Tying the Longhorn Agile Hitch
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- čas přidán 19. 08. 2023
- Detailed knot-tying of the Longhorn Agile Friction Hitch, a novel friction hitch which utilizes the Longhorn hitch, both of which were devised by JRB. Can be used in rope climbing, including SRT, as well as a tether, lifeline, lineman's belt, or other application where a prusik substitute is desired. Related videos:
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I finally tried this for the first time today. I bought the cord and tied the Longhorn several months ago. This system is really nice. The hitch worked like a charm. Easy to tie in the field, going in with the Longhorn already tied. I go 270 and it held my weight every time I went up or down and broke easily when unweighted. (On Canyon Elite) Easy one handed tending. It took me a few minutes to figure out all the loops and get started, but once I did it, it was easy to repeat. Great innovations John.
I can't believe this only has 55 likes, I've been experimenting with all your knots and I've got to say I'm loving the longhorn agile hitch. The simplicity to tie it in the woods after you prep the longhorn is fantastic and the hitch performs flawlessly, both up and down I haven't had issues with it deforming and not biting on the way up or binding up on the way down. I have climbed and repelled on prusik loops last year when I got into saddle hunting. At the time prusiks were amazing to me but I struggled with getting then to release. At the time, that was a bit of comfort for me knowing the prusik was going to for sure bite down. However, I got frustrated when it would bind up on me 15-20' in the air on my decent using either a munters or 8. Those struggles led me to manning up and diving deep into tour absolute gold mine of knowledge and awesome hitches. Thanks for continuing to experiment and sharing/teaching. I'm currently typing this, hanging on the agile longhorn in my saddle in my garage 😂. I'm climbing srt with 11.4mm predator rope, testing the agile longhorn with 8mm Sampson and 5.9mm power cord. Both bite great and release well, 5.9 is more difficult but not bad if you grip it right.
Thanks. If information is worth sharing, it will get shared in due time. And FYI, the 7mm Sterling standard Accessory cord works well on Predator. See JRBTREECLIMBING.COM for a discount on it.
@jrbtc I have some 7mm sterling coming in the mail. Unfortunately I didn't get it through your link but I will next time!
Hey I'm going to try this out too. My question is....are you still alive LOL
Thank you John
This really is one of my favorite hitches ever. So simple to tie and operates flawlessly. The ability to tend it with only the tag end kf the rope is great. Love it for srt climbs and use it all the time on my linemans rope.
Great to hear these success stories!
Thanks for the how to. Tried it a couple days ago. Took a few attempts but worked very well for me in the field.
Excellent. Happy to add tools to your toolbox!
I absolutely love this hitch, probably my new favorite!! Easy to tie, and works great…I’m a big guy, 6’2” and around 260 and every other hitch I’ve used would either bind up and not release after it set, or if I took a turn out wouldn’t fully set, would just slowly creep down the rope. I tied the JRB compact ascender, and it works great too, but there’s no way I’m gonna remember how to retie it in the field if I have to take it off my rope. This one works as well as the ascender and even a simpleton like myself can remember how to tie it! Thanks for all the great content!!
Excellent to get this feedback. What are ya running in terms of what rope and cord?
@@jrbtc so up until this year I was carrying multiple sticks with aiders so I just used the tethers that came with my saddle kit along with a ropeman on each one so not really sure the size or make of those. Started one sticking this year and my initial rappel rope setup was 8mm Oplux with hitches tied with 6mm TRC. Ended up getting an F4 descent device and used it about half the time because it’s easy and I’m lazy. My son decided that he wanted to start saddle hunting, so I got a new setup for myself and he inherited my old stuff. With my new setup, I’m currently using 9mm HTP for my rappel rope and that same 6mm TRC (it’s in that 65%-75% range and I had a bunch of it) to tie my hitches. Seems to be working pretty well so far.
I'm liking the compact Longhorn Agile Friction Hitch, 9mm corn on 11mm rope, 5 wraps- wondering if it's possible to braid in rings when trying it and leaving the hitch in place on my hitch rope? Haven't figured that out but when experimenting realized that would be nice to have pre-tied rings on my hitch rope. Of course the agile friction hitch is easy to tie and then hook in carabiner .
@kennethrogers1129 if you want a ring in a compact hitch, I would go with the JRB Ascender Compact version 3. If a carabiner will suffice, then use this technique to get it compact:
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@@jrbtc yes appreciate the come back advice- do use and really like the compact jrb 5-2-3 with ring on my hitch rope, just thinking in the dark might be confusing hooking into the correct loops, but as you say, could leave small carabiner though yes, will work it out with some practice-- thanks John. Like the way the Long horn agile behaves breaking and holding, might adapt with two agile hitches, one to each end, and one garda, minimize my hitch rope as this 11mm 50 rope is a bit bulky and heavy but love the feel in hand, and the 9mm cord, both Sampson products, ties nice, slides nice on breaking but holds good immediately with weight,
Always innovating , thanks John. I have had occurrence of the agile being difficult to break under load, perhaps with the longhorn as a bend, breaking for rappel will be easier. How do you find the compact jrb and longhorn agile compare in breaking under load? I like the nature of the compact jrb being smaller and takes less cord to tie.
You don't hot knife cord? UNSUSCRIBE. Lol. JK.
I didn't know what a hot knife WAS until recently... sad but true!