Climbing Hand Ascender - Left

TECHNICAL SPECS

MATERIAL

• Ascender main body: aluminum alloy
• Handle cover: rubber
• Safety catch: rubber
• Cam / pivot: stainless steel
  

General Applications: Single rope climbing; Process capture or tensioning assistant in a hauling / rigging system

FEATURES

• Widely used for tree climbing, Single Rope Technique Climbing (SRT climbing) and tensioning / rigging / hauling / pulley system.

• Solid Rubber Safety Catch - No more slippery!
  Rather than metal material, the safety catch made of solid rubber allows any operator to easily manipulate the cam system with thumb. Increased friction let you have a firm control even with thick gloves. No more abrasion due to direct contact of safety catch and ascender body to have a longer service life.

• Ergonomic Thermo-Molded Rubber Handle
  As we know, right grip will stir up the highest efficiency of force. The ergonomic thermo-molded rubber handle and its ample inner space provide excellent comfort according to your grip habit to keep from fatiguing even in a long time single rope climbing.

• Powerful Stainless Steel Cam
  The function cam is made of stainless steel to have a firm grip even in icy or wet condition. Due to material's great property, cam can handle most situation and service for long. Note！Every time allow the ascender tend to move up while try to open the cam，then no damage will caused to rope sheath.

• Multiple Carabiner / Webbing Holes
  Ascender usually acts as a part of system which gathers different gears and let them have connecting. Different purposes decide the connection types. There are 2 hole attachments in both upper and lower side of ascender to let operator put to great use.

HOW TO USE

• How to Engage Rope on an ascender?
  Hold the ascender with arrow mark upside (or in opposite to rope move direction); Pull Safety Catch outward and fix it by clipping to the body; Install rope between device body and cam; Release safety catch and make sure cam firmly bite rope.

• How to remove rope from an ascender?
  When remove rope from ascender, it’s vital and must kept in mind that ascender should have a tendency to move upward or in arrow mark direction while operator opens safety catch.  The action is to protect rope sheath from abrasion.

• Working Principle
  Cams installed allow device to move smoothly along rope upward or in the arrow mark direction but clamp to rope when pulled in the opposite direction.