TOP 3 tree climbing friction hitches - Michoacan Hitch - Distel Hitch - Blake's Hitch
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2024
- The top 3 Advanced friction hitches, the follow up in our friction hitches series. This time we take it up a notch and introduce friction hitches that are a bit more complex to tie then the ones in the first episode.
The friction hitches in this episode are mostly used in tree climbing.
Friction hitches are a special type of knot. They can slide freely up or down a climbing line but they grab when being loaded. This makes them extremely handy when climbing but also when you need to hang something with adjustable tension or when you want to tie down a load.
We selected the top 3 easiest to tie slide and grip hitches.
**The Michoacan hitch **
This one is more difficult to tie compared to the other two. The Michoacan also might a bit more attention from time to time when climbing.
*The Distel Hitch*
Relative easy to tie compared to the Michoacan. It's a great friction hitch that doesn't get the attention it deserves. Beside being easy to tie the Distel hitch is also a hitch that grabs very well and releases smoothly.
*The Blake's hitch*
The old time climber classic Blake's hitch. Easy to tie and it has a big advantage over the other two. It can be tied in the tail end of the climbing line. This makes it possible to climb with very basic gear. In theory you only need a climbing line and a harness and that's it.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:14 Michoacan Friction hitch
1:41 Distel hitch
3:09 Blake's hitch
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My go to friction hitch is the DISTEL hitch, easy to tie and grabs and releases very smooth. Do you agree?
I started using the Blake's hitch in the mid to late 70s. I tried the older steeple climbers hitch and found it inadequate. So my improvements resulted in the Blake's, but I did more wraps than you showed. The biggest advantage of the hitch is in the long tail allowing another hitch to be tied making it self tending.
Adding more wraps is an effective way of increasing the friction. It works well on almost every hitch. How well a hitch grabs depends on a lot of factors.
I have heard of the method you described where the tail is used to tie another friction hitch but never actually tried that.
I use Michocanne. However the VT is by far the most popular with arborist here.
Yeah, lots of people go with the VT. I personally use the distel hitch often. Grips well but sometimes a bit difficult to advance when used in combination with a rope wrench and pulley. Also, more and more seem to move on to mechanical prusiks.
Mine is the schwabich
That is a reliable hitch. Grabs well but can be a bit difficult to break. I usually combine the distel with the rope wrench. That takes a bit of the load as well
@@WoodenShoesHomestead tends to be difficult to break when the rope is wet... for some reason or other idk y. ❤ from pnw oregon
Wet weather makes everything difficult. Nice rig in your avatar 👌 yours? Trucks in North America look so much better than the cabovers here in Europe
@@WoodenShoesHomestead thnak you sir. It's a t800 kw with a c15 cat with bout 575hp straight piped. It was the truck the father-in-law started driving in. He's now in a mid 2000s pete with a cummins x15.
Good stuff love it 🤩