in the incorrect direction could lead to decreased performance for the hitch. Thanks for your insights! I personally would use a Blake's over a Tautline any day of the week. A fifth wrap can always be added to a Blake's to increase its security. But it has always performed beautifully for me with just four wraps. Tying a Tautline as you describe certainly does sound dangerous and it's understandable that it would be deemed a "suislide knot." When tied correctly, the only difference betwen a prusik and a Tautline is that the Tautline is loaded by only one strand and the Prusik is loaded by both strands, typically in basket, such as with a loop.
I’ve been really enjoying your friction hitch videos!! Have you seen the “fitch hitch”? Would that be something you’d be willing to do a video on? Another question (might be a bit loaded but I’m curious): do you have a favorite friction hitch for climbing on SRT? Favorite meaning smoothest, least likely to jam, slip, etc… I really like the distel hitch for its simplicity but do find it jams on me occasionally. Thank you!!
I'm glad you're enjoying my videos! Thanks for commenting! If I had to decide on one hitch that I like the most, that would be difficult. I have a lot of great hitches that work fabulously and which I am very proud of (hitches I've created), and there are some good mainstream hitches out there as well. What I can tell you is that, when I am using a climbing system that requires a climbing hitch, I almost always use the Calligraphy hitch. It is a hitch that I came up with almost 2 years ago and you can see me using it in most of my rope wrench videos, and even often on my lanyard in most climbing videos (although I often switch it up for fun). Here's a video showing how to tie it: ua-cam.com/users/shorts9IPQJwCmpyE Because of the twist and knotting involved with this hitch, I never have it bind on me. Another great mainstream hitch is the Catalyst hitch: ua-cam.com/users/shortsH4sPOx7WdCI As well as the Arbsession hitch: ua-cam.com/users/shortsNc5Cmq8nFdA But yeah, I practice what I preach. I almost exclusively climb on my own hitches and, again, mostly the Calligraphy hitch. Great question! Let me know if you find one you like and how it goes! EDIT: The Distel is well known for jamming. So I'm not surprised it's doing so for you.
You're welcome! That's scary to think about! Glad you survived your error! Hopefully now you'll be more aware of it going forward! This was a very simple video with a very important message! Thanks for commenting! =-D
I climbed on the Blake’s hitch for ten years and one thing that I can tell the new guys and maybe some old ones to buy they probably already know the Blake’s hitch does not roll out like the tatute line hitch so you don’t have to have the stopper knot that close to the hitch what I do is tie the stopper knot closer to wear my hand ends because the tail of your hitch is the emergency brake to jam up the hitch in cause it does slip all you have to do is pull up on the tail and it stop you that’s why I say tie the stopper knot so your hand can fit and the stopper knot will help your hand not to slip off the tail
Yes, the stopper knot on a Blake's can be placed farther out. I just have gotten into the habit of always placing split tail friction hitch tail stopper knots as close to the hitch as possible. After dressing and setting, the stopper knot does end up about an inch or so farther out anyways, so it's not actually jammed up against the Blake's when you start you climb. As for climbing on a Blake's WITHOUT a stopper knot...while this may work out just fine most of the time, I must say that it is always better to always have a stopper knot of some kind, regardless of how secure your hitch of choice might be. Thanks for your comment and for your perspectives and experiences. I genuinely appreciate them.
I honestly think it's pretty easy to conceptualize without showing both sides, but perhaps I should have shown both sides. I'll take that into consideration for future videos! I appreciate the feedback! Thanks for watching and for commenting!
Estos son los videos que salvan vidas... muy buena enseñanza amigo... Mil gracias por compartir.
¡Muchas gracias! ¡Definitivamente hago todo lo posible para ayudar a mantener seguros a otros escaladores! ¡Me alegra que valores mi enseñanza! ¡Agradezco tu comentario! ¡Gracias!
Nice presentation as always. Years ago, I researched the term "suislide" and learned two other meanings besides an improperly tied Blake's. 1. Some refer to the Tautline as a suislide. 2. When in rappel on an MRS system, a new climber will sometimes get confused when rappelling too fast: instead of letting go of the friction hitch, they pull on it harder and go into a "suislide". In this context, it's an action, not a knot! Cheers
Hey John! Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for stopping by to leave a comment and for sharing those two other applications for the term "suislide" with my community! As for the second option you listed, I have always known that situation to be referred to as a "death grip," where your body instinctively might collapse a friction hitch harder during a descent while in a panic versus letting go like you should. This "death grip" can also be applied to mechanical devices, as well as other situations such as when rigging. While rigging, a ground guy might lose control of a load and instinctively grab onto the rope harder, sending them flying, or causing serious rope burn, for example. Thanks again! =-D
@Knot-orious cool. I didn't know the "death grip".
The tauteline hitch was called that cause you tie two loops up or down the rope then two more in the opposite direction so some guys would tie it two up and one down leaving one loop off and that way is referred to the suislide knot cause it less friction and less control cause it missing a loop and would fail or you go so fast down the rope you loose control I learned on this knot when I first started tree work on a closed system
Ideally, the Tautline hitch should effectively resemble a four-to-six wrap prusik that is loaded by the standing end and which has a stopper knot on the working end. I understand what you're saying about how tying the wraps in the incorrect direction could lead to decreased performance for the hitch. Thanks for your insights! I personally would use a Blake's over a Tautline any day of the week. A fifth wrap can always be added to a Blake's to increase its security. But it has always performed beautifully for me with just four wraps. Tying a Tautline as you describe certainly does sound dangerous and it's understandable that it would be deemed a "suislide knot." When tied correctly, the only difference betwen a prusik and a Tautline is that the Tautline is loaded by only one strand and the Prusik is loaded by both strands, typically in basket, such as with a loop.
Excellent video!! Thank you for taking the time to make it 🙏🏻😊
You're so very welcome! Thanks for thanking me! Happy you enjoyed my video!
I’ve been really enjoying your friction hitch videos!!
Have you seen the “fitch hitch”? Would that be something you’d be willing to do a video on?
Another question (might be a bit loaded but I’m curious): do you have a favorite friction hitch for climbing on SRT? Favorite meaning smoothest, least likely to jam, slip, etc… I really like the distel hitch for its simplicity but do find it jams on me occasionally.
Thank you!!
I'm glad you're enjoying my videos! Thanks for commenting! If I had to decide on one hitch that I like the most, that would be difficult. I have a lot of great hitches that work fabulously and which I am very proud of (hitches I've created), and there are some good mainstream hitches out there as well. What I can tell you is that, when I am using a climbing system that requires a climbing hitch, I almost always use the Calligraphy hitch. It is a hitch that I came up with almost 2 years ago and you can see me using it in most of my rope wrench videos, and even often on my lanyard in most climbing videos (although I often switch it up for fun). Here's a video showing how to tie it: ua-cam.com/users/shorts9IPQJwCmpyE Because of the twist and knotting involved with this hitch, I never have it bind on me. Another great mainstream hitch is the Catalyst hitch: ua-cam.com/users/shortsH4sPOx7WdCI As well as the Arbsession hitch: ua-cam.com/users/shortsNc5Cmq8nFdA But yeah, I practice what I preach. I almost exclusively climb on my own hitches and, again, mostly the Calligraphy hitch. Great question! Let me know if you find one you like and how it goes! EDIT: The Distel is well known for jamming. So I'm not surprised it's doing so for you.
@@GeorgeKushtanza Did you mean the Sticht hitch? Never heard of the Fitch hitch before.
@Knot-orious no, the Fitch hitch I tagged you in one of the videos about it
@@GeorgeKushtanza I don't see it in my "mentions" list. Can you simply send me the link, please? I would appreciate it! Thank you so much!
Nice Video ❤
Thank you very much! Glad you liked it! =-D
Good info!
Thanks, Ryan! I appreciate it! Happy New Year!
@Knot-orious Happy New Year to you as well!
Thanks!!! Pretty sure I've inadvertently used the wrong version in the past 😮
You're welcome! That's scary to think about! Glad you survived your error! Hopefully now you'll be more aware of it going forward! This was a very simple video with a very important message! Thanks for commenting! =-D
I climbed on the Blake’s hitch for ten years and one thing that I can tell the new guys and maybe some old ones to buy they probably already know the Blake’s hitch does not roll out like the tatute line hitch so you don’t have to have the stopper knot that close to the hitch what I do is tie the stopper knot closer to wear my hand ends because the tail of your hitch is the emergency brake to jam up the hitch in cause it does slip all you have to do is pull up on the tail and it stop you that’s why I say tie the stopper knot so your hand can fit and the stopper knot will help your hand not to slip off the tail
Yes, the stopper knot on a Blake's can be placed farther out. I just have gotten into the habit of always placing split tail friction hitch tail stopper knots as close to the hitch as possible. After dressing and setting, the stopper knot does end up about an inch or so farther out anyways, so it's not actually jammed up against the Blake's when you start you climb. As for climbing on a Blake's WITHOUT a stopper knot...while this may work out just fine most of the time, I must say that it is always better to always have a stopper knot of some kind, regardless of how secure your hitch of choice might be. Thanks for your comment and for your perspectives and experiences. I genuinely appreciate them.
Show both side! Do 4 wrapes
I honestly think it's pretty easy to conceptualize without showing both sides, but perhaps I should have shown both sides. I'll take that into consideration for future videos! I appreciate the feedback! Thanks for watching and for commenting!