JRB Garda Hitch Footloop, Single Loop Variant

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Жыл бұрын

This single loop variant of the JRB Garda Hitch footloop is easier to construct and provides a single loop for one foot, as is typical for most climbers. The footloop can be used for many forms of climbing including: SRT, DRT/MRS and JRB Doubled Stationary Rope methods. The original JRB Garda Hitch Footloop had two loops and is detailed in this prior video:
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@Trevor-ps2oe Жыл бұрын

Another creative refinement with enhanced functionality. The DWH idea is unique from what i've seen in other foot loops. Thank you.

@paulcrave3112 10 ай бұрын

Excellent

@kennethrogers1129 Жыл бұрын

Good idea for an improved footloop, did a practice climb and adjusted mine to best length, ground to belt high. Also played with the agile hitch on double stationary rope climb, seems that the agile hitch with 4 or 5 wraps is hard to break, but 3 main wraps and then the extra half wrap at the bottom, ascends nice and not so hard to break on rappel, but the 5-2-3 jrb compact with a ring is still my preference. Oh , this was on resc rech 8 mm and 6 mm Sterling accessory cord

@jrbtc Жыл бұрын

The Agile Hitch works best with a handle... not only for operation but it makes it easier to break.

@Jay-vr8it 4 ай бұрын

Hi John, Speaking of the geometry, what adjustments could be made to enable a deeper step, I would like my foot to be quite high. I am a rock climber same height as yourself and i have very good strength and stability from such positions. Having a longer step would also cover more distance per step which i like the idea of

@jrbtc 4 ай бұрын

Jay, we can get a bigger step, but it's important to ensure that if for whatever reason, your friction hitches didn't hold and you found yourself on your best friend and garda, that you can load your garda AND recover. Let's say I want 6 more inches of step: 1. Shorter friction hitches with a longer main bridge will give me more room to work the Garda. The BF loop or lower bridge might need to be slightly longer to allow me to pull the garda up higher. 2. Can also make the Garda a few inches shorter... but if it's too short, we won't be able to load it. Pls watch this video as well. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/abF5ZM-n3tGXlKc.htmlsi=HQIP3ZSaoCYw_Aj6

@rickster6.0 4 ай бұрын

Is there any reason why I couldn’t use a hand ascender with a pulley above the Compact JRBAscender in hitch climbing to gain mechanical advantage?

@jrbtc 4 ай бұрын

You could. I have tested it and it works. This option had slightly better performance. And I don't see a reason why an able bodied person needs the MA. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bNqEoLCqv-CdfYE.htmlsi=F0z4b4Vbwf5cx0Kk

@paulcrave3826 3 ай бұрын

have you ever tried not putting the loop on the carabiners but just connecting your second bridge carabiner directly to the carbiners on the garda hitch?

@jrbtc 3 ай бұрын

Good question. I can't recommend that. Without the load being put on the clove hitch, we are relying on the uploaded webbing to keep those biners stable, and that is not guaranteed and could destabilize.

@paulcrave3826 3 ай бұрын

@@jrbtc is the clove hitch from the "Best Friend" loop a critical component to the operation of the Garda Hitch? I guess so, based on your response above. I didn't realize that.

@jrbtc 3 ай бұрын

@paulcrave3826 I didn't invent the Garda Hitch. I discovered it through research and learned that it's known for being unreliable and not holding if the carabiners don't remain properly aligned. I then built and tested many variations before finding one that was consistently reliable both as a footloop and a backup, and this is that design and it uses a clove hitch for the cord. Sure, it might hold without the clove but it might not. We need our backup to be reliable.

@paulcrave3826 3 ай бұрын

@@jrbtc got ya. Thanks.

@dichotomousblue 7 ай бұрын

What does the best friend actually do? You are connected to the rope with an ascending hitch, is it just a backup?

@jrbtc 7 ай бұрын

It provides a second and independent point of connection to our saddle via the the lower short bridge. It ensures that even if there was a total failure of our primary friction hitch we would not fall. And we would be in a position where we can repair and self recover. Watch this sixty second video to see it in action. kzfaq.info4vZWCDcNYCY?si=JO7mEgB-cnvbzmqF

@wendyandwalter40 9 ай бұрын

John, I jumped ahead when I saw the double footloop version, made a single loop one myself, before you did this...and came up with a different solution. A single large footloop (I used a figure 8 on a bight), then up the webbing several feet I tied the bull variant. I then used the remaining "tail" from the bull hitch, tied a small figure 8 loop at the end of it, for use as my "best friend". Do you see any issues there? Uses significantly less webbing than your variant, but I'm not seeing the con side of it.

@jrbtc 9 ай бұрын

I would need to see it to be certain but it sounds fine... the only thing which is a MUST is the bull hitch variant and it must have the load distributed on BOTH strands exiting it. This ensures that the carabiners are squeezed evenly and therefore won't jockey out of position. If you're in my Facebook group, post a photo!

@wendyandwalter40 9 ай бұрын

@@jrbtc Excellent point! Mine does not have that feature! I'll retie!

@martindejaen3337 Жыл бұрын

😎👍❤

@kennethrogers1129 Жыл бұрын

Is that an Eagle or maybe a Red Tail Hawk screaming in the background?

@jrbtc Жыл бұрын

Juvenile Red Tails have recently left the nest. They return to the same white pine nest site every year.

@kennethrogers1129 Жыл бұрын

@@jrbtc fascinating to watch a family of red tails as they raise their young, I have had red tails nest in tall pines near my home, and watched as the juveniles learned to fly,

@ITPCD 10 ай бұрын

does this work if you don't use webbing.... i.e. with paracord (for the foot loop not "best friend")? same "bull hitch" or what would be best? been obsessed with your channel to gear up for hunting! thx!

@jrbtc 10 ай бұрын

I can't recommend anything but one inch webbing, as the one inch distribution of force keeps the carabiners aligned. Definitely not paracord, it's too weak and stretchy. Sure, its likely that if ya tied both loops with a clove hitch and both with 7mm or larger cord, it's likely to usually hold... and that might be acceptable for a footloop which itself is not a life safety device... but we need the Garda to function as a life safety backup via the "best friend " loop. And so unless you accept the responsibility to test it, i would not use it. Testing takes a long time... how do we know it won't fail one a million times if we don't test a million times...

@ITPCD 10 ай бұрын

@@jrbtc thanks so much for the response! I am newb and I am glad I asked. Been practicing in my basement lots... so learning process will only cause minor pain but no permanent damage (other than maybe the ego : ). When climbing a tree, I am always going to back up my hitches with an auto-locking belay device (at least for the first few seasons.) Really appresh your knots R&D, testing and then sharing with us!

@jrbtc 10 ай бұрын

@@ITPCD thanks and know that I am happy to help if in no other way than to provoke thought. In fact, about an hour ago, i released a new video on ladder stand safety scenario... and i rarely climb a ladder stand any more.

@DirtyDickMurdoc 6 ай бұрын

Hey Mr John-I’m messing with the Spanish bowline on mine, still with the bull hitch up top. Would greatly appreciate your thoughts-Luca

@jrbtc 5 ай бұрын

Yes, if you use a longer length of webbing, close in a loop and then put in a Spanish Bowline or a Double Alpine Butterfly (i have a video on that), it works. But if ya want 2 loops, the original design covers that with just one knot: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hc-ig9CCvtvJh4U.htmlsi=7me5b9a9hjviIxoS