Tying the Longhorn Agile Hitch
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- Опубликовано: 23 янв 2025
- Detailed knot-tying of the Longhorn Agile Friction Hitch, a novel friction hitch which utilizes the Longhorn hitch, both of which were devised by JRB. Can be used in rope climbing, including SRT, as well as a tether, lifeline, lineman's belt, or other application where a prusik substitute is desired. Related videos:
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Just tired this hitch for the first time. I'm 250lbs and had to add a 6th wrap. Once I added the 6th wrap it held me fine and I was still able to break it under load...obviously rope cathartics matter. Loving the channel and the education. So many uses from recreational hunting, arborist work, and even emergency rescue.
I finally tried this for the first time today. I bought the cord and tied the Longhorn several months ago. This system is really nice. The hitch worked like a charm. Easy to tie in the field, going in with the Longhorn already tied. I go 270 and it held my weight every time I went up or down and broke easily when unweighted. (On Canyon Elite) Easy one handed tending. It took me a few minutes to figure out all the loops and get started, but once I did it, it was easy to repeat. Great innovations John.
Thanks for the how to. Tried it a couple days ago. Took a few attempts but worked very well for me in the field.
Excellent. Happy to add tools to your toolbox!
This really is one of my favorite hitches ever. So simple to tie and operates flawlessly. The ability to tend it with only the tag end kf the rope is great. Love it for srt climbs and use it all the time on my linemans rope.
Great to hear these success stories!
I absolutely love this hitch, probably my new favorite!! Easy to tie, and works great…I’m a big guy, 6’2” and around 260 and every other hitch I’ve used would either bind up and not release after it set, or if I took a turn out wouldn’t fully set, would just slowly creep down the rope. I tied the JRB compact ascender, and it works great too, but there’s no way I’m gonna remember how to retie it in the field if I have to take it off my rope. This one works as well as the ascender and even a simpleton like myself can remember how to tie it! Thanks for all the great content!!
Excellent to get this feedback. What are ya running in terms of what rope and cord?
@@jrbtc so up until this year I was carrying multiple sticks with aiders so I just used the tethers that came with my saddle kit along with a ropeman on each one so not really sure the size or make of those. Started one sticking this year and my initial rappel rope setup was 8mm Oplux with hitches tied with 6mm TRC. Ended up getting an F4 descent device and used it about half the time because it’s easy and I’m lazy. My son decided that he wanted to start saddle hunting, so I got a new setup for myself and he inherited my old stuff. With my new setup, I’m currently using 9mm HTP for my rappel rope and that same 6mm TRC (it’s in that 65%-75% range and I had a bunch of it) to tie my hitches. Seems to be working pretty well so far.
Thank you John
Simply formidable!
Always innovating , thanks John. I have had occurrence of the agile being difficult to break under load, perhaps with the longhorn as a bend, breaking for rappel will be easier. How do you find the compact jrb and longhorn agile compare in breaking under load? I like the nature of the compact jrb being smaller and takes less cord to tie.
Out of curiosity is there a predictable behavior if you go below the recommended cord to rope ratio? I tried this on roughly 12 and 13mm rope (just what was in front of me, a friend’s) with 7mm cord and while it worked pretty well on the 12, on the 13 the knot stretches way out and one can observe the rope kind of snaking through the wraps-and it holds fine but advances like crap.
I’m guessing this is related to the rope and cord combo but I’m interested in others thoughts
The ability of a friction hitch to hold is an equation with many variables and one of the most important is the diameter of the cord with respect to the Rope. The general recommendation is about 75% which ensures that the cord will bend adequately around the Rope. If the cord is extremely bendable we can go with a larger diameter, and if it is stiffer we may need a smaller diameter. The larger diameter will tend to be easier to use, easier to move and break. But the smaller diameters will have the opposite characteristics. With 12mm Rope, 8mm or 9mm cord performs well, and we may onky need 4 wraps instead of five on the upper portion of the longhorn agile.
I can't believe this only has 55 likes, I've been experimenting with all your knots and I've got to say I'm loving the longhorn agile hitch. The simplicity to tie it in the woods after you prep the longhorn is fantastic and the hitch performs flawlessly, both up and down I haven't had issues with it deforming and not biting on the way up or binding up on the way down. I have climbed and repelled on prusik loops last year when I got into saddle hunting. At the time prusiks were amazing to me but I struggled with getting then to release. At the time, that was a bit of comfort for me knowing the prusik was going to for sure bite down. However, I got frustrated when it would bind up on me 15-20' in the air on my decent using either a munters or 8. Those struggles led me to manning up and diving deep into tour absolute gold mine of knowledge and awesome hitches. Thanks for continuing to experiment and sharing/teaching. I'm currently typing this, hanging on the agile longhorn in my saddle in my garage 😂. I'm climbing srt with 11.4mm predator rope, testing the agile longhorn with 8mm Sampson and 5.9mm power cord. Both bite great and release well, 5.9 is more difficult but not bad if you grip it right.
Thanks. If information is worth sharing, it will get shared in due time. And FYI, the 7mm Sterling standard Accessory cord works well on Predator. See JRBTREECLIMBING.COM for a discount on it.
@jrbtc I have some 7mm sterling coming in the mail. Unfortunately I didn't get it through your link but I will next time!
Hey I'm going to try this out too. My question is....are you still alive LOL
@@Jay-vr8it im still alive, late to reply but alive
I'm liking the compact Longhorn Agile Friction Hitch, 9mm cord on 11mm rope, 5 wraps- wondering if it's possible to braid in rings when trying it and leaving the hitch in place on my hitch rope? Haven't figured that out but when experimenting realized that would be nice to have pre-tied rings on my hitch rope. Of course the agile friction hitch is easy to tie and then hook in carabiner .
@kennethrogers1129 if you want a ring in a compact hitch, I would go with the JRB Ascender Compact version 3. If a carabiner will suffice, then use this technique to get it compact:
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@@jrbtc yes appreciate the come back advice- do use and really like the compact jrb 5-2-3 with ring on my hitch rope, just thinking in the dark might be confusing hooking into the correct loops, but as you say, could leave small carabiner though yes, will work it out with some practice-- thanks John. Like the way the Long horn agile behaves breaking and holding, might adapt with two agile hitches, one to each end, and one garda, minimize my hitch rope as this 11mm 50 rope is a bit bulky and heavy but love the feel in hand, and the 9mm cord, both Sampson products, ties nice, slides nice on breaking but holds good immediately with weight,
@@jrbtcbeen using a cable tie to hold the loops in place, works just like a rappel ring or carabiner, but no metal clinking on my hitch pole and lighter weight
@@kennethrogers1129 I have done the same. Just need to remove it when we need to untie it.
John I’m just getting back into this stuff after a few years away.
What’s the benefit of this over the the JRB ascender hitches? Outside of being easier to tie. I have a lot of those tied up on a several setups.
@RipWheelen i have captured that info on this page. Performance is comparable but LA is easier to remove. For example, even when we want something simply inspect our hitches, its a lot more work to remove and retie a JRB Ascender.
jrbtreeclimbing.com/content/friction-hitches/
Can you tie this and then leave it on rappel rope?
Tried editing but it won’t work. What I am referencing to is leaving the hitch on the rope so it is ready to go and not having to tie it when I get to the tree.
Yes. It's best to leave a carabiner inside the two load loops to make sure that the hitch doesn't become destabilized. And periodically, you will want to remove it and retie it. Just to inspect the cord and account for any natural stretch that happens with new cord. Friction hitches aren't rappel devices.... they are the backup
@@jrbtc My intention would be to ascend on the longhorn agile and rappel with Munter. I am currently using a device to rappel but what I don’t like is trying to tend friction hitch and device at the same time. I know it can be done but it puts my hand in a weird position and I dont feel comfortable with it. I like the idea of the Munter and having the Longhorn Agile for backup.
@@chaddewitt2836 perfect. Like this ... for anyone else reading this and trying to understand.
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This needs to be the Mr. Oogy Boogy hitch. You stick the long horns thru oogy boogy’s eyes.
Damn... I was scratching my head for weeks trying to think of a good name, and NOW ya finally give me one when it's too late!!
You don't hot knife cord? UNSUSCRIBE. Lol. JK.
I didn't know what a hot knife WAS until recently... sad but true!