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CLIMB // FRICTION MANAGEMENT
A.R.T. ROPE GUIDE AND ROPE GUIDE TWINLINE EXPLAINED
Those who own a Rope Guide say there’s no smoother or friction-free interaction for climb- ing when using a moving rope system.
ROPE GUIDE TWINLINE
ART's latest friction management device's name, Twinline, gets right to the heart of its functionality. As the name suggests, the Twinline allows you to operate off of two lines on the device. What's even better is that you can set the device and both lines FROM THE GROUND!
The Twinline is constructed in a way that allows for the user to install an ascent line, along with a stationary rope system (SRS), or a moving rope system (MRS). Or you can have an SRS system along with a MRS system.
The Twinline can also be utilized as a repositionable redirect, when you need to get your rope into a safe angle.
Don't let the Twinline's list of uses and configurations fool you into thinking it's a complicated device. It takes a little practice, but once you get it, you'll be blown away by how a simple device can do so much.
ROPE GUIDE
The Rope Guide delivers total sensation to an incorporated Lockjack or rope- style split-tail, resulting in ascents and descents that glide as smoothly as butter. Ascents that previously required dragging rope under tension over a fixed position (be it branch or polished hardware) are replaced by the Rope Guide’s ultra-smooth Cocoon pulley that diverts 99% of climbing energy to strictly hoisting the climber’s body weight. As for descents, friction at the TIP (tie-in point) is completely erased and diverted entirely to the climber’s friction-con- trolling device, a phenomenon that makes the combination of Rope Guide and Spiderjack the ultimate climbing sensation.
As for safety, the ultimate fear for those climbing trees regularly is the danger of an unintended yank or fall on slack line that in turn causes the TIP to fail and/ or results in physical injury that otherwise might have been avoided. An added and critical feature that draws many professional climbers to the Rope Guide is its brilliant and potentially life-saving “airbag” component. The Rope Guide in- corporates an impact-activated (at 4 kilonewtons, or about 900 pounds of force) rip-stop lanyard that minimizes high shock force, therefore providing a layer of protection—a feature that several countries are currently considering mandatory for tree climbing.
STATIONARY ROPE
The Rope Guide can be removed remotely, for lines up to 13 mm (1/2 inch).
MANUALLY INSTALLED REMOTELY REMOVED
WORKS WELL WITH THE ART SPIDERJACK 3 ON PAGE 48
TWINLINE WITH A MOVING ROPE SYSTEM, AND A STATIONARY ROPE SYSTEM
MOVING ROPE