[TowerTalk] Rope for free hand lifting

[Lux, Jim]

On 7/5/22 1:45 PM, Mickey Baker wrote:
> I've ordered a lot of different stuff from Chris KF7P and have never been
> disappointed. If he says that rope fits the bill, it will.
>
> You might want 5/8" double braided polyester if your grip is bad, but 1/2"
> will lift anything a human can pull up.
>
> I'd also suggest, that if the "pull up" is difficult, you might want to
> modify your technique. Instead of the pull-up, attach a robust block - a
> pulley - near your work, so that you can pull a load from the ground and
> tie it securely as you cimb. Gravity and your weight can be your friend.
> KF7P sells an assorted pulleys that you can deploy as you need.
>
> 73,


At some point, using someone on the ground, perhaps with a capstan 
winch, becomes a good strategy.  But if you want to do it singlehanded, 
a pulley, a bit of a counterweight (to keep the pulling side of the rope 
under some tension, and jumar or gibbs ascenders as used in aid 
climbing.  You use leg power to push down and raise the load.  A bit of 
googling should find the setup if you're interested.  I can't remember 
who said it (Warren Harding, Royal Robbins, or someone like that), but 
it was along the lines of "Big Wall Aid climbing is mostly an exercise 
in vertical freight hauling".


https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/bigwall-hauling-1/