by PaulSiegel86 » Mar 11, 2012 9:49 pm
As they title suggests I'd like any hints, tips, tricks, hacks, observations and lessons on the use of the mitchell system. I recently converted to a Mitchell from Frogdom, and I don't have anyone talk about the Mitchell with, as most of my friends use Frogs. It seems to have become a relatively esoteric system, therefore compiling this knowledge in a public forum would serve a greater purpose (beyond helping me out)
For instance I learned that ascender choice is very important, when using a Mitchell. The Petzl basic I was using for a knee ascender this weekend did not work well on PMI Ez-bend, and it was exhausting having to feed it through. I will be switching to a CMI Short in the near future.
I think that a Croll as a QAS is an excellent idea and I'm indebted to John Cooke's article for the idea.
Some of things I'm struggling with:
length for rope from Upper ascender to step, and knee ascender to step.
Climbing against a wall?
Tricky lips?
Rebelays?
This is all stuff I could learn by trail and error, but I wanted to see if there was anyone out there who could help. So far my printed sources have not been much help, and the internet has not either.