Any footlockers here? If so, what guidelines do you use to determine the length of your footlock loop?

Why would someone want theirs to be longer?
Why might they want a shorter one?

I have my ideas, but I want to see what you all say, first.

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nick

I assume you are referring to a foot loop. We use a ~2.5 ft foot loop. It is attached to the down rope with a 2 wrap prusik. We made them from 6 feet of 8mm spectra tied with a double fisherman's knot.

This works well for most novice climbers. Shorter climbers will have the prusik right in front of them when they are sitting. A few really tall climbers needed 2 hooked together to be able to reach their foot.

Regards,

Bob
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rtrem, I think you're talking about the loop that you step in, right? I am talking about a cord that a lot of arborists use. It is a prussik that extends over your head. At the ground, you push it up about as far as you can, keep your hands up there, squeeze the rope, do a pull up, sort of pinch the rope in your feet, stand up on the pinched rope, push the prussik up again then start all over. It's one of those things that is a pain in the butt to learn, but once you got it, it's pure bliss!!!

Anyone experienced with that. I've made some for people and sometimes people ask me to make them one and I was looking for a guideline _base_d on body height that I could use to determine how long the cord needs to be.

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nick

Is this for SRT (i.e. instead of an ascender)?

I refer to the loop of accessory cord attached with a prusik as a foot loop. It is after all a loop added to the rope.

I refer to wrapping the down rope around your foot and pointing your toe to get it to lock as a footlocking.

You say tomato, I say tomato?

Peter, can you solve the semantics or does it just not matter?

Bob

The prusik loop (6 wrap knot) he is referring to is a life support system unlike the accessory foot prusik loop (4 wrap knot) used by recreational climbers. The 6 wrap knot is used as the main friction knot as a climber ascends up a doubled rope. The doubled rope does not move over the branch as in double rope technique. It is a technique used by professional arborists and is seen in the speed climbing events at the tree climbing competitions. It is the fastest way up a tree but it requires skill to master the technique.