Would you be able to implicate rope walking onto this system as in a knee and foot ascender? I'm trying to visualize it and I see it being feasible... correct me if I'm wrong?
@@jbbolts You would need a chest harness, and a beaner to stay vertical. And I still don't know if it would work, but if you try it let me know. In theory, it should.
I've been climbing for a long time and I've never seen or heard of this technique before but I gave it a shot before I commented and I must say I am very impressed. Sometimes the littlest things can have the biggest impact. I feel like a dumbass for not picking up on it sooner
Awesome! Joe! Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks (66 yrs). I've been at climbing since 74 off and on between cutting timber as extra income and pro Bono for elders, and now I am one ..lol. I have been lucky with good health and am planning to continue for many years to come. Your technique will make life easier as I have an old growth Sitka Spruce to limb tomorrow for an older retired logger in his 80s.This Spruce is over 200 ', and he wants to limb it from half way down. I am going to use a spud gun with a weighted projectile to tow my line over a 6 to 8 inch branch. I will use the double Blake system you have shown Thanks Bud...Take Care!
Thanks man that's easy peasy I hadn't seen or heard of that in my 20 plus yrs climbing I've been to alot of those seminars too that Sherrill and Vermeer NW put on never saw it there either Thanks again buddy
Of all the hitches, I chose a Blake's to run many years ago and stuck with it . I added a micro pulley to push the knot up for me and thought that was amazing . I'm definitely putting this technique in my bag of tricks , that was awesome ! Thanks brother and be safe !!!!
I have a friend who worked for tree climbing business for 20+ years, and taught me a little on how to climb a tree so that I can cut my own tree down; and he didn’t seem to know this method to teach me. I was relearning how to do it, and found this. *Gold.*
I like an innovative mind...adventurous but sensible attitude! I agree this video using two Blakes hitches does qualify for "MIND BLOWING" status! Thanks Joe!
New Tribe published an article on this entitled "Tip #2: Self advancing Blake's Hitch," many years ago. This exact technique was explained in the article. I don't think they publish these tips anymore. Anyway, I printed the article and saved it but never tried it. Thanks to you, I will give it a try today.
Funny- I JUST watched another climber do this, but I like your presentation much better! I’ve been a climber (for fun) for decades, but now- professionally. This is AWSOME (yes, you still blew my mind....lol) and I will be using it. Thank you for sharing!
As a complete novice watching a load of videos on the different rope-climbing techniques, I was struck by the impression that modern methods are an extremely sophisticated evolution of something that never worked particularly well in the first place. I work mostly in an "undeveloped" country, where people do everything that needs doing with little more than a knife, a stick, and piece of string - and they do it well. They climb trees with almost no equipment at all, and I suspect our not-so-distant ancestors in the West had techniques that worked well enough with minimal equipment. My guess is that you've re-invented some "lost knowledge" here - something that "everybody knew" back in the day, but was somehow forgotten when mechanical ascenders and the like came onto the market.
Mind blown! I'll be climbing DRS as soon as I get all the gear. I got my first saddle for Father's Day. Positioning lanyard, throwball and string yesterday. Saving for climbing rope and a friction saver. Thanks Joe.
I am new to climbing and i have watched a lot of utube videos on knots and climing techniques. Yours is the first i see of this and it makes life a lot easier.. thanks..
if you rig up just like this, but also take some accessory cord and tie a bowline for a foot loop then hitch it to the running end with another blake's hitch or a VT you can incorporate leg press into your climb and not even need to use your arms. Just lean back like you're going to hip thrust, but draw the legs in like a squat, slide the foot-loop hitch up, then just stand up, everything else auto-tends. THen repeat. you can still use the arms to pull as well, but since the leg press is giving you much more of a stroke, I find it more efficient to set the top two Blake's hitches higher than normal.
Been climbing since '87 and never saw or heard of this. Damn what an energy saver. Thank you. Just remember to never close your mind and think you know it all; especially in this business. Additionally, I've just recently started using mechanical and learning SRT... An old dog can learn new tricks.
I do the same thing only I make mine an OPEN system on each hitch using another Carabiner and another rope for each so I can just unsnap and pass limbs that are in way. It’s also much easier to repel bc all you have to do is unsnap the 2nd hitch. I guess I’ll have to make a video on how to set it up bc a majority of people might not be able to figure it out using my wordy directions.
Dude bad ass! Thanks man! I'm just a salesman but I like climbing on the weekend just for fun so this will come in handy for sure. I bet half of the guys that climb for my company don't use this technique, but they're going to now!
You literally just saved me from buying a climb system that cost around about the same as dropping a dead ashe. Thank you and if you young climbers ain't learning something new each day then your going backwards fellas. Climb safe and good luck to all the crews working in the storms up north all my guys made it home last night. May the good lord be with ya'll traveling and working.
Wow, I'm blown away. if I saw this video 3 months ago, I wouldn't have bought some dang expensive tools. I will definitely try this system. And it's been in you tube for almost 5 years. Should have watched more videos before buying anything. Lesson learned. Thanks for sharing.
God bless my good brother you are another one I want to say thank you to if it wasn’t for some of your videos when I was first climbing I might have gotten myself into trouble so thank you very much
Thanks Joe I definitely need to explore that. I just went for training this past Saturday and the first method we were taught was the Blake’s Hitch. Very tuff method. I can’t wait to try it this way 👍
Another perspective on this approach that I climb on every day- Instead of a Blake's Hitch, I use a Prusik Hitch. Very similar knot, but much easier and quicker to tie, especially while in a tree. You can even leave one of the top wraps off if re-tying in a sticky situation and it will still bite. When tying the Prusik, make your bridge just about as short as you can, maybe a couple inches. This eliminates lost progress when letting off. Attach a micro pulley directly under your Prusik Hitch, and a small carabiner from the pulley back to your snap. Now, all you need to do is pull up on the tail and your knot will slide up with you. Hold above the Prusik with one hand, and the other under your pulley. Just another way to accomplish the same task, but I believe it would save a lot of time and energy
Your better of tying a micro pulley underneath it attathed to the other end of your line. It does the same thing a lot smoother and also you can easily reached it to come down.
I actually don’t think this Blake’s method is better, because the extra friction the fatigue is the same. So I’m really interested in the micro pulley idea. I would never trust a single knot with my life while ascending but for position Blake’s is cheaper than a lanyard adjuster (40$)
Mate!! That is awesome!! Tried & tested.. Works a treat and a definite energy saver.. I'm a newbie to the climbing world but trained on a basic prusik & 3 knot system but will definitely go for this 4 knot setup .... :))
If you have one of those really smooth climbing ropes this knot is difficult to apply this system as in the closed system this type of rope it is slippery. Binding is iffy at best. Using a prusic knot will work better using a different surface of rope tends to grab instead of slipping.
That method is very common on my comunity but its a hassle to pass your rope from one limb other another since you have to untie the hitch knot. what i do is just cut the piece of rope you need for the blakes hitch knot and tie that piece to another snap keep them separate so you just unclip the snaps and pass them over limbs on the way withought having to untie... just a tip.
I'd actually seen this before, but your delivery is so good... like when a great comedian tells your own joke and you can't help laughing like an idiot!
Very cool! I worked line clearance from 1978 to about 1990 or so. All the new equipment and techniques used now have blown me away. We were using taut line hitches back then.
I usually use the prusik, but sure will give it a try tomorrow. The reason why I do the prusik with double fisherman's knot is because it's easier for me to use the lanyard all the way to the top it's way faster, although I can't deny this is pretty cool. Thanks a lot man.
Geez, that's so simple, but so not something a lot of people would think of. Pretty cool. I still would go with a split tail to go around branches and reroute, but for fun climbing, great idea.
And that is so awesome I've been looking for an affordable way to climb on lines instead of a lanyard and that really helps me get started. Can't thank you enough.
If I still did ddrt (and without a split tail) then I would love this video. But those days are long gone. Having said that.. I might just have to give this a shot for fun, looks smooth
I'm bad with explaining things. climbing arborist has a good video reprentation with what I'm doing. search how to climb with a micro pulley. should be within the first couple results
What am I doing wrong. Tried this setup. My experience is like zero and my rope is brand new 11.7mm Yale. Not sure what's going on, but my main hitch knot tightens up so much (after a few mins of practice) that I can barely move it UP! (even down is a chore) I'm prob a bit heavier than most climbers (210 lbs), but what can I do to keep that knot loose enough to facilitate good movement, yet keep it from letting loose?
Thanks! I'm starting my son climbing on a closed system and this is brilliant. Also useful for climbing on my tail in a pinch without gear ( tree transfers and such).
What a creative idea. Looks like you need free slip on the top branch to tighten the other side as you ascend. With two lines holding weight, the tension on each line will be half your weight, and the length you pull will be twice the height you climb. So, 2:1 mechanical advantage, less friction.
What????..after watching a lot of videos about tree climbing..THIS IS AWESOME...FIRST TIME TO SEE SUCH IDEA..WOWW..AND VERY CHEAP..THANKS FOR SHARING, STAY SAFE BRO.
Wow thanks soo much for making this video!!!! I just learned how to climb with the Blake’s hitch and I can’t wait to try this out looks soo much more efficient!!!! Thanks again 🙌
Elegant solution ! Did you come up with that? If so, congratulations! Even if not, thanks for putting it up for the rest of us (who are kicking ourselves after viewing).
Love ❤️ this tip/ trick & your enthusiasm. Do you run the leather cambium saver with MRT? Based on the age of this vid you're probably running SRT now. Can't wait to try this!
Check out Perry Fraze outdoors video of how to : simple DRT climbing with only a rope ... Two blakes hitches one is self tending and its about as efficient and minimalist as possible ! No metal or caribeners etc.
Joe...Thanks for all your videos.....I use them all of the time since 2015 as just above novice arborist.....I need you advice... Can I use and adjustable friction hitch....see link: .www.wesspur.com/friction-savers/friction-saver.html...just like I would use a the Buckingham Friction Saver...in a crotch of a tree....Reason I ask is because I only have a Buckingham that is 3 feet long and the diameter crotch and limb is larger than 3 feet.
Pretty sweet idea. I've got a 11.7mm climbing line. Tried this system with a 8mm friction rope open system and after I decended the knots tightened and couldn't ascend as easy. Then tried a 10mm friction rope and same thing happened. What could I be doing wrong? Thanks
All these comments saying they never did this before, I’ve never climbed like this but when he was talking about tying the stopper knot my first thought was, “well what if you tied a second Blake’s knot on the other side wouldn’t it be more secure? 🤔 “ 😂
Question, I’ve seen many vids suggesting the “hitch” should be of a smaller dia than the climb line…..am I misled a bit? Clearly this is he same line throughout. Great tip BTW!!
So I haven't climbed sinced the 90s. But all I used to climb was with a taught line hitch and I never even thought of that. Damn that was awesome. I still have my climbing gear I thinking about dusting it off and trying it just for the hell of it. Thanks
I’ve known about that for years . Only ever done it few times didn’t seem to make big difference. I remember 2007 safety guys came out at Townsend tree and showed us Blake over taut line . It is cool that it functions that way just never made big enough difference for me to mess with . Cool video though
Dope video, probably one of the firsts! But instead of a double Blake, we use (I don’t know how it’s called in English lol) a pig knot or a pretzel knot! A lot faster to tie and less rope needed..
Poor-man's self-tending pulley setup. I mean that in the best way possible... because I'm a broke man and this will save me a pursik, caribiner and pulley.
Thanks Joe! This video somehow helped me find this video:th-cam.com/video/yE7q1_A-QzY/w-d-xo.html Its a way to get a modern open climbing hitch farther away from your body and its self tending.
2nd Blakes looks more demanding,, sorry, couldn't understand some of the hicky chit chat. would like to have seen it from the absolute beginning,, it seems he left things out,, how to start this process, he must have somehow got the rope up and did he have a seat from some type of knot etc..
Want your mind blown even more... after what you show, then tie a loop in an accessory cord and connect it below your first blakes hitch with a prussic on the main line. Put your boot in the loop and use your powerful leg to step up instead of pulling with your arms!!
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I am 64 years old and had not done any climbing in quite a long time, i used this set up exactly. Worked beautiful, thanks Joe.
I've seen 15 other vid's on the Blakes hitch and this is the first one that made climbing a lot easer. Great idea.
drummer0864 thank you
@@joebisping6799 that's pretty cool I never seen anyone do two Blake hitches
Would you be able to implicate rope walking onto this system as in a knee and foot ascender? I'm trying to visualize it and I see it being feasible... correct me if I'm wrong?
@@jbbolts You would need a chest harness, and a beaner to stay vertical. And I still don't know if it would work, but if you try it let me know. In theory, it should.
@@drummer0864so wait, since I’m half Mexican, does that mean I only need half a beaner to stay vertical? 🤔 😂
I've been climbing for a long time and I've never seen or heard of this technique before but I gave it a shot before I commented and I must say I am very impressed. Sometimes the littlest things can have the biggest impact. I feel like a dumbass for not picking up on it sooner
Your never too old to learn lol
Nice, I will try it
Very nice thank you that has come in handy
Awesome! Joe! Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks (66 yrs). I've been at climbing since 74 off and on between cutting timber as extra income and pro Bono for elders, and now I am one ..lol. I have been lucky with good health and am planning to continue for many years to come. Your technique will make life easier as I have an old growth Sitka Spruce to limb tomorrow for an older retired logger in his 80s.This Spruce is over 200 ', and he wants to limb it from half way down. I am going to use a spud gun with a weighted projectile to tow my line over a 6 to 8 inch branch. I will use the double Blake system you have shown
Thanks Bud...Take Care!
And I thought I’d have some ‘points’ saying I’d been climbing since ‘79!
Keep it up young man!
Been looking for a video on this exact setup. My boss showed me this but did it fast as shit and I didn't understand. Now I get it. Thank you!
Dude, I feel dumb for not doing it this way. You just made my life much easier.
Thanks man that's easy peasy I hadn't seen or heard of that in my 20 plus yrs climbing I've been to alot of those seminars too that Sherrill and Vermeer NW put on never saw it there either Thanks again buddy
Ron Burke no problem
Of all the hitches, I chose a Blake's to run many years ago and stuck with it . I added a micro pulley to push the knot up for me and thought that was amazing . I'm definitely putting this technique in my bag of tricks , that was awesome ! Thanks brother and be safe !!!!
Just keep pulling...ingenious! Great job and I tell you you learn something new every day.
For sure!
TreeBoi4Life hey tree boi! You were one of the first channels I found about arborist work :)
Dude I'm a big fan of yours to , as a matter of fact I bought some rope from you and some carabiners also a shirt. Watch your channel alot
@@joebisping6799 that is frickin awesome smart and wickedly ingenious
Still climbing occasionally at 76, I've been using a similar setup since the late 60s. Except I have always tied it with a three over two hitch.
I love it! So glad to see the old school revamped!!
I did NOT see that coming! Holy buttz! I mean hell, I'd never touch a Blake's if I have the choice, but if I gotta Blake it? This shit right here.
No freaking expensive micro pully, but just ropes. Legend!
Just retired from climbing at the age of 60. Climbed with this hitch for years, never knew this. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I have a friend who worked for tree climbing business for 20+ years, and taught me a little on how to climb a tree so that I can cut my own tree down; and he didn’t seem to know this method to teach me. I was relearning how to do it, and found this. *Gold.*
I like an innovative mind...adventurous but sensible attitude! I agree this video using two Blakes hitches does qualify for "MIND BLOWING" status! Thanks Joe!
Skip all the B.S. 7:23
He’s using a closed traditional system with 2 BLAKE HITCHES
Sincerely thank you!
New Tribe published an article on this entitled "Tip #2: Self advancing Blake's Hitch," many years ago. This exact technique was explained in the article. I don't think they publish these tips anymore. Anyway, I printed the article and saved it but never tried it. Thanks to you, I will give it a try today.
Funny- I JUST watched another climber do this, but I like your presentation much better! I’ve been a climber (for fun) for decades, but now- professionally. This is AWSOME (yes, you still blew my mind....lol) and I will be using it. Thank you for sharing!
I just want to shout a thank you Joe. You fn make more sense than anyone. I like the simplicity. As a beginner your vid was very helpful.
@@fridebloney glad it helped!
As a complete novice watching a load of videos on the different rope-climbing techniques, I was struck by the impression that modern methods are an extremely sophisticated evolution of something that never worked particularly well in the first place. I work mostly in an "undeveloped" country, where people do everything that needs doing with little more than a knife, a stick, and piece of string - and they do it well. They climb trees with almost no equipment at all, and I suspect our not-so-distant ancestors in the West had techniques that worked well enough with minimal equipment. My guess is that you've re-invented some "lost knowledge" here - something that "everybody knew" back in the day, but was somehow forgotten when mechanical ascenders and the like came onto the market.
Mind blown! I'll be climbing DRS as soon as I get all the gear. I got my first saddle for Father's Day. Positioning lanyard, throwball and string yesterday. Saving for climbing rope and a friction saver. Thanks Joe.
I am new to climbing and i have watched a lot of utube videos on knots and climing techniques. Yours is the first i see of this and it makes life a lot easier.. thanks..
All I have to say is wow, I wish I knew this when I stated climbing 2 years ago because till this day I still use the bblackes hitch
if you rig up just like this, but also take some accessory cord and tie a bowline for a foot loop then hitch it to the running end with another blake's hitch or a VT you can incorporate leg press into your climb and not even need to use your arms. Just lean back like you're going to hip thrust, but draw the legs in like a squat, slide the foot-loop hitch up, then just stand up, everything else auto-tends. THen repeat. you can still use the arms to pull as well, but since the leg press is giving you much more of a stroke, I find it more efficient to set the top two Blake's hitches higher than normal.
Wish I had known this 20 years ago
Double Blake's hitch self tending bridge. I'm in.
Been climbing since '87 and never saw or heard of this. Damn what an energy saver. Thank you. Just remember to never close your mind and think you know it all; especially in this business. Additionally, I've just recently started using mechanical and learning SRT... An old dog can learn new tricks.
I do the same thing only I make mine an OPEN system on each hitch using another Carabiner and another rope for each so I can just unsnap and pass limbs that are in way. It’s also much easier to repel bc all you have to do is unsnap the 2nd hitch. I guess I’ll have to make a video on how to set it up bc a majority of people might not be able to figure it out using my wordy directions.
do let us know if you make that video. Sounds like a great idea.
My mind is blown! What is he doing? 🤪
Nice job! Thank you!
That's cool, or what !
Dude bad ass! Thanks man! I'm just a salesman but I like climbing on the weekend just for fun so this will come in handy for sure. I bet half of the guys that climb for my company don't use this technique, but they're going to now!
Stephen Zimmerman Good I'm glad I could help!
Joe Bisping just tried it out, works like a freaking charm! thanks again man
Stephen Zimmerman you work for Zimmerman tree service down in Palm Beach county Florida??
You literally just saved me from buying a climb system that cost around about the same as dropping a dead ashe. Thank you and if you young climbers ain't learning something new each day then your going backwards fellas. Climb safe and good luck to all the crews working in the storms up north all my guys made it home last night. May the good lord be with ya'll traveling and working.
Glad it helped you! Thanks for watching
Your doing them too cheap then brother
Wow, I'm blown away. if I saw this video 3 months ago, I wouldn't have bought some dang expensive tools. I will definitely try this system. And it's been in you tube for almost 5 years. Should have watched more videos before buying anything. Lesson learned. Thanks for sharing.
What is he doing???
He's blowing my mind!!!
God bless my good brother you are another one I want to say thank you to if it wasn’t for some of your videos when I was first climbing I might have gotten myself into trouble so thank you very much
Glad to help!
Thanks Joe I definitely need to explore that. I just went for training this past Saturday and the first method we were taught was the Blake’s Hitch. Very tuff method. I can’t wait to try it this way 👍
Another perspective on this approach that I climb on every day- Instead of a Blake's Hitch, I use a Prusik Hitch. Very similar knot, but much easier and quicker to tie, especially while in a tree. You can even leave one of the top wraps off if re-tying in a sticky situation and it will still bite. When tying the Prusik, make your bridge just about as short as you can, maybe a couple inches. This eliminates lost progress when letting off. Attach a micro pulley directly under your Prusik Hitch, and a small carabiner from the pulley back to your snap. Now, all you need to do is pull up on the tail and your knot will slide up with you. Hold above the Prusik with one hand, and the other under your pulley. Just another way to accomplish the same task, but I believe it would save a lot of time and energy
But not money, and that's the point.
Your better of tying a micro pulley underneath it attathed to the other end of your line. It does the same thing a lot smoother and also you can easily reached it to come down.
show us !
What is a micro pulley and how do you tie it, and to which end of my line?
That's just more equipment that could go wrong.. I feel safer with less mechanical shit.
Please explain this better what tends the pulley!?
I actually don’t think this Blake’s method is better, because the extra friction the fatigue is the same. So I’m really interested in the micro pulley idea. I would never trust a single knot with my life while ascending but for position Blake’s is cheaper than a lanyard adjuster (40$)
Super energy saver. Gold right there, pure gold. Thanks for that. Amazing
That’s awesome! Thanks for the video!
Mate!! That is awesome!! Tried & tested.. Works a treat and a definite energy saver.. I'm a newbie to the climbing world but trained on a basic prusik & 3 knot system but will definitely go for this 4 knot setup .... :))
Trigg isn’t this two knots? Or are you counting the anchors?
If you have one of those really smooth climbing ropes this knot is difficult to apply this system as in the closed system this type of rope it is slippery. Binding is iffy at best. Using a prusic knot will work better using a different surface of rope tends to grab instead of slipping.
it's its own micro pulley, nice job man! as soon as you started to go up, it clicked lol love it!
That method is very common on my comunity but its a hassle to pass your rope from one limb other another since you have to untie the hitch knot. what i do is just cut the piece of rope you need for the blakes hitch knot and tie that piece to another snap keep them separate so you just unclip the snaps and pass them over limbs on the way withought having to untie... just a tip.
Yep for sure
Bro this video just saved my entire job
I just watched a 2014 th-cam.com/video/3rvG4pSNpX8/w-d-xo.html explaining this technique.
Mate, that is gold. Thank you. It just got a lot easier. Legend!
I'd actually seen this before, but your delivery is so good... like when a great comedian tells your own joke and you can't help laughing like an idiot!
“Just repeat the process...for a million times...” I climb with a distel hitch and a pulley, but boy, I can relate. My arms...my poor arms!
Very cool! I worked line clearance from 1978 to about 1990 or so. All the new equipment and techniques used now have blown me away. We were using taut line hitches back then.
Well now I'm trying and the second Blake's hitch doesn't hold the s***.
ive been trying to learn anything like it no one wants to teach it . thank you very much
Florim Shala message me if you need any help
I usually use the prusik, but sure will give it a try tomorrow.
The reason why I do the prusik with double fisherman's knot is because it's easier for me to use the lanyard all the way to the top it's way faster, although I can't deny this is pretty cool.
Thanks a lot man.
Yeah, just unhook it?
AWESOME TRICK !
Geez, that's so simple, but so not something a lot of people would think of. Pretty cool. I still would go with a split tail to go around branches and reroute, but for fun climbing, great idea.
Great Job! explaining old school technique before micro pully's where all the rage.
Is that cool or what? That's cool!
And that is so awesome I've been looking for an affordable way to climb on lines instead of a lanyard and that really helps me get started. Can't thank you enough.
If I still did ddrt (and without a split tail) then I would love this video. But those days are long gone. Having said that.. I might just have to give this a shot for fun, looks smooth
LOL LOL self tending blakes !!!! Great job bro
Where your second Blake's hitch is I use a micro pulley and a carabiner to advance my prusik.
logan gaskins hi there that sounds very interesting. I'm new to climbing could you explain your set up please mate
I'm bad with explaining things. climbing arborist has a good video reprentation with what I'm doing. search how to climb with a micro pulley. should be within the first couple results
logan gaskins thanks :)
What am I doing wrong. Tried this setup. My experience is like zero and my rope is brand new 11.7mm Yale. Not sure what's going on, but my main hitch knot tightens up so much (after a few mins of practice) that I can barely move it UP! (even down is a chore) I'm prob a bit heavier than most climbers (210 lbs), but what can I do to keep that knot loose enough to facilitate good movement, yet keep it from letting loose?
No idea how I didn't know about that! Thank you. You saved my arms.
Thank you now i have enough energy to lay some pipe when I get home
Ok. That's freaking amazing! You have made my day sir!!
Thanks! I'm starting my son climbing on a closed system and this is brilliant. Also useful for climbing on my tail in a pinch without gear ( tree transfers and such).
39 yrs old. I'm gunna try that sometime soon
Double Blakes is the beezkneez. Blakes Sheetbend is God's gift. Splittail saves rope life. Your tending knot doesn't need to move.
Add your name to it, Joe's-Blakes hitch. 👍
Danny Zurlo lol
TOO COOL. PASSING YOUR VIDEOS ON. WILL WAIT FOR MORE. GODSPEED,
Thank you!
What a creative idea. Looks like you need free slip on the top branch to tighten the other side as you ascend. With two lines holding weight, the tension on each line will be half your weight, and the length you pull will be twice the height you climb. So, 2:1 mechanical advantage, less friction.
What????..after watching a lot of videos about tree climbing..THIS IS AWESOME...FIRST TIME TO SEE SUCH IDEA..WOWW..AND VERY CHEAP..THANKS FOR SHARING, STAY SAFE BRO.
Wow thanks soo much for making this video!!!! I just learned how to climb with the Blake’s hitch and I can’t wait to try this out looks soo much more efficient!!!! Thanks again 🙌
Definitely going to use this! And you're adorable!
Elegant solution ! Did you come up with that? If so, congratulations! Even if not, thanks for putting it up for the rest of us (who are kicking ourselves after viewing).
Love ❤️ this tip/ trick & your enthusiasm. Do you run the leather cambium saver with MRT? Based on the age of this vid you're probably running SRT now. Can't wait to try this!
Check out Perry Fraze outdoors video of how to : simple DRT climbing with only a rope ...
Two blakes hitches one is self tending and its about as efficient and minimalist as possible !
No metal or caribeners etc.
Joe...Thanks for all your videos.....I use them all of the time since 2015 as just above novice arborist.....I need you advice... Can I use and adjustable friction hitch....see link: .www.wesspur.com/friction-savers/friction-saver.html...just like I would use a the Buckingham Friction Saver...in a crotch of a tree....Reason I ask is because I only have a Buckingham that is 3 feet long and the diameter crotch and limb is larger than 3 feet.
very good example of créativity. if you hear only sound track (it sounds like someone having sex😂
My mind is so blown I will try it tomorrow thanks!👍🏻
Pretty sweet idea. I've got a 11.7mm climbing line. Tried this system with a 8mm friction rope open system and after I decended the knots tightened and couldn't ascend as easy. Then tried a 10mm friction rope and same thing happened.
What could I be doing wrong?
Thanks
All these comments saying they never did this before, I’ve never climbed like this but when he was talking about tying the stopper knot my first thought was, “well what if you tied a second Blake’s knot on the other side wouldn’t it be more secure? 🤔 “ 😂
I’ve seen plenty of videos and something never like this I must mad props!!!
Great information!!
Greetings from a arborist..
Puebla, state.. Mexico, country..
Learned a lot from your videos..
Steve o from SLC punk really turned his life around!
I’m back after an entire year. Still good stuff
Question, I’ve seen many vids suggesting the “hitch” should be of a smaller dia than the climb line…..am I misled a bit?
Clearly this is he same line throughout.
Great tip BTW!!
Esp helpful for all of us with limited cash for equipment. Thanks for sharing!
Love it i’m a rocky doing tree stuff and learning a lot watching your videos, thanks.
So I haven't climbed sinced the 90s. But all I used to climb was with a taught line hitch and I never even thought of that. Damn that was awesome. I still have my climbing gear I thinking about dusting it off and trying it just for the hell of it. Thanks
I’ve known about that for years . Only ever done it few times didn’t seem to make big difference. I remember 2007 safety guys came out at Townsend tree and showed us Blake over taut line . It is cool that it functions that way just never made big enough difference for me to mess with . Cool video though
Dope video, probably one of the firsts!
But instead of a double Blake, we use (I don’t know how it’s called in English lol) a pig knot or a pretzel knot! A lot faster to tie and less rope needed..
Dude your Technics, really works. where it is really useful in the absence of micro pulley
Poor-man's self-tending pulley setup. I mean that in the best way possible... because I'm a broke man and this will save me a pursik, caribiner and pulley.
Thanks Joe! This video somehow helped me find this video:th-cam.com/video/yE7q1_A-QzY/w-d-xo.html Its a way to get a modern open climbing hitch farther away from your body and its self tending.
2nd Blakes looks more demanding,, sorry, couldn't understand some of the hicky chit chat. would like to have seen it from the absolute beginning,, it seems he left things out,, how to start this process, he must have somehow got the rope up and did he have a seat from some type of knot etc..
Will I tried again and I still have 0 luck. Is maybe the Rope I'm using? I'm just using that Samsung braid arbour Tech.
That’sa koolyö nice. I’ve been thinking fer a couple of fewer while’s using your feet and hands as well😅. Nice
Want your mind blown even more... after what you show, then tie a loop in an accessory cord and connect it below your first blakes hitch with a prussic on the main line. Put your boot in the loop and use your powerful leg to step up instead of pulling with your arms!!
Even better...have 2or3 guys pull...your ass would hit 80 ft in no time!! Lmao! This is awesome!!
good idea.